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

	Tue	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.4 SSE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 NNE	0.8 SE	0.8 N	1.0 ESE	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	5	10	9	6	7	8	6	10	10	7	10	7	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	85	101	106	130	125	223	188	150	191	208	301	196	59	177	328	585	636	357	275	283	207	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	on	cross	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.82		9:20PM 1.48	5:43AM 1.38		11:08PM 1.52	10:10AM 1.63		12:04AM 1.43	9:17AM 1.37		1:24AM 1.62			12:11AM 1.26	10:52AM 0.99	12:35PM 1.02	12:56AM 1.25		12:34PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	1:45AM 1.02		2:45PM 0.11	2:20AM 1.08				4:35AM 1.07	5:19PM 0.50		4:24AM 1.18	5:56PM 0.54		7:30AM 1.05	4:48PM 0.39		6:08AM 0.82			7:07AM 0.76		8:50PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	31	2	-	15	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	4	8	5	5	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	17	18	16	18	20	19	19	16	20	19	21	20	21	23	23	23	23	23	21	18
Low °C	15	19	17	16	16	17	18	19	17	16	18	17	19	18	21	20	23	22	22	23	21	16
Chill °C (?)	15	20	17	18	15	18	20	19	19	15	20	19	21	20	21	23	23	23	23	23	21	18
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	4:41	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.4 SSE	1.2 ESE	0.7 S	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	10	6	6	7	8	6	10	10	10	8	10	10	6	13	13	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	-	0.8 SE	0.8 N	0.2 W	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	4	9	-	9	10	10	11	8	6	5	-	10	7	6	10	6	11	12	9	9	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	1.0 SE	0.3 N	0.1 NE	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NW	1.7 NNE	-	0.8 ENE	0.3 NE	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	3	7	-	3	6	4	3	7	-	5	5	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Shida Chiba	Torami Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	9	6	9	9	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy	58	79	77	77	80	73	187	99	110	502	213	323	246	246	202	223	517	543	588	517	501	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:58PM 1.76			5:13AM 1.42						9:20PM 1.48			8:17AM 1.70					9:10PM 1.14			8:54AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				1:45AM 1.02					3:45PM 0.30			2:59AM 1.15				1:22PM 0.27				1:07AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	17	17	17	20	20	20	20	17	16	17	19	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	17	16	17	20	20	20	20	17	16	17	19	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-
Sunset	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNE	0.4 N	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	9	6	9	6	9	9	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	6	-	6	-	6	6	9	6	9	9	6	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.7 NE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 N	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	3	3	4	5	-	9	6	5	9	6	3	-	-	3	-	7	7	7	7	7	3

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Shida Chiba	Torami Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	7	8	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy	47	81	82	58	90	78	22	13	12	133	78	77	88	80	119	89	143	103	94	54	91	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					7:11PM 1.29		9:37PM 1.63								5:46AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)											1:45AM 1.02	2:11AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	16	16	15	18	19	19	20	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	15	15	17	19	19	20	17	17	17	17	17	16	18	18	17	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.5 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	3	3	6	8	4	10	6	6	6	-	4	4	4	8	6	7	7	11	11	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	-	0.6 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	3	6	7	-	3	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	4

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