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

	Mon		Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kojima Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.0 E	2.3 E	1.0 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	8	8	9	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	13	14	10	9	14
Energy(?)	620	48	233	200	95	100	447	1091	149	416	295	1979	1025	471	568	1011	769	639	1188	837	226	891
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:10PM 1.38		6:12AM 2.00		8:25PM 2.19	7:17AM 0.59			6:49AM 2.00	4:05PM 1.65		6:01AM 1.56	4:37PM 1.66	6:18PM 1.89	7:57AM 1.82		6:54PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.68		7:34PM 1.74	9:53AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		11:33PM 0.31		12:25PM 0.06	2:41AM 0.07		2:54PM 0.52	11:24PM 0.01			11:00PM -0.12	11:12AM 0.92		1:05AM -0.09		1:23PM 0.92	1:52AM -0.00		2:00PM 1.05	2:43AM 0.14		3:14PM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-
High °C	17	13	15	15	14	16	17	17	21	21	20	21	21	16	19	22	22	26	26	23	18	24
Low °C	16	12	14	15	13	15	16	16	20	19	18	19	20	15	17	21	21	25	25	21	16	19
Chill °C (?)	16	10	14	14	14	16	17	17	21	21	20	21	21	15	19	22	22	26	26	23	18	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	5:25	-	-	4:42	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	1.8 ESE	1.0 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	0.4 SE	1.8 E	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	10	9	10	9	6	-	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	10	14	10	13	14	10	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 S	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	7	10	9	4	-	-	-	12	14	10	9	9	9	15	9	14	13	18	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	0.9 NNW	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	-	0.4 NE	2.0 E	2.3 E	1.9 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	2.4 E	-	-	1.0 NE	2.1 E	-	2.1 E	2.0 E	-	1.2 S	0.8 W
Period (s)	8	4	8	8	-	3	7	8	8	-	9	10	-	-	5	10	-	10	10	-	5	5

	Monday 03				Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.6 N	1.4 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	10	9	10	9	7	7	8	8	7	10	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	401	306	245	1241	737	314	385	204	201	200	172	125	194	209	210	273	293	763	716	1190	1091	1334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:33PM 1.96	6:11PM 0.53							3:04PM 1.56				5:32AM 1.91				5:03PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	9:06AM 0.61					12:02AM 0.05			11:23AM 0.69				9:39PM 0.13				11:22AM 0.60				11:41PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	23	23	14	13	14	13	14	19	15	15	14	14	13	14	17	19	17	17	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	23	23	13	12	14	13	14	19	14	15	13	13	12	13	17	19	17	17	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	1.4 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	8	10	9	10	9	7	9	10	8	7	10	9	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	-	6	-	-	9	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.6 N	0.7 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 NE	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 E
Period (s)	7	7	4	10	-	-	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8

	Monday 03	Tuesday 04
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.4 NE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE	2.2 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	460	226	225	295	538	437	680	50	41	132	131	120	120	57	57	56	45	39	37	36	52	144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				4:44AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	9:06AM 0.61		11:29AM 0.54		1:35PM 0.49								9:01PM 0.34	10:25PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	23	23	13	17	14	17	16	17	15	14	14	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	17	23	23	11	16	12	16	14	16	13	12	12	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	5	7	5	6	10	10	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	4	-	-	4	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.4 NE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE	2.2 NNE	1.1 NW	1.6 NE	0.7 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	8	10	9	4	6	3	4	4	4	3	7	3	3	5	5	-	-	4

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