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

	Wed	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Ada Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kojima Kyu Shu
Rating	2	3	3	4	2	1	2	1	1	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.7 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SE
Period(s)	10	7	7	8	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	17	15	14
Energy	210	556	617	1084	251	120	329	99	115	574	502	1166	506	442	364	236	108	103	128	58	625	916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:58PM 1.68	8:04AM 1.69		9:21PM 1.22	9:10AM 1.57		2:56AM 1.60	11:22AM 1.56		12:51AM 1.61			12:23AM 1.27	11:27AM 1.06		12:16AM 1.32		2:37PM 1.55	12:48AM 1.35		5:01PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			1:41PM 0.11	1:57AM 0.95	3:50AM 1.09	5:03PM 0.35	8:21PM 0.50	5:48AM 1.05			7:02AM 0.99	4:22PM 0.54		6:09AM 0.79	5:27PM 0.66		8:33AM 0.73		6:29PM 0.76	8:20AM 0.47		9:23PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	3	12	10	-	16	-	9	41	6	10	6	3	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	11
High °C	24	24	18	19	26	24	18	24	23	20	21	19	20	22	22	21	24	23	22	22	26	23
Low °C	23	23	18	16	24	23	17	24	23	19	20	19	19	21	22	21	23	23	21	22	25	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	17	19	26	24	18	24	23	20	21	19	20	22	22	21	24	23	22	22	26	23
Sunrise	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	10	7	7	8	7	9	6	5	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	17	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	-	1.4 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	10	10	10	6	7	9	5	6	6	-	8	7	8	7	6	6	8	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.7 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 NNE	2.3 ESE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 SE	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	4	3	7	5	6	-	4	8	5	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	10	6

	Wed		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Balls Bowls Okinawa
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 ESE	1.7 NNE	1.8 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	7	9	7	6	7	9
Energy	248	521	210	214	500	556	583	617	1292	1119	1084	1120	320	251	209	120	126	120	329	258	159	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:58PM 1.68			8:04AM 1.69					9:21PM 1.22				9:10AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	3:13PM 0.03							1:41PM 0.11					3:27AM 1.11				4:18PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	1	-	3	2	1	-	-	12	-	1	-	2	-	5
Temp. °C	25	23	24	23	22	24	23	18	18	19	17	21	21	24	26	23	22	24	17	21	18	24
Chill °C (?)	25	23	24	23	22	24	23	17	18	19	16	21	21	24	26	23	22	24	17	21	18	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Sunset	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.4 SW	1.3 NNE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	7	9	6	6	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 ESE	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.4 S	0.1 W	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	5	7	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	1.4 SSE	-	-	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.5 S	1.7 NNE	1.8 ESE	-	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	3	7	-	-	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	4	-	3	3	3	7	6	-	5

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	248	248	248	210	210	521	515	210	210	214	538	214	464	562	500	513	528	556	558	571	583	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							9:21PM 1.79											8:04AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	3:13PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1
High °C	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	24	24	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	24	24	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	10	-	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.4 S	-	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	3	-	-	7	-	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

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