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

	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yona Bay Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	3	2	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s)	10	7	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	6	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	10	10	7	9	11
Energy	22	345	892	312	508	1802	1752	471	123	11	48	1168	3364	600	1089	1510	93	86	50	18	100	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 1.40		4:59AM 1.68	5:02PM 1.31	6:20PM 1.85	6:48AM 1.98		7:01PM 1.72	5:55AM 1.74		7:19PM 1.69	4:20AM 1.47		7:55PM 1.63	7:04AM 1.90		7:57PM 1.36	5:46AM 1.29		9:12PM 1.28	6:53AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 0.29		11:05PM 0.66	11:25AM 0.09		12:05AM 0.78		12:22PM 0.20	12:36AM 0.72		12:37PM 0.16	12:47AM 0.89	11:28AM 0.11	12:39PM 0.05	1:15AM 0.95		12:30PM 0.17	12:39AM 1.01		1:02PM 0.08	1:43AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	34	15	19	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	35	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	16	16	17	17	19	18	19	22	22	20	22	20	17	20	18	19	21	20	18
Low °C	14	16	17	15	16	15	16	18	18	18	22	20	18	21	17	17	20	15	19	21	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	15	16	15	16	19	18	18	22	22	20	22	19	16	20	17	19	21	20	18
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:41
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	0.1 S	1.2 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 SW	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	2.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	-	13	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	9	10	9	10	10	8	7	7	10	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	-	8	-	12	10	9	7	7	-	-	9	-	-	10	10	10	6	7	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.5 NNE	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	8	4	8	9	10	-	3	-	5	8	9	8	8	8	4	3	-	6	-	-

	Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	2	5	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 NNE	1.5 E	2.0 E	0.6 ESE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SE	2.1 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	6	6	9	4	7	7	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	9	10	10	9	8
Energy	12	10	66	47	203	408	73	318	631	1817	2212	1544	1420	1432	291	45	666	3976	1033	769	1090	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)			4:29AM 1.64								5:08AM 1.74					6:08PM 1.96			4:02AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 0.67				9:49AM 0.15				11:41PM 0.59				9:55AM 0.20				10:32PM 0.79				11:17AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	7	2	15	-	-	4	5	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	13	13	17	21	19	17	18	20	20	15	16	15	16	15	15	16	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	15	12	11	17	21	19	17	18	20	20	13	16	14	15	14	13	16	18	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	2.0 E	1.1 W	1.7 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.1 E	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	3	11	6	7	6	7	8	8	9	9	13	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.6 S	1.7 S	0.8 S	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	8	5	6	9	-	5	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 NNE	1.5 E	-	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NNW	2.5 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SW	0.7 W	0.3 W	2.1 SSW	3.5 SW	-	0.5 N	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	9	4	7	-	4	-	3	8	9	9	9	9	4	2	8	9	-	3	9	8

	Wed		Thursday 30
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	2	5	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.1 SE	1.1 NE	0.3 SE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.3 SE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period(s)	6	6	5	4	6	10	4	8	10	11	5	11	6	4	9	5	8	6	6	5	6	6
Energy	24	12	15	25	28	18	55	17	23	6	86	26	102	35	22	79	16	36	87	97	258	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								4:58AM 1.91	5:10AM 1.75											4:21PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 0.67												9:26AM 0.30	10:37AM 0.26	11:09AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	3	2	3	2	-	1	2	8	-	-	-	-	4	4
High °C	15	14	15	16	15	15	24	17	13	13	14	13	15	14	13	17	12	13	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	16	13	15	24	16	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	17	11	12	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	6	6	5	5	6	8	7	8	10	11	11	11	9	6	9	9	8	9	9	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	9	6	8	11	8	11	11	6	9	6	6	12	6	9	5	6	6	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NW	0.7 NE	1.7 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.8 SSE	1.4 NE	0.4 N	0.8 NNE	1.1 NE	0.8 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	6	4	4	5	3	4	5	4	6	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	6	6

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