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

	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Malibu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	4	5	7	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	0	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.7 SE	2.1 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 SW	0.8 NE	2.1 E	1.1 S	2.0 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	4	7	10	8	10	10	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	6	5	9	8	9
Energy(?)	260	214	181	70	15	466	2737	1891	1328	864	110	516	188	748	439	268	208	228	75	1909	1967	789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:12PM 1.22		3:14AM 1.35	2:44PM 1.28		3:31AM 1.39	3:15PM 1.38		3:49AM 1.42	4:00PM 1.43		5:06AM 1.51	5:34PM 1.46	11:37PM 2.42	6:17AM 1.93		6:56PM 1.96	6:42AM 1.93		7:30PM 1.77	5:33AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.35	8:54AM 0.79		9:19PM 0.36	9:25AM 0.63		9:32PM 0.41	9:54AM 0.47		11:59PM 0.21	11:27AM 0.26				12:48PM 0.25	12:50AM 0.44		12:47PM -0.00	1:15AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	14	68	2	12	-	-	12	32	3	2	2	-	-	19	2	6	9	-
High °C	18	18	16	19	17	20	23	18	15	14	13	12	12	9	9	13	13	19	15	19	18	18
Low °C	16	17	14	17	17	19	21	16	12	14	12	11	12	8	8	11	13	17	13	19	15	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	19	16	20	23	16	13	12	11	9	10	4	6	12	12	18	13	18	17	17
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:32	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	1.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	-	2.4 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	-	10	18	10	10	10	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	-	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 SE	1.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	4	4	-	-	-	9	16	8	6	7	8	10	8	7	9	7	9	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.7 SE	2.1 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	1.1 NW	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	2.1 E	0.3 NNE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	0.6 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	4	7	10	8	4	4	6	7	3	8	-	-	-	6	5	9	8	3

	Sunday 29						Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.4 SW	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	5	7	8	8	8	10	9	10
Energy(?)	311	260	254	214	211	206	181	185	153	163	167	59	66	60	138	580	1103	1010	1091	4303	1113	4586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:12PM 1.22					3:14AM 1.35				3:49PM 1.30		9:53PM 2.08		5:21AM 1.88				5:10PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		8:21AM 0.96				8:39PM 0.34				8:54AM 0.79									11:02AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	31	1	-	-	1	-	3
Temp. °C	14	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	17	15	20	20	20	20	20	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	15	15	17	17	17	14	20	20	20	20	20	14	15
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	5	9	8	8	8	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NNE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	12	5	5	9	7	10	10	6	11	9	9	11	17	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	10	-	10

	Sunday 29																				Mon
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	3	10	10	10	10	11	9	4
Energy(?)	333	322	311	311	268	272	259	259	254	254	251	100	96	74	1	97	110	107	107	3	52	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											1:12PM 1.22		3:04PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)						8:39AM 0.93													9:58PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	14	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	16	17	18	17	17	17	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	3	10	10	10	10	7	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 E	-	0.1 NW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	12	-	4	13	13	13	13	11	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	-	2	2	3	3	5	-	-

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