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

	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa
Rating	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.1 NNE	1.8 W	1.0 N	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	16	17	16	13	15	14	16	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	14	7	6	7	12
Energy(?)	4777	6616	6209	1497	2982	1216	1899	1404	1120	1034	1163	1343	667	1373	633	499	791	214	479	239	173	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 1.62		5:13AM 1.82	4:35PM 1.78		5:00AM 1.25	4:14PM 1.33		5:18AM 1.31	4:56PM 1.42		5:37AM 1.37		6:35PM 1.94	6:51AM 1.91	5:36PM 1.44		8:19AM 1.98		8:51PM 1.94	8:37AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	10:35AM 1.07		10:31PM 0.42	11:01AM 0.90		10:19PM 0.10	10:29AM 0.56		10:51PM 0.11	10:59AM 0.43		11:23PM 0.16	11:31AM 0.29	1:02PM 0.17	12:47AM 0.16			11:40PM 0.30		1:37PM 0.01	2:47AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	-
High °C	13	13	14	17	10	14	19	12	11	13	13	12	17	14	16	17	14	18	18	13	18	20
Low °C	13	13	13	17	10	13	18	11	10	12	13	12	17	14	13	14	12	18	17	12	17	19
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	17	8	14	19	11	10	13	11	11	17	12	16	17	13	17	17	12	18	20
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	16	17	16	13	15	14	16	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	6	14	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 NE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.7 E	0.8 E	-	0.1 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	11	13	17	13	16	-	11	5	5	6	6	4	5	6	6	7	14	7	6	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	1.9 SW	0.7 ENE	2.1 NNE	1.8 W	0.9 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	5	-	4	7	4	7	6	6	5

	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	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	Ada Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	16	16	14	13	16	14	16	16
Energy(?)	5421	4591	4285	3986	3352	6616	6041	6154	6209	7136	6267	5841	5057	1419	3079	1379	2322	2067	1000	1002	1875	1875
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:52AM 1.71			2:44PM 1.07					4:45AM 1.18				4:36PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	9:51PM 0.56				10:35AM 1.07				9:45PM 0.14				10:03AM 0.68				9:30PM 0.12				12:00PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	17	14	14	10	9	17	14	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	11	14	13	12	11	13	12	12	14	14	17	14	14	9	7	17	13	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	16	16	14	13	16	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.7 E	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	16	11	11	13	13	14	13	5	5	17	16	-	12	12	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 15
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	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	Ada Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	17	16	15	13	15	15
Energy(?)	5263	5398	5421	5191	4789	8571	8496	4877	4877	4915	5896	4777	5631	2723	3202	2378	2895	3200	1559	1701	3326	3281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:33AM 1.12									1:51PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	9:51PM 0.56												9:42AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	11	11	19	15	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	15	13	13	10	10	19	14	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	17	16	15	13	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.9 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.6 N	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	16	16	10	10	7	19	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

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