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 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			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	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	4	4	3	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.8 SE	0.6 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 E	1.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E
Period(s)	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	6	6	8	8	8	8	9	6	8	9	10	9	8	10	10
Energy	905	436	259	343	128	324	212	78	50	61	71	96	122	124	265	53	1188	1035	592	80	692	545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:22PM 1.60	12:17AM 1.28		4:38PM 1.70	1:58AM 1.46		4:02PM 1.32	2:31AM 1.38		4:08PM 1.31			5:18PM 1.41	6:03PM 1.83	5:59AM 2.04		7:14PM 1.91	5:21AM 1.81		6:44PM 1.37	4:43AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				8:21AM 0.50		8:21PM 0.95	9:00AM 0.24		9:08PM 0.90	9:14AM 0.15		10:06PM 1.03	9:33AM -0.02		11:31PM 0.95		12:24PM 0.05	12:38AM 1.01		1:36PM -0.06	11:14PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	17	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	18	2	4	-	3	-	-
High °C	23	23	18	21	24	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	24	22	23	22	26	19	21
Low °C	23	22	17	20	24	19	20	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	20	24	22	22	20	25	18	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	18	21	24	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	24	22	23	22	26	18	21
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:26
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.4 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	2.5 E	2.3 E	1.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	7	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	6	9	10	9	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	1.0 S	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.4 W	1.1 NE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	8	6	15	10	8	15	7	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.8 SE	1.4 W	3.0 ENE	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	9	6	8	9	-	4	-	-	3

	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Corners Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	6
Energy	240	592	1134	905	715	436	305	297	259	287	272	343	274	128	366	283	324	353	223	212	53	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	11:13PM 1.34	1:22AM 1.46					3:22PM 1.60			1:33AM 1.57					3:21PM 1.30			1:58AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				8:27AM 0.69								8:21AM 0.50				8:21PM 0.95				9:00AM 0.24	10:02AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	23	14	3	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	24	23	23	23	22	18	18	20	19	20	20	24	21	20	20	19	20	20	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	24	23	23	23	22	18	18	20	19	20	20	24	21	20	20	19	20	20	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	5	11	6	9	8	12	5	8	8	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	7	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 10
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7
Energy	238	240	240	240	244	592	2639	545	1134	1083	949	905	864	767	715	417	436	436	219	305	305	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:13PM 1.34		1:13AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)												8:27AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	1	4	9	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	6	5	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	17	20	24	19	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	17	20	24	19	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 E	0.1 E	0.9 N	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	11	11	10	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	3	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	4	4	7

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