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

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 E
Period(s)	10	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	15	9	8	8	9	9	8	9
Energy	141	157	127	341	256	242	263	282	206	335	378	149	256	239	5	297	227	207	490	1109	647	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	on	off	off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 1.44	12:45AM 1.31		3:12PM 1.54		4:25AM 1.75	1:52PM 1.20			5:32PM 1.81				6:07PM 1.83	5:42AM 1.93	4:40PM 1.45		5:00AM 1.79		7:54PM 2.01	5:51AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				8:53AM 0.82		9:33PM 0.67	10:47AM 0.52		9:36PM 0.68	8:24AM 0.37		10:08PM 0.69	9:09AM 0.19		11:50PM 0.63			9:46PM 0.91	11:46AM -0.09		1:27AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	17	22	19	18	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	22	23	22	19	22	23	19	23
Low °C	20	20	16	22	18	17	20	18	18	18	18	18	17	19	22	23	21	17	21	22	18	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	17	22	19	18	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	22	23	22	19	22	23	19	23
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	0.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	2.2 E	1.4 SE	1.4 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	-	15	8	8	-	9	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	12	12	3	11	10	-	10	10	7	10	10	7	7	7	15	11	10	11	-	-	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	1.7 E	1.4 NE	1.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	9	-	-	9	8	8	-

	Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Green Pole Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	2.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Energy	263	226	104	147	239	275	326	315	200	260	579	276	261	281	265	257	261	303	244	234	267	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:48AM 1.56				2:21PM 1.41				12:45AM 1.31	3:35AM 1.66				3:32PM 1.46			1:14AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)				8:04AM 1.02								8:36AM 0.81									10:10AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	22	22	18	20	23	20	21	18	16	17	21	19	19	23	23	23	17	16	17	18	24	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	20	23	20	21	18	16	17	21	19	19	23	23	23	17	16	17	18	24	19
Sunrise	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	12	11	4	11	12	10	12	11	11	-	-	10	11	8	8	9	9	10	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.4 E	0.9 SSE	-	-	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	9	9	5	4	-	-	9	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Sun		Monday 11
	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	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Green Pole Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 N	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.2 N	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.4 E	0.7 SE
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	8	10	6	10	10	10	5	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10
Energy	275	269	88	149	322	151	2	102	153	105	2	110	105	348	309	322	104	102	120	113	370	102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)						2:20AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)										6:16AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	21	14	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	22	22	19	17	23	17	22	18	16	18	22	20	19	21	21	21	19	19	19	19	21	18
Chill °C (?)	22	22	19	17	23	17	22	18	16	18	22	20	19	21	21	21	19	19	19	19	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.2 N	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.4 E	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	6	9	10	12	10	6	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	11	-	6	14	12	11	4	11	12	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	10	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	5	2	8	4	9	5	-	5	-	3	5	-	-	-	5	5	-	6	-	-

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