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 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1738	1241	1254	850	2201	2698	2576	1938	1271	2994	3094	1804	1367	1156	1072	771	705	334	339	427	263	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 1.94	5:10AM 1.70		6:08PM 1.89	5:49AM 1.88			4:48AM 1.44		7:39PM 1.87	5:15AM 1.45		8:29PM 1.77	7:52AM 1.81		9:13PM 1.57	5:49AM 1.51		9:20PM 1.22	6:25AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		12:11AM 0.45	11:26AM 0.10		11:59PM 0.57		12:19PM 0.02	11:15PM 0.61	11:39AM -0.15		1:17AM 0.75		12:31PM -0.02	1:55AM 0.90		2:27PM 0.07	2:18AM 1.05		3:21PM 0.21	12:59AM 1.11		2:35PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	12	13	16	16	17	17	16	18	18	17	17	17	20	20	21	19	23	17	17	19	19
Low °C	17	10	11	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	15	16	16	18	19	20	18	22	17	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	8	11	16	16	17	17	16	17	18	17	17	17	20	20	21	19	23	16	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:00	-	-	4:56	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	-	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.2 E	-	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	12	12	18	-	11	11	12	-	10	10	10	9	16	16	15	15	5	13	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	2.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	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	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2090	1975	1527	1546	1546	1532	1584	1254	1204	1383	1875	2189	1224	3250	3238	3128	2665	2576	2356	2222	2186	2110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:08PM 1.68				5:21AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)					11:23PM 0.49				10:24AM 0.05				10:59PM 0.63	12:04AM 0.52							10:47PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	19	14	13	14	15	11	13	13	17	14	13	16	18	16	16	17	18	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	23	24	19	13	12	14	15	8	11	12	17	13	13	16	18	16	16	17	18	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	-	0.8 SSE	-	1.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 ESE	2.0 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	1.4 E	0.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	5	6	7	13	13	13	13	12	-	18	-	11	11	8	9	12	12	11	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ENE	-	1.7 E	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	4	5	5	8	8	11	9	11	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16														Friday 17
	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	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2042	2067	2174	1856	1738	1738	1672	1522	1390	1282	1933	1273	771	1937	1567	1558	1914	1873	1532	1825	1750	1743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								4:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	15	13	13	16	12	12	14	17	14	15	10	15	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	12	10	10	16	8	9	13	17	14	14	6	15	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	9	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.8 SSE	-	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	7	-	-	-	-	18	18	18	7	17	18	14	14	13	15	-	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NW	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.3 NE	2.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	-	2.4 NE	0.7 NE	2.2 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	6	9	4	5	9	4	-	8	5	8	8	8

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