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

	Tue		Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	0.6 N	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.0 S	1.4 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	8	8	8	8	6	9	8	10	7	9	9	9	8	8	6	8	6	9	8
Energy(?)	2737	4378	1312	517	284	312	534	30	183	43	56	827	2655	1866	697	366	269	197	109	343	1316	716
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:00PM 1.83		5:32AM 1.78	5:48PM 1.84		4:07AM 1.45	4:40PM 1.45		5:23AM 1.44	5:42PM 1.35	6:45PM 1.65	6:24AM 1.66		7:09PM 1.48	7:07AM 1.90		6:46PM 1.32	5:14AM 1.43		7:31PM 1.14	5:45AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 0.21	11:38AM 0.42		11:50PM 0.44	10:23AM 0.35		10:55PM 0.40	11:39AM 0.16		12:31AM 0.51			12:44AM 0.60		12:11PM 0.02	12:07AM 0.69		12:37PM 0.21	12:40AM 0.69		12:59PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	4	36	1	-	-	-	-	-	49	30	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	18	16	14	14	10	10	19	13	16	16	20	19	18	19	20	16	21	18	18	17	18
Low °C	20	15	15	13	11	10	10	19	12	15	15	19	19	17	17	18	16	21	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	22	16	16	12	14	7	8	19	12	16	16	20	18	16	19	20	15	21	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:20	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	2.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	0.6 N	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NE	2.0 S	1.4 SE	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	17	10	10	8	8	8	8	6	9	8	10	13	-	10	9	8	8	9	7	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	1.6 SSE	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	16	8	10	9	14	14	8	7	13	7	13	-	-	15	8	9	6	8	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	-	6	8	4	-	-	-	7	9	9	-	-	-	6	8	6	9	8

	Tuesday 31				Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Fri
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Malibu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 NE	1.3 SSE	1.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1465	1291	5377	1159	825	1641	1060	1312	1110	697	279	204	284	233	73	534	523	739	458	400	732	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:07PM 1.74				3:49AM 1.42				5:33PM 1.63				5:53AM 1.90				4:57PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	11:02AM 0.47				11:20PM 0.39				10:39AM 0.41				10:22PM 0.47				10:31AM 0.23				10:32PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	6	13	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	20	13	14	17	15	16	14	14	12	13	14	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	11	14	16	14	16	14	12	12	13	13	12	11	7	8	9	8	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SW	0.6 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.0 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	17	16	16	10	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	7	7	14	7	8	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.6 NW	0.8 N	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.7 NE	1.5 NNE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	9	8	10	4	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	6	7	8	8	8	8	8

	Tuesday 31														Wednesday 01
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Malibu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	5.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	4.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1788	1603	3129	2640	2893	1287	1557	4664	5919	5118	7696	3164	3741	9439	209	3312	2188	2484	2997	2657	1060	954
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							3:15PM 1.38													4:10AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			11:09AM 0.57										9:52PM 0.40	10:52PM 0.25	11:16PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	22	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	19	17	15	18	17	17	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	22	15	15	16	17	17	18	16	18	15	14	17	16	17	15	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	3.5 S	3.5 S	0.3 ENE	4.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	9	8	18	18	17	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	8	10	9	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.5 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	10	10	10	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	5.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	1.1 NNE	4.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	11	-	10	11	6	10	11	11	11	11	-	-

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