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

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	Thu	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29
	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	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Torami Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 N	1.8 N	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.2 ENE	1.8 SW	3.5 W	0.9 N	1.0 NNE	0.7 N	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.3 N	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	12	7	7	10	9	8	8	9	7	9	10	5	13	13	13	13	7	8	11
Energy(?)	859	486	75	91	105	68	19	567	1716	96	171	73	145	59	2	378	493	418	317	22	226	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:36AM 1.36		7:29PM 1.28	8:21AM 1.25		10:59PM 1.61	11:21AM 1.68		11:45PM 1.43	9:03AM 1.29		10:33PM 1.03	9:10AM 1.40	12:31PM 1.48	2:48AM 1.37	10:32AM 1.35			5:07AM 1.18	12:03PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 0.19		1:39PM 0.57	1:56AM 0.32		4:41PM 0.63		5:07AM 0.43	3:15PM 0.48			3:54PM 0.47	2:35AM 0.90			7:49PM 0.54	4:01AM 1.08		9:24PM 0.23	8:37AM 1.12		8:21PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	6	6	15	14	6	5	7	15	8	17	6	7	10	7	6	7	6	4	16	5
Low °C	12	13	5	5	14	14	3	5	7	14	7	16	4	5	7	5	5	7	3	3	16	2
Chill °C (?)	10	13	4	5	15	13	1	0	1	15	8	17	5	7	8	4	2	5	3	3	15	2
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:57	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:04	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.8 N	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	0.5 NE	0.9 N	2.2 WNW	0.7 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 N	0.6 NE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	7	10	10	5	8	13	7	8	13	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	1.0 NNE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	12	10	10	10	8	11	9	9	9	11	4	9	13	5	13	13	7	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 N	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	0.4 N	3.5 W	0.3 E	2.5 WNW	-	0.8 NE	-	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	9	7	-	-	-	-	8	3	8	4	8	-	9	-	6	8	6	-	-	-	3	-

	Thu		Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	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	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Torami Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 SW	0.7 NNW	0.5 E	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	11	11	8	7	10	6	8	6	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1240	1243	1084	294	283	504	424	277	549	238	526	55	56	232	83	87	225	1074	78	611	463	377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:13PM 1.39					10:08AM 1.76							7:43AM 1.44	10:11AM 1.61			7:38PM 1.23	10:25PM 1.48			8:31AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)				1:25AM 0.19								1:08AM 0.38								2:19AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	3	3	3	13	14	14	6	13	5	5	5	6	14	15	8	7	15	4	3	4
Chill °C (?)	5	2	1	0	1	11	13	13	6	12	3	2	1	2	13	15	3	3	15	0	-2	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.1 E	1.5 SW	0.4 E	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	11	11	7	7	10	8	9	6	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	-	10	12	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	0.3 NNE	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.9 WSW	0.7 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 N	1.7 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.4 N
Period (s)	8	8	7	3	-	6	7	-	7	6	8	8	8	8	-	-	6	8	6	9	7	3

	Thursday 22	Friday 23
	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	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Torami Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.5 W	2.0 N	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	1.9 N	1.7 N	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	1.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	9	8	11	11	10	9	9	10	12	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	911	427	1240	1299	1373	1039	957	947	1084	621	170	160	158	107	601	503	21	135	420	11	107	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				6:44PM 1.36			9:20PM 1.81										7:44AM 1.46		9:38AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)											1:11AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	6	5	5	4	13	13	13	3	13	2	2	2	2	13	13	3	3	13	4	5	6
Chill °C (?)	2	5	5	2	0	10	10	11	1	11	0	-1	-1	-1	11	12	0	0	11	4	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.6 SE	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	1.5 N	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.5 W	2.0 N	0.4 NE	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	1.9 N	1.7 N	-	0.6 N	0.6 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	9	3	7	6	-	9	9	-	4	6	-	-	-

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