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

	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	9	10	7	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	10	9	11	10
Energy	220	200	512	1020	165	166	443	133	167	202	261	95	277	127	207	305	299	249	163	178	264	348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:10AM 1.56		12:00AM 1.45	10:38AM 1.59		1:38AM 1.49			12:21AM 1.14	11:08AM 1.00		2:07AM 1.29		3:24PM 1.62		4:25AM 1.75	3:30PM 1.57	2:05AM 1.27	3:19AM 1.61	5:39PM 1.90		4:33AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 0.49		5:07AM 1.12	4:56PM 0.57	6:10PM 0.44	7:30AM 1.05	4:22PM 0.49		6:15AM 0.80	5:57PM 0.44	7:19PM 0.53	8:36AM 0.81		9:20PM 0.66	10:47AM 0.52		7:59PM 0.56	9:44AM 0.35		11:31PM 0.67	11:09AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	20	17	18	18	20	19	17	21	21	18	23	19	23	24	24	23	24	20	19	20
Low °C	24	21	16	15	18	17	19	19	16	20	20	17	23	18	22	23	24	22	23	19	18	20
Chill °C (?)	24	23	19	16	18	18	20	19	17	21	21	17	23	19	23	24	24	23	24	20	19	20
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	4:41
Sunset	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	10	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.1 N	-	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	4	11	-	4	7	-	4	4	12	8	11	9	11	5	5	10	10	9	10	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	-	-	1.7 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	7	-	-	4	-	2	2

	Friday 08						Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.8 NNE	0.9 ESE	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 W	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	10	9	9	11	6	10	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10
Energy	210	209	225	230	219	540	205	1087	555	322	213	761	152	158	186	276	200	238	73	505	468	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 1.47	9:41AM 1.69							7:46AM 1.10						1:36AM 1.49		8:42AM 1.03	10:39AM 1.20	12:48PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	4:08AM 1.21				3:51PM 0.49			2:25AM 1.09					4:56PM 0.57									7:18PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	24	25	20	18	17	18	16	18	20	17	17	18	16	19	12	17	18	20	21	18
Chill °C (?)	19	21	24	25	20	18	17	18	16	18	20	17	17	18	16	19	11	17	18	20	21	18
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 NE	0.9 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 N	0.9 SE	0.4 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	10	9	9	6	6	10	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	7	10	7	10	6	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 NE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	-	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	8	6	8	7	11	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	-	4	3	-	11	6	6	15	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.8 NNE	0.4 SW	2.4 SSW	0.4 NNE	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	1.1 ESE	0.4 NW	1.9 E	1.8 E	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	4	6	4	8	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	10	-	10	3	8	8	-

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	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 S	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 SE	2.2 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	10	9	9	10	10	8	6	10	6	6	6	11	10	10	-	10	7	7	-	-	10
Energy	152	250	219	219	224	145	198	200	252	278	295	299	187	177	175	0	196	559	197	0	0	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							9:10AM 1.56															12:15AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)													3:51PM 0.49	4:38PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	23	23	21	21	23	23	22	22	22	20	22	22	21	22	16	19	16	20	20	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	23	23	21	21	23	23	22	22	22	19	22	22	21	22	16	18	14	20	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	10	9	9	10	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	10	11	7	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 N	0.6 SE	-	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	11	10	-	-	6	10	8	11	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	6	11	11	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 W	0.6 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.7 WNW	2.2 SSW	1.4 NW	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	6	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	4	7	5	4	5	4

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