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

	Thu		Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Hebara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	1	4	1	4	4	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	0	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	2.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 N	1.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.1 N	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	14	12	8	8	10	12	13	8	11	11	6	11	11	8	10	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	865	107	1241	67	706	1306	965	409	371	1475	245	184	154	9	131	159	382	928	196	367	472	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:17PM 1.28		5:29AM 1.27		6:17PM 1.38	6:09AM 1.42		8:25PM 1.77	6:18AM 1.42		7:22PM 1.25	8:42AM 1.74		9:38PM 1.40	7:17AM 1.41		9:21PM 1.00	7:22AM 1.31			8:05AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 0.28	11:45AM 0.26		12:10AM 0.53		3:28PM 0.19	2:17AM 0.50		1:03PM 0.33	12:38AM 0.77		3:29PM 0.23	2:47AM 0.96		2:17PM 0.41	12:51AM 0.93		3:26PM 0.36			4:32PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-
High °C	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	7	9	11	16	10	10	10	8	10	12	12	6	7	7	13
Low °C	12	11	10	11	13	14	12	6	6	9	16	7	9	5	5	9	11	11	6	7	7	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	8	13	11	14	6	6	8	15	9	10	8	5	7	10	12	3	4	4	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 SW	1.4 N	1.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.1 N	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	7	12	8	12	12	8	10	12	13	8	11	11	6	11	11	11	8	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.6 W	0.3 S	2.1 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	7	14	-	-	12	7	6	8	8	6	4	13	5	6	6	10	10	10	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.8 N	-	0.7 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 N	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	8	8	-	5	-	8	3	5	2	5	6	8	10	4	5	4	4

	Thursday 05				Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sun
	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	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	1	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	12	13	12	14	13	6	6	8	8	12	8	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1104	1187	1365	978	1276	1348	54	69	1143	1123	998	70	64	129	258	1306	1082	1661	1727	604	544	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:17PM 1.28					7:25AM 1.89				7:45PM 1.88								6:55PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 0.34				11:47PM 0.41				11:58AM 0.36					1:42AM 0.54				12:36PM 0.32				12:13AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	13	11	10	10	20	14	12	14	13	11	9	9	13	13	14	13	13	10	8	6
Chill °C (?)	7	12	12	10	9	8	20	14	10	12	11	9	6	8	12	11	13	12	11	7	5	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.3 SE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	8	12	12	12	15	8	12	13	12	5	5	5	14	12	12	8	8	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	-	-	7	8	8	8	11	-	-	12	12	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 ENE	3.0 WSW	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	12	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	4	2	3	6	6	8	8	12	8	6	6	6

	Thursday 05	Friday 06
	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	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	1	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	0.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.4 SE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	9	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	12	12	12	8	12	12	12
Energy(?)	969	1104	1104	828	779	865	196	132	878	878	984	123	122	26	12	1348	1348	1348	24	1290	1096	1663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)									5:31PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			11:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	10	12	13	13	19	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	4	6	7	10	12	12	18	12	11	11	11	12	12	6	6	8	7	8	10	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 N	0.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	6	12	12	12	6	6	9	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 E	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	9	8	8	8	9	9	15	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

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