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

	Sat		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	3.0 NNE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	6	8	8	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	2381	1207	1545	2704	1419	1144	1363	740	510	588	571	488	584	318	281	335	522	570	406	250	1209	767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:40PM 1.88	4:22AM 1.56		6:11PM 1.45	4:48AM 1.57		9:08PM 1.70	8:44AM 1.98		8:20PM 1.23	6:13AM 1.37		9:31PM 1.12	10:13AM 1.73		12:30AM 1.53	11:27AM 1.58		2:00AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28AM 0.48	11:18AM -0.01	1:53PM -0.12	11:19PM 0.87	11:59AM -0.03	2:35PM -0.08	2:40AM 0.71	3:03AM 0.80	3:45PM -0.01	12:58AM 0.91		1:55PM -0.02	1:35AM 0.94	4:34AM 1.06	5:44PM 0.32		5:51AM 1.13		6:17PM 0.57	7:33AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	8	-	3	11	-	2	-
High °C	17	22	23	18	22	22	20	21	21	20	17	19	20	19	17	23	15	13	17	18	21	11
Low °C	17	21	22	18	20	21	19	20	21	19	17	18	20	19	17	23	14	13	17	14	20	11
Chill °C (?)	16	22	23	18	22	22	20	21	21	20	17	19	20	19	16	23	13	11	16	18	21	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:00	-
Sunset	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	11	6	6	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 E	0.8 S	0.4 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	12	12	-	11	11	15	14	14	6	6	7	13	13	13	7	6	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NE	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	6	-	-	4	7	6	8	8	5	5	9	9

	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1534	1479	2169	1312	2118	2089	1126	1093	1530	1477	3051	3051	3110	2970	1284	1144	1326	1054	1220	1028	1036	743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:23PM 1.49	7:40PM 1.88				7:20AM 1.93				6:29PM 1.40				8:08AM 2.05				8:42PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		1:15PM -0.08			10:47PM 0.76					2:13PM -0.17			11:49PM 0.72					2:57PM -0.13				1:56AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	17	22	17	16	21	22	23	23	18	17	17	16	20	21	20	22	20	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	23	23	17	22	17	16	21	22	23	23	18	17	17	16	20	21	20	22	20	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	11	10	11	11	9	9	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	-	11	10	10	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.3 SE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1565	1536	2615	1564	2584	2381	1497	1515	2050	2003	1953	2042	2042	2611	1598	1476	2272	1550	2088	2245	1939	1844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																						6:35AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	23	17	23	17	17	23	23	23	23	17	18	17	16	22	22	18	22	19	19	17	18
Chill °C (?)	23	23	17	23	17	16	23	23	23	23	17	18	17	16	22	22	18	22	19	19	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.3 SE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	10	12	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	-	8

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