Japan Surf

Detailed Japan surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Japan. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Japan. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Japan over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Japan and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Kojima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Shida Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	2	3	2	4	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 E	0.6 E	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	8	9	9	9	7	8	9
Energy(?)	1545	2577	1448	1732	1267	750	785	605	1166	1060	582	409	146	368	295	665	995	986	1170	100	97	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			6:11PM 1.45	7:53AM 1.90		9:34PM 1.80	5:43AM 1.43		8:20PM 1.23	6:25AM 1.38		11:37PM 1.50	9:20AM 1.60		11:57PM 1.49	10:39AM 1.44		1:29AM 1.52	11:46AM 1.36	12:43PM 1.35	1:14AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	11:18AM -0.01		11:19PM 0.87		2:57PM -0.13			1:05PM -0.11	12:58AM 0.91		1:58PM -0.03		3:56AM 1.13	4:18PM 0.33		5:35AM 1.17	5:35PM 0.46		7:12AM 1.17			7:27AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	17	12	38	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	18	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	19	19	19	14	14	17	21	21	20	20	19	14	23
Low °C	22	17	20	19	20	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	13	14	14	18	20	17	19	19	14	19
Chill °C (?)	23	18	21	21	20	19	17	17	16	19	19	19	13	12	17	21	21	20	19	19	11	23
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	1.6 E	-	1.3 S	0.3 SE	2.5 SW	1.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	12	13	10	7	-	7	12	9	8	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 E	-	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.7 E	-	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	11	4	13	16	14	13	13	-	13	11	-	8	12	10	9	-	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 E	0.5 ESE	0.8 S	1.9 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.5 S	1.1 WNW	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	10	10	10	4	4	6	8	9	5	9	3	4	-

	Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2118	2089	2080	1093	1530	1524	3051	3051	3110	2988	2400	1146	1422	1401	1077	1068	746	615	609	589	570	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:22AM 1.56	7:20AM 1.93				6:29PM 1.40			5:20AM 1.45	8:08AM 2.05				8:46PM 1.83				7:50AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	10:47PM 0.76					2:13PM -0.17			11:49PM 0.72					1:54PM -0.00				1:56AM 0.92				1:05PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	22	23	23	17	17	17	16	15	21	20	21	20	19	18	17	17	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	22	23	23	16	17	17	16	14	21	20	21	20	19	18	17	17	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:01	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	-	10	4	4	16	16	5	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	-	-	1.0 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	5	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 19
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Energy(?)	2102	2102	2118	1210	1476	1550	2346	2346	2346	2531	2477	1545	1588	1960	1740	1866	1704	1461	1482	1483	2502	3051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:48AM 1.44														6:29PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		10:47PM 0.76			1:48AM 0.52												1:13PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	22	22	22	17	16	16	16	17	22	19	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	22	22	22	17	16	16	16	17	22	19	20	19	20	19	20	20	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

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