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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	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			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	Buma Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNW	0.6 ESE	1.2 NE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.3 SE	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NE	1.7 NNE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.1 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	9	4	11	7	8	9	12	11	12	13	11	10	10	6	7	10	13	13	6
Energy(?)	742	93	165	82	62	30	954	309	194	268	676	354	349	113	79	67	372	132	79	184	226	350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:43AM 1.31		9:59PM 1.60		12:08PM 1.54	11:24PM 1.55	11:52AM 1.40		9:28PM 1.12	11:24AM 1.31	1:44PM 1.73	2:16AM 1.51		2:11PM 1.66		3:10AM 1.47	2:48PM 1.59	2:43AM 1.27		2:08PM 1.33		4:26AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		2:05PM 1.04		5:05AM 0.50	5:42PM 1.08		4:27AM 0.44	5:56PM 0.91		4:01AM 0.53		8:15PM 0.77	8:07AM 0.79		8:57PM 0.61	8:52AM 0.78		8:06PM 0.39	7:53AM 0.81		8:39PM 0.18	9:41AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	20	17	14	18	18	15	16	17	20	16	16	17	17	15	18	18	19	14	16	15	16	15
Low °C	19	16	14	14	18	15	15	15	19	15	16	16	17	14	17	15	19	12	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	16	12	17	17	13	14	17	20	15	15	16	16	15	18	18	18	14	16	14	16	15
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	4:40	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:32	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NE	1.7 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	11	9	8	9	12	11	7	13	5	10	10	13	7	10	13	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	8	4	12	11	11	10	9	10	7	12	6	11	14	4	10	10	5	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NE	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.5 NE	1.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 NNE	-	1.0 ENE	-	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	5	6	-	4	5	7	-	4	7	7	6	4	-	3	3	6	7	-	6	-	6

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	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.5 N	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	10	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	636	261	607	537	453	316	54	51	243	159	83	81	68	95	309	418	273	442	1158	1526	268	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:09AM 1.55								11:56AM 1.69				10:25PM 1.34				11:04AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)					4:28PM 1.08								5:52PM 1.11				5:29AM 0.60				4:53PM 0.95	6:10PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	20	20	20	20	13	12	13	15	18	19	17	15	15	11	10	15	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	13	20	20	20	20	11	11	13	15	17	19	16	14	14	9	8	14	15	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 NNW	0.6 E	1.7 NNW	1.5 N	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	10	6	7	7	6	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	10	8	12	9	9	12	12	6	12	11	10	9	11	9	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	1.8 NNW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	1.1 NE	-	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 W
Period (s)	7	4	-	9	4	4	4	4	7	-	2	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	-	8

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	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.9 SW	1.0 NE	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	6	8
Energy(?)	247	395	831	765	727	602	102	118	134	70	73	73	73	95	20	41	46	27	102	157	186	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							9:58AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	19	19	19	19	13	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	13	13	15	13	14	13	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	18	18	18	18	10	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	11	12	14	11	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 ESE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	16	15	10	10	9	-	10	9	7	7	4	4	4	4	12	6	12	8	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 N	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	8	8	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	3	3	3	6	6	6	5

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