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

	Sat	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	7	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	3.0 SE	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	242	122	202	206	242	178	161	202	231	374	2291	3276	4478	4006	1929	2174	2254	6314	6095	3481	4447	3860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:23AM 1.17			2:22AM 1.13	3:20AM 1.29			4:26AM 1.78	4:55PM 1.59		5:21AM 1.78											7:10PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		8:04AM 0.90		7:07PM 0.33	9:10AM 0.75			10:31AM 0.50		11:08PM 0.34	11:29AM 0.34										12:38PM -0.10	12:56AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	25	25	26	17	17	18	18	22	23	24	22	17	23	12	14	18	18	18	20	18
Low °C	21	19	25	24	25	17	17	18	17	21	23	24	21	16	22	10	12	18	17	16	20	15
Chill °C (?)	24	19	25	25	26	17	17	18	18	22	23	24	22	17	23	9	13	17	18	18	20	17
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 SE	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.1 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.3 N	0.5 ESE	1.4 E	-	1.8 E	0.4 ENE	1.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	5	6	6	5	4	5	6	7	5	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	-	9	11	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNE	-	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 E	-	-	-	1.2 N
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	8	9	-	-	-	5

	Sat		Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	Hebara Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	7	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	1230	1666	459	307	514	220	111	122	142	139	245	210	225	242	247	269	236	227	201	237	219	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:59AM 1.06				2:42PM 1.46													4:23AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	5:53PM 0.50	6:36PM 0.43									9:28PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	15	17	24	19	19	25	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	24	16	23	17	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	15	16	24	19	19	25	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	24	16	23	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:16	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	9	11	7	11	11	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	14	-	4	5	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.3 NE	2.0 W	-	1.1 NE	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.9 SE	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	4	7	-	4	-	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	5	4	6	-

	Saturday 11	Sunday 12
	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	Hebara Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 W	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1247	633	615	615	1298	259	135	133	159	157	242	225	221	224	220	220	220	220	139	215	128	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)														4:04AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			5:53PM 0.36		7:02PM 0.37	8:39PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	19	20	21	17	19	22	22	25	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	19	24	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	19	19	21	17	19	22	22	25	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	19	24	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	11	8	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	4	6	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 W	0.3 N	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	7	4	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	4

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