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

	Wed		Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	5	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	4	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	1.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 NE	0.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	2.4 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	0.7 ESE	2.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	9	8	9	8	10	7	8	7	10	9	9	8	8	7	9	8	9	10	9
Energy(?)	94	383	2806	760	172	150	115	41	593	1505	620	1679	796	948	202	183	304	142	579	78	80	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:44PM 1.46		4:30AM 1.36		6:18PM 1.97	4:16AM 1.25	5:34PM 1.39		4:57AM 1.43		6:17PM 1.29	5:03AM 1.48		6:53PM 1.22	5:24AM 1.47		7:13PM 1.28	5:49AM 1.41		8:00PM 1.20	7:15AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 0.32	10:45AM 0.17	12:03PM 0.15	12:20AM 0.33	10:48AM 0.10		11:27PM 0.46	11:36AM 0.19		11:52PM 0.54	11:51AM 0.18	12:11PM 0.02	12:16AM 0.62		12:23PM 0.20	12:09AM 0.89		12:59PM 0.26	12:29AM 0.96		1:49PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	43	30	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	12	11	11	14	16	13	19	20	18	20	20	17	17	19	14	18	17	16	18	17
Low °C	14	12	11	11	9	12	15	13	18	18	15	19	19	16	16	18	14	16	16	12	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	15	10	10	11	13	15	13	18	19	17	20	20	16	17	19	13	18	16	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 NE	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 NE	2.2 S	1.2 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	9	9	8	9	8	7	13	-	-	10	9	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 W	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	9	4	14	9	7	10	10	-	-	-	15	15	7	8	10	7	7	13	6	3	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	2.4 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 S	3.0 S	-	2.1 SW	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	2.1 SSW	-	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	5	8	9	8	3	-	3	2	7	8	7	10	-	9	-	7	7	-	8	-	3	-

	Wednesday 01				Thursday 02								Friday 03								Sat
	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	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1072	731	518	243	223	653	2744	1050	813	1121	620	389	254	220	110	150	160	176	160	138	76	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:26PM 1.34				4:22AM 1.39				5:05PM 1.36				4:25AM 1.47				5:18PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	10:39AM 0.41				11:49PM 0.25				10:38AM 0.33				10:59PM 0.38				10:52AM 0.25				11:57PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	4	1	-	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	14	13	15	12	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	9	12	14	14	14	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	14	12	14	11	10	8	10	10	11	9	8	7	11	13	12	13	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 ENE	2.4 S	0.4 NE	2.1 S	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 WSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	6	8	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	10	10	10	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 NE	1.2 SSE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	6	8	6	14	8	14	13	8	8	9	8	7	7	9	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NNE	-	1.9 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	-	0.5 N	0.7 NE	0.3 N	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	3	4	5	-	8	9	9	-	3	8	2	8	4	3	-	-	-	2	3	2	5

	Wednesday 01														Thursday 02
	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	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	7	7	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1364	1099	957	116	99	498	554	420	319	518	353	359	308	385	339	390	434	494	494	1141	1937	2690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)								4:26PM 1.35												4:07AM 1.45	5:02AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		10:16AM 0.30												10:30PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	5	3	2	1	4	-	1	-
High °C	16	17	16	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	16	16	14	13	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	15	14	14	14	15	15	12	11	12	15	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.3 S	3.5 SW	2.3 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 E	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	6	9	10	10	15	8	9	14	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	6	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	-	9

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