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

	Sat		Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	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	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Kuminatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.2 N	0.8 SE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.4 SE	1.1 E
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	10	5	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10
Energy	179	168	256	378	179	2	118	393	240	613	539	359	401	415	269	565	464	414	371	374	67	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:45AM 1.23	10:57AM 1.30		2:16AM 1.67		2:34PM 1.44	1:03AM 1.15	3:42AM 1.65	3:58PM 1.57	2:55AM 1.63	3:31AM 1.81	4:59PM 1.72		5:03AM 1.86	5:15PM 1.77		5:39AM 1.95	5:57PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	4:41PM 0.38		6:19AM 1.13		7:18PM 0.61	8:55AM 0.95			9:58AM 0.75		8:27PM 0.64	9:57AM 0.43		9:43PM 0.60	11:29AM 0.31		10:31PM 0.68			11:10PM 0.76	9:40AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	5	-	11	8	4	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	21	21	18	22	19	23	23	20	20	25	20	17	23	19	19	18	18	17	22	20
Low °C	18	17	20	21	17	22	18	22	22	20	19	24	18	16	22	17	18	16	18	17	21	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	21	21	18	22	19	23	23	20	20	25	20	16	23	19	19	18	18	17	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:00	-
Sunset	6:59	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SE	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.1 S	1.8 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.4 SE	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	7	6	10	9	10	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	7	16	15	14	5	9	9	9	-	8	8	10	10	10	10	7	8	7	11	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	1.2 E	1.5 E	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.6 S	-	0.8 S	1.9 ESE	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	-	9	9	5	4	5	-	4	9	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3

	Saturday 09				Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tue
	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	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Bowls Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 SE	1.3 E	1.5 E	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s)	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	509	793	154	201	192	366	301	231	303	378	100	133	269	212	232	284	60	165	378	256	239	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						1:36AM 1.49		8:42AM 1.03		12:38PM 1.42				1:48AM 1.50				2:34PM 1.44				2:32AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			4:56PM 0.57									7:18PM 0.61				8:37AM 0.86				7:41PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	18	16	20	20	18	21	21	18	19	22	18	22	20	20	22	20	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	18	16	20	20	18	21	21	18	19	22	18	22	20	20	22	20	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 SW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 N	1.0 ESE	0.2 N	1.3 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	7	10	10	10	7	7	6	6	6	10	10	6	10	6	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 ESE	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	10	10	4	4	4	-	-	6	15	15	-	4	13	14	12	12	11	11	-	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 SE	1.3 E	1.5 E	-	-	1.3 E	0.4 SE	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	9	9	10	9	9	-	-	9	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Saturday 09	Sunday 10
	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	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Bowls Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.7 SE	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	11	10	10	7	7	11	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	1231	1672	145	219	184	337	337	187	156	131	148	163	494	194	401	186	90	366	185	189	135	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	1:05AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)										6:18PM 0.55												6:43AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	20	18	19	16	16	19	17	17	15	18	19	18	20	16	13	20	15	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	20	18	19	14	14	19	16	16	15	18	18	18	20	16	12	20	15	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	2.0 W	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 N	1.0 ESE	0.9 N	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 N	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	11	10	10	10	10	11	7	7	10	10	7	10	7	10	10	7	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 NE	0.8 N	0.4 NE	0.7 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	6	8	-	-	-	6	10	10	-	4	7	4	10	4	11	-	7	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.8 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	-	1.3 E	-	1.3 E	-	0.3 NNE	1.4 E	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.6 SE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	3	5	5	7	7	7	5	5	-	-	10	-	10	-	3	9	4	3	4	3

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