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

	Sat	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.3 NE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	8	7	12	6	6	11	6	6	7	8	6	10	10	9	9
Energy	2037	1334	899	1411	147	157	299	58	52	32	87	348	38	13	89	349	176	160	119	150	451	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 1.63	3:07AM 1.49	1:50PM 1.34		3:21AM 1.55	3:17PM 1.46		4:06AM 1.83	4:26PM 1.67		4:35AM 1.72	5:16PM 1.69		5:01AM 1.77	5:47PM 1.90	6:23PM 1.70	3:39AM 1.35	5:46PM 1.41		3:32AM 1.46	5:15PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		8:50AM 0.88		8:30PM 0.57	9:30AM 0.78		9:32PM 0.54	10:24AM 0.61		9:51PM 0.49	10:59AM 0.36		10:32PM 0.60	11:30AM 0.23		12:09AM 0.58	10:19AM 0.08		10:28PM 0.63	10:25AM 0.13		10:29PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	3	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	7	1	10	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	20	18	21	17	15	23	23	18	24	21	14	15	14	14	15	12	17	21	21	18
Low °C	18	20	20	18	20	15	14	19	21	17	22	20	13	14	13	13	14	12	16	19	20	17
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	17	21	16	15	23	23	18	24	21	13	14	12	12	15	9	17	21	21	17
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	1.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.9 NE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	8	7	4	9	9	8	6	10	7	8	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	13	12	6	7	12	12	7	8	8	11	7	-	10	9	12	10	9	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 E	-	-	2.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	-	1.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	-	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	0.8 NNE	-	0.9 ENE	1.5 E	0.3 NW	1.0 E	-	1.0 SE	0.7 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	5	-	7	4	3	-	6	6	5	-	6	7	3	6	-	5	4	6

	Sat		Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Lena Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	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	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	10	7	12	7	7	7	7
Energy	1667	1509	2037	1008	1067	1065	990	1060	1100	1457	1411	1252	482	235	225	106	129	244	322	138	98	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:31AM 1.46				2:31PM 1.53					3:08AM 1.48							2:05AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		7:43PM 0.47				8:31AM 0.98				8:11PM 0.51					9:49AM 0.80			8:45PM 0.52				8:24AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	11	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	18	15	18	18	13	19	21	21	15	18	14	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	18	14	18	18	12	19	21	21	14	17	14	14	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.2 E	0.2 SSW	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	10	7	12	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	6	-	11	13	6	13	13	5	13	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.8 WSW	1.3 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	7	-	-	-	3	7	7	-	-	-

	Saturday 25	Sunday 26
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Lena Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	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	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 E	1.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	9	14	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	1618	425	908	928	957	976	976	1207	895	932	2124	2393	237	2382	1362	93	264	1188	262	297	297	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												2:56AM 1.53									11:33AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)					7:05PM 0.56												7:12AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	17	16	19	19	15	19	19	19	16	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	17	16	19	19	13	19	18	19	16	16	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.5 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	2.2 E	-	2.1 E	2.4 E	-	2.3 E	2.5 E	0.6 NE	0.7 SE	1.4 NE	0.7 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	15	15	15	6	6	6	10	-	10	10	-	10	10	9	6	15	6	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.5 N	0.6 NE	0.1 SW	0.6 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	6	6	7	14	7	14	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 E	-	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	-	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 ESE	3.0 E	-	-	0.8 ENE	2.0 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	7	10	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-

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