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

	Fri		Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	1.1 SW	2.3 S	4.5 SSW	1.9 S	4.0 SSW	2.1 SW	0.5 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	12	12	9	10	9	9	5	6	7	9	6	10	10	7	8	7	7	8	10	6
Energy(?)	975	1068	1173	1003	321	232	239	67	15	118	467	2913	286	3472	1358	24	199	113	199	21	71	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 1.68	2:07PM 1.39		4:10AM 1.09	1:49PM 1.14		4:25AM 1.18	3:38PM 1.25		4:43AM 1.28	4:27PM 1.36		5:02AM 1.37	4:00PM 1.43		5:02AM 1.41	4:40PM 1.45		4:25AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		8:58PM 0.51	9:37AM 1.16		7:46PM 0.36	9:14AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.20	9:53AM 0.65		10:11PM 0.24	10:28AM 0.52		10:45PM 0.31	11:01AM 0.41		10:20PM 0.31	11:08AM 0.27		10:32PM 0.55	10:52AM 0.25	12:19PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	54	20	13	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	17	14	15	17	17	18	18	20	20	15	15	14	19	12	15	13	13	16	16
Low °C	13	15	16	17	13	14	16	15	16	18	19	20	14	13	13	19	10	12	13	11	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	15	16	17	14	15	17	17	17	18	20	19	14	13	12	19	10	13	12	12	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 NE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	2.1 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	10	9	12	9	10	9	9	5	10	11	10	-	10	10	6	8	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.0 NNE	1.6 NE	1.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	10	12	10	11	12	12	-	18	16	16	8	7	9	7	8	8	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.7 SW	-	1.1 SW	2.3 S	4.5 SSW	1.9 S	4.0 SSW	0.1 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 NW	-	-	0.8 W	1.2 NE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	6	7	9	6	10	10	5	5	4	-	-	5	6

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	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	Mera Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	0.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	10	9	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5
Energy(?)	712	213	523	318	670	1158	669	1173	1159	1003	853	728	637	592	585	304	285	228	232	190	177	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:19PM 1.53								12:44PM 1.01					4:10AM 1.09			2:01PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				7:55PM 0.41				8:23AM 0.92				8:33PM 0.19				8:21AM 0.96				8:15PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	21	18	16	13	15	10	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	17	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	21	18	16	12	15	8	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	17	16	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	0.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 NE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 E	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	12	-	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	4	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	3	-	4	4	4	5

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	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	Mera Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	0.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	780	214	734	443	993	1408	1093	1333	1277	1165	1195	1199	1104	1140	1068	663	684	439	634	630	579	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											7:16PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	13	20	18	17	14	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	14	12	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	20	18	17	12	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	11	11	13	10	9	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	0.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 N	-	-	0.3 NE	1.6 NNE	0.5 NE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	10	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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