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

7 day 48 hour

	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 SW	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 E	1.9 SE	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	7	7	7	6	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	6	8	7
Energy(?)	442	80	62	303	387	131	53	84	439	572	958	573	649	507	392	409	649	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:21PM	2:52AM	4:11AM	4:14PM	2:39AM	3:12AM			5:31AM		6:16PM	6:03AM		6:09PM	6:07AM		7:09PM
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25PM	10:14AM		9:06PM	9:32AM	12:34PM	11:07PM	11:52AM		12:07AM		12:05PM 10:23AM	11:38PM		12:34PM	12:45AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	21	2	-	1	-	-	6	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	23	21	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	17	16	15	17	19	19
Low °C	20	18	18	21	19	17	16	17	17	18	18	19	17	16	14	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	23	21	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	17	15	13	16	19	19
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:58	-	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.9 SE	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.9 W
Period (s)	10	10	6	7	7	7	6	8	6	6	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	1.2 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	10	11	16	7	14	13	13	-	8	8	6	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	-	1.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 NNE	1.6 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 E	0.4 NW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 W
Period (s)	7	-	6	7	7	3	3	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	3	6	8	7

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 SW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 NNE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	6	7	7	7	7	7	11	7	7	7
Energy(?)	301	301	232	442	396	80	86	63	62	284	308	303	219	387	300	203	131	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:39AM 1.31				2:21PM 1.22					4:39AM 1.84				4:14PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)					9:47AM 0.71				10:06PM 0.46				11:07AM 0.49				10:52PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	6	8	3
Temp. °C	17	16	16	20	20	20	18	23	21	19	19	21	23	21	19	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	20	20	20	18	23	21	19	19	21	23	21	19	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 NNE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	11	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	7	9	9	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	-	8	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	4	-	3	3