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

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	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Maeda Point Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	3	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 N	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 SE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	13	14	7	13	12	12	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	8	8	7
Energy(?)	642	522	631	502	77	771	179	123	116	170	105	339	190	148	83	62	72	89	42	58	232	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	cross- on	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:48AM 2.08		7:13PM 2.12	7:14AM 2.08		8:51PM 1.94	8:37AM 1.93		7:12PM 1.30	6:25AM 1.39		7:58PM 1.15	6:50AM 1.36		11:05PM 1.48	9:12AM 1.67		12:49AM 0.89	8:20AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	11:09PM 0.22		1:04PM 0.10	1:15AM 0.45		1:33PM 0.17	2:47AM 0.42		3:12PM 0.15	12:40AM 0.59		1:11PM 0.15	12:52AM 0.78		1:47PM 0.19		3:37AM 1.15	2:56PM 0.29	1:22AM 0.89		5:33PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	19	10	10	19	15	13	14	15	18	15	15	12	15	15	20	21	13	12	22	14	13
Low °C	12	18	10	6	18	15	11	12	14	15	14	13	10	14	15	20	20	13	9	21	12	13
Chill °C (?)	13	19	8	8	19	14	11	13	14	18	14	15	12	15	14	20	21	11	12	22	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 N	1.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 WNW	0.7 ESE	0.5 N	0.6 E	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	14	15	6	14	7	8	12	12	11	12	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SE	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 W	0.8 S	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	7	13	5	13	13	4	5	15	-	11	11	10	7	11	8	8	10	-	5	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	-	1.6 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SE	-	1.3 S	-	1.3 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.3 S	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	1.2 NNE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	3	-	3	4	4	6	-	7	-	4	5	-	2	4	3	5	6	7

	Thu		Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Maeda Point Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1114	677	541	742	705	521	515	543	268	544	502	387	466	535	347	65	77	215	696	712	573	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:54PM 1.44	6:33PM 2.11				6:48AM 2.08							5:36AM 1.39					6:11PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				12:43AM 0.33				1:52PM 0.01			11:40PM 0.30				11:40AM 0.20	2:13PM -0.03				12:56AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	13	12	13	19	19	18	10	8	8	6	8	12	20	14	12	15	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	12	10	12	19	19	18	8	6	5	3	5	11	20	14	10	14	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 N	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	7	12	8	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 E	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.3 S	0.7 NNW	-	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	6	14	6	6	5	7	-	14	6	5	6	7	6	8	13	12	6	12	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	1.5 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	6	6	-	7	7	-	6	4	5	7	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Maeda Point Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	8	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1184	664	385	664	651	677	434	514	313	728	667	423	666	552	451	325	167	469	566	469	469	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	17	18	16	16	15	14	18	18	17	12	12	11	11	11	10	18	11	10	16	16	16	10
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	15	14	13	17	17	16	9	9	8	8	8	7	18	10	7	14	14	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	14	13	13	7	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.3 S	0.4 NNE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	4	8	8	8	8	7	7	15	7	7	7	13	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NE	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.5 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	6	-	-	3	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	5	6	7	7	7	6

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