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

	Sun	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	0	1	3	6	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.8 SW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	5	7	10	9	11	9	8	7	8	7	7	7	10	5	8	9	10	9	10	9
Energy(?)	181	6	60	598	2936	3123	3405	384	226	35	77	49	143	124	80	36	2009	2866	2807	1123	921	731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:34AM 1.29	2:23PM 1.30		3:31AM 1.39	3:15PM 1.38		4:20AM 1.45	4:34PM 1.47		5:06AM 1.51		6:18PM 1.97	6:35AM 1.84		6:37PM 1.75	6:36AM 1.79		6:02PM 1.49	5:31AM 1.35		7:45PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		9:10AM 0.76		8:57PM 0.36	9:25AM 0.63		9:44PM 0.40	10:25AM 0.45		10:37PM 0.47	11:27AM 0.26	5:30PM 0.28	12:20AM 0.33		12:34PM 0.05	12:32AM 0.40			11:41PM 0.62		12:59PM 0.09	1:10AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	36	14	15	-	-	4	-	-	-	14	-	-	19	45	25	16	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	18	21	21	18	16	14	13	14	14	17	12	14	15	14	20	20	19	19	18	18
Low °C	14	14	18	20	21	17	12	13	12	12	11	17	10	12	14	12	20	20	16	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	18	21	21	16	14	13	12	14	13	17	11	13	14	14	19	19	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	5:31	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	4	8	10	18	10	16	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	5	10	10	10	9	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	1.5 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	4	12	10	-	-	16	16	9	9	6	8	14	8	9	6	5	9	-	10	15	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	0.8 SW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	1.1 NW	0.3 NW	-	1.1 NE	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.7 ESE	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	5	7	10	9	11	5	4	-	6	-	3	-	-	4	8	9	-	-	-	9

	Sun		Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Izumi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	4	6	4	4	6	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	3	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	210	206	181	161	160	163	165	17	31	34	71	248	1818	941	1217	5121	1368	1908	5105	1724	746	765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:14AM 1.35				3:04PM 1.35				5:04AM 1.81				5:07PM 1.74				4:47AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		8:39PM 0.34				8:54AM 0.79	9:03AM 0.76				10:12PM 0.33				11:02AM 0.47				9:46PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	17	18	17	16	13	21	21	20	22	16	18	17	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	16	16	11	21	21	20	22	15	18	17	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 E	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.1 SE	2.5 SW	2.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	-	-	10	7	8	9	8	10	10	16	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	2.5 S	1.6 SW	0.1 E	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	12	12	11	7	10	11	11	17	17	-	10	11	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NNW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	-	4	3	4	4	5	6	8	8	8	10	-	10	11	-	-	3

	Sunday 29	Monday 30
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Izumi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	4	6	4	4	6	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	4	4	9	2	10	10	10	5	5	12	4	10	5	5
Energy(?)	233	212	193	193	193	188	195	11	11	20	72	1	95	76	94	20	25	6	15	180	13	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						8:15PM 0.35													9:03AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	17	16	15	17	16	16	17	16	15	17	14	14	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	14	15	15	17	16	14	17	16	16	17	16	15	17	14	14	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	4	4	9	-	10	10	10	5	8	4	4	10	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	11	-	4	4	4	8	12	12	8	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	5	-	-	4	5	5

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