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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba
Rating	4	4	9	8	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.5 ESE	0.9 S	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 ENE	4.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	3.0 E	1.9 E	1.7 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	11	11	10	9	7	5	6	8	7	12	12	11	9	10	9	9	11	10
Energy	1472	1449	8001	7052	1380	906	315	401	52	172	87	500	348	1708	1208	1116	5820	3359	2296	1158	1260	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:00PM 1.73	6:35AM 1.67		7:33PM 1.33	5:36AM 1.42		9:07PM 1.68	8:05AM 1.66		9:49PM 1.53	8:37AM 1.52		9:14PM 1.29	7:55AM 1.16		12:03AM 1.68	8:36AM 1.11		11:32PM 1.34	11:20AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)		12:30PM 0.09	1:24AM 1.03		1:32PM 0.21	12:21AM 0.99		1:41PM 0.15	2:38AM 1.05		3:59PM 0.34		3:12AM 1.02	2:03PM 0.32	2:32AM 0.98		4:30PM 0.55		3:50AM 0.90	3:23PM 0.52		5:47AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	9	27	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	23	27	27	20	19	19	20	22	28	21	22	19	18	20	20	24	22	22	21	22
Low °C	20	18	22	23	26	19	18	19	20	20	28	20	21	18	18	20	20	19	21	22	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	19	23	27	27	20	18	19	20	22	28	21	22	19	18	20	20	24	22	22	21	22
Sunrise	4:31	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:26
Sunset	-	6:53	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 E	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SE	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 ENE	4.0 E	2.4 ENE	3.0 E	1.9 E	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	10	13	11	11	10	9	7	5	6	7	7	12	12	11	9	10	9	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	3.5 S	2.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	13	10	10	9	10	9	9	7	9	12	11	11	7	7	-	10	9	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.6 E	0.4 NE	1.5 ESE	-	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	4.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.6 NW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	4	2	4	3	5	-	8	7	-	-	-	9	10	9	3	11	10

	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Oku Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Nagai Point Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	9	6	4	8	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 N	3.5 S	3.5 E	2.2 E	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSE	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	9	13	10	9	13	10	11	14	9	11	11	10	10	8	9
Energy	1707	1659	1401	1472	1469	1449	762	908	8001	5393	1392	7052	4367	1380	3749	503	906	1441	949	315	97	401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off
Tide State	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:56AM 1.56					8:52PM 1.63				6:35AM 1.67				8:36PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:33AM 0.98				12:30PM 0.09				1:24AM 1.03				1:32PM 0.21				1:22AM 0.95				1:41PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	51	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	22	20	19	19	26	23	22	22	23	21	27	20	23	20	21	21	18	22	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	22	20	19	19	26	23	22	22	23	21	27	20	23	20	21	21	17	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 N	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.2 E	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	9	10	10	9	13	10	11	14	9	11	11	10	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 E	1.3 W	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.2 S	2.4 SE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	15	10	10	10	10	7	13	12	11	10	20	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNW	1.7 N	-	-	4.0 SSE	-	1.1 NNW	1.2 N	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	10	-	4	5	4	-	-	2	4	4

	Mon	Tuesday 02
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	9	6	4	8	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1739	1733	1707	1706	1683	1659	1587	1463	1401	1594	1721	1472	1494	1490	1469	1469	1448	1449	1428	774	762	750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:56AM 1.56														6:47PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				12:33AM 0.98												12:30PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	1
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	17	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	16	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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