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.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Sesako Island Okinawa	Sesako Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 E	1.0 SE	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	7	7	7	14	12	6	6	9	10
Energy(?)	2093	1420	1284	1629	1265	621	1419	547	662	633	818	267	584	498	397	448	234	87	88	210	1377	2169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:39AM 1.83	5:27PM 1.87		4:28AM 1.31	4:09PM 1.39		6:59AM 1.76		6:33PM 2.11	6:48AM 2.08		8:05PM 1.97	8:07AM 1.94		8:48PM 1.90	8:36AM 1.93		7:48PM 1.42	6:59AM 1.49		8:07PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	10:19PM 0.10	11:32AM 0.47		10:03PM 0.10	10:16AM 0.39		12:10AM 0.26		1:02PM 0.17	12:43AM 0.33		1:50PM 0.22	2:06AM 0.41		2:26PM 0.15	2:39AM 0.55		3:05PM 0.14	1:16AM 0.70		12:58PM 0.14	1:07AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	2	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	11	13	4	-
High °C	10	18	15	18	20	14	14	17	18	14	11	18	7	17	18	19	20	17	15	15	15	13
Low °C	10	18	15	17	18	13	13	14	17	13	10	18	6	16	18	19	20	17	14	14	14	11
Chill °C (?)	8	18	15	18	20	14	12	17	18	13	8	18	3	16	18	19	20	16	15	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 E	1.0 SE	0.4 ENE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	14	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	14	8	13	13	13	7	12	6	11	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 N	-	0.3 N	-	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSE	-	0.7 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NNW	1.1 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 N	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	5	-	5	-	6	6	-	7	6	7	7	14	5	5	6	14	6	12	-	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 NNE	1.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	-	1.7 SSE	1.2 WNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	7	3	5	7	7	7	6	5	-	6	4	4

	Mon		Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3939	2032	1154	2091	1864	1707	1441	1239	1111	1156	1122	1484	1415	1265	1247	1172	1023	1023	839	893	920	1666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:32PM 1.20				4:09AM 1.25				5:55PM 1.69					6:49AM 1.82				6:45PM 1.93			4:32AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			11:13PM 0.09				11:28AM 0.72	12:01PM 0.49			11:38PM 0.26	12:30AM 0.25				12:43PM 0.50			11:23PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	7
Temp. °C	14	14	13	10	10	11	15	18	18	15	15	18	17	18	20	20	20	20	13	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	8	8	10	15	18	18	15	15	18	17	18	20	20	20	20	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	14	16	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	1.4 S
Period (s)	6	16	16	11	11	11	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7

	Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4136	1948	2297	2641	2536	2342	2269	1620	1620	2146	2090	2691	2657	2657	2657	2657	2657	2523	1031	1036	1213	1493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:32PM 1.20	4:45PM 1.76														6:24AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)									11:45PM 0.16											10:42AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	10	10	10	14	17	17	14	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	8	8	8	14	17	17	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	6	7	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	14	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	16	16	13	13	13	14	5	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None