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

	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ikei Island Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Oku Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Susuki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	4	5	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.4 SE	1.6 SW	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.8 SSW	2.4 NE	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	13	10	11	9	8	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	7	8	7	9	8	9	6
Energy(?)	195	130	29	51	21	2765	1357	1325	1083	525	435	84	137	99	906	868	73	183	79	64	92	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:48AM 1.39	5:32PM 1.37		5:11AM 1.36	5:55PM 1.41		5:09AM 1.44			7:13AM 1.64		8:10PM 1.38	7:07AM 1.43		10:11PM 1.50	8:26AM 1.56		10:24PM 1.33	9:06AM 1.42		11:45PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:59PM 0.38	11:15AM 0.09		11:27PM 0.46	11:42AM 0.04		11:24PM 0.73	11:59AM 0.19	1:31PM -0.01	11:32PM 0.07		1:19PM 0.05	1:19AM 0.85		1:24PM 0.28			3:15PM 0.47	2:51AM 1.14	3:35AM 1.00	3:13PM 0.34	12:36AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	32	9	-	-	1	-	2	4	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	19
High °C	12	15	17	14	23	20	18	18	18	16	19	24	17	16	17	17	13	12	14	15	19	18
Low °C	10	13	15	14	23	18	17	16	18	15	17	24	15	15	16	10	9	12	13	13	18	16
Chill °C (?)	11	14	17	13	23	20	16	18	18	15	19	24	17	16	16	15	11	11	14	15	19	17
Sunrise	-	5:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NE	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	13	-	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	7	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	7	10	11	-	-	-	10	10	14	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	6	7	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	2.4 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 S	1.8 SSW	2.4 NE	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	7	9	8	-	-	8	8	6	4	6	9	7	4	-	-	-	3	6

	Thu		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 S	0.8 ESE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.5 SW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	13	5	6	10	7	10	6	7	9	10	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	673	589	519	243	177	112	116	123	43	65	55	135	101	259	136	69	1316	2016	1446	1141	3055	3639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:05PM 1.36				4:51AM 1.36								5:42AM 1.54	6:06AM 1.55				7:30PM 1.74			5:19AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			11:00PM 0.33				10:52AM 0.25								11:50AM 0.19	1:55PM 0.21				1:14AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	10	10	13	15	15	16	17	14	13	14	15	16	22	20	19	17	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	8	9	12	14	14	16	17	13	13	14	14	14	22	20	19	17	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	1.4 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	7	5	13	10	7	10	11	7	9	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	13	6	-	7	10	7	12	7	-	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SE	1.3 S	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	2.5 SW	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	3	4	10	6	9	-	-	-	3	10	10

	Thursday 02	Friday 03
	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	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	8	13	7	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	748	899	915	673	476	416	416	270	54	12	51	55	47	88	40	47	36	47	47	35	68	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								10:41PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	19	13	15	16	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	10	10	11	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	12	19	13	15	16	16	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	6	8	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 NE	1.1 SSE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 W	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	3	7	8	8	5	8	8	13	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	4	4	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	-

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