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

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.4 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s)	7	9	8	6	8	9	7	7	12	11	14	14	15	14	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Energy	978	377	555	227	285	586	779	829	98	233	470	889	1546	1956	1149	3625	2450	3450	4403	6063	3116	8376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:30PM 1.26		3:20AM 1.85	3:14PM 1.24	1:47AM 1.39		4:22PM 1.26				7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:58AM 1.95		7:15PM 1.67	6:33AM 1.95		7:27PM 1.56	6:40AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	9:46AM 0.53		9:39PM 0.85	10:01AM 0.33		8:12PM 0.89	9:27AM 0.17		10:39PM 0.95	9:41AM 0.17	12:31PM 0.15	12:50AM 0.96		1:21PM 0.21	12:00AM 0.97		12:21PM -0.01	12:38AM 0.96		1:25PM 0.01	12:31AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	20	-	11
High °C	22	23	21	26	22	22	25	24	22	23	25	23	25	26	22	24	26	20	22	22	20	23
Low °C	22	22	21	23	22	21	24	22	19	23	24	22	24	25	21	23	23	19	22	22	19	22
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	26	22	22	25	24	22	23	25	23	25	26	22	24	26	20	22	22	20	23
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:54
Sunset	-	6:39	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.9 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.4 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	6	14	14	15	14	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	-	1.0 S	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	7	14	7	6	5	7	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	-	15	-	10	11	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ESE	-	1.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 ESE	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 E	-	1.4 SE	2.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	7	6	-	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	-	10	-	7	8	8	-	7

	Wednesday 27						Thursday 28								Friday 29
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Shida Chiba
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	2.2 ESE	1.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	8	7	6	9	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	8	9	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	9
Energy	312	978	507	377	612	697	555	232	231	227	355	285	384	775	586	343	543	779	785	829	738	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					4:10PM 1.57			1:18AM 1.37					3:14PM 1.24			1:47AM 1.39					4:38PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			9:52AM 0.51				9:39PM 0.85				9:54AM 0.39								9:27AM 0.17			8:55PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	56	14	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	23	23	21	20	21	20	21	23	20	22	22	22	22	21	22	25	24	24	23	21
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	23	21	20	21	20	21	23	20	22	22	22	22	21	22	25	24	24	23	21
Sunrise	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 SE	1.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	6	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.9 S	0.1 SE	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 NE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	7	14	6	10	7	10	10	6	7	5	11	9	7	11	12	9	9	9	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	-	1.8 ENE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	-	0.6 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	6	-	7	7	7	4	4	6	8	-	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4

	Wednesday 27	Thu
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7
Energy	315	310	312	333	339	978	965	934	507	473	499	377	846	757	612	576	560	697	680	1084	555	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)														4:22PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)							9:47AM 0.53												9:14PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	15	6	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	1
High °C	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.3 S	1.5 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	6	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 E	1.1 S	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	6	7	14	15	7	6	6	6	10	10	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 ENE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

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