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.

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Ohara Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Turtles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	1.3 SE	1.8 NNE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	4.0 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.5 N	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	10	5	7	6	7	8	9	9	6	8	9	10	9	10	9	6	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	180	47	64	133	150	213	478	1321	318	476	180	135	561	582	1283	2449	390	715	435	1144	138	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:18PM 1.37		5:57AM 1.33	3:09PM 1.42		6:06AM 1.31	3:51PM 1.46	6:15PM 1.83	8:14AM 1.87		6:08PM 1.55	8:10AM 1.51		8:05PM 1.68	9:39AM 1.57		8:49PM 1.63	10:18AM 1.55		8:20PM 1.33	10:10AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			10:27PM -0.03	10:51AM 0.95		10:50PM 0.07	10:47AM 0.99		1:08AM 0.14		12:47PM 0.94	1:10AM 0.11		2:27PM 0.83	2:57AM 0.06		1:09PM 0.93		3:37AM 0.15	1:58PM 0.90		3:20AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	5	3	30	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	41	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	14	21	14	16	17	19	12	19	12	10	12	15	16	18	18	11	11	19	8	8
Low °C	11	18	13	20	14	15	16	16	7	18	11	7	12	14	14	17	17	11	11	18	5	6
Chill °C (?)	12	18	13	21	14	14	17	19	11	18	9	9	11	13	16	17	17	10	8	18	4	6
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:12	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 NW	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	-	0.5 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 SSE	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	4	7	7	10	11	8	10	9	10	8	9	10	9	10	-	8	9	8	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.8 SW	-	0.3 W	1.0 ESE	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	5	10	11	9	-	-	6	-	4	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	12	16	11	10	6	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	-	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.1 SW	3.0 S	1.0 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.1 NW	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	4.0 SE	1.9 SE	-	0.5 N	2.5 N	1.4 NW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	5	4	5	-	6	7	6	9	4	6	5	6	4	-	-	9	6	-	3	8	5	4

	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.1 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 S	1.7 SE	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	132	147	223	173	186	139	122	142	59	50	355	360	314	219	223	273	706	298	272	695	344	605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:10AM 1.39			2:47PM 1.39						6:17AM 1.46				6:15PM 1.68				6:21AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					9:25AM 1.03				11:59PM 0.18				11:37AM 0.95	12:39PM 0.89			11:10PM 0.08	1:12AM 0.04				12:04PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	3	5	3	1	2	-	1	20	-	-
Temp. °C	20	10	10	10	12	15	15	16	17	17	14	14	14	21	20	20	15	21	20	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	8	9	9	12	15	14	15	17	17	14	14	13	21	20	20	15	21	20	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.8 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 S	1.7 SE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	4	4	13	12	7	8	8	8	7	9	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	10	5	11	4	11	11	11	10	10	-	11	11	14	14	14	-	13	13	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	-	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	2.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	6	4	7	4	4	4	4	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	-	-

	Thu	Friday 19
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	5	5	10	9	9	9	11	9	9	11	5	5
Energy(?)	65	153	206	149	159	182	178	165	42	41	42	45	13	88	88	90	13	79	87	6	62	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								4:48AM 1.34		6:16AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		10:01PM 0.11														12:05PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	13	14	10	10	12	21	21	21	12	21	21	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	20	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	13	14	9	8	10	21	21	21	12	21	21	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	4	9	9	4	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	4	10	10	5	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	11	7	7	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	3	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	3	3	5	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	-	5	5

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None