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

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Rocky Point Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	5	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 N
Period(s) (?)	10	13	14	12	16	14	15	13	13	16	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	13	14	7
Energy(?)	2378	4367	5364	737	3352	2379	2664	1169	1218	1982	1724	1401	1442	1195	1458	1747	427	969	522	902	333	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 1.34		4:52AM 1.71	3:57PM 1.61		5:13AM 1.82	4:35PM 1.78		5:35AM 1.92	5:15PM 1.93		5:18AM 1.31	5:54PM 2.04		4:49AM 1.35	5:10PM 1.45	7:26PM 2.05	7:38AM 1.93		8:08PM 2.03	7:53AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	10:09AM 1.19		9:51PM 0.56	10:35AM 1.07		10:31PM 0.42	11:01AM 0.90		11:05PM 0.32	11:28AM 0.72		11:39PM 0.13	10:59AM 0.43		10:35PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.24		1:39AM 0.15		1:52PM 0.01	2:13AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	12	11	18	18	14	13	18	16	16	20	14	14	15	22	20	21	13	21	21
Low °C	7	11	10	9	10	17	17	13	13	18	16	15	18	12	11	13	21	20	20	12	20	20
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	11	10	17	18	13	12	18	16	16	20	13	14	13	22	20	21	12	21	21
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:36	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	14	12	16	14	15	13	13	16	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	1.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	1.2 SE	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.5 NNW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	17	-	7	16	11	-	19	16	16	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	8	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	-	0.7 NE	-	0.5 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 SSE	1.3 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.7 N
Period (s)	8	8	-	5	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	6	-	3	-	3	8	5	7

	Saturday 14						Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	1.4 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	16	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	17
Energy(?)	1020	1593	3412	4367	3085	5474	5364	4651	4261	4259	3178	644	6385	2483	2606	2993	3398	2664	2139	1914	1853	3789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:31AM 1.55			2:50PM 1.47					4:52AM 1.71								4:03AM 1.29				5:12PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			10:09AM 1.22				9:51PM 0.56				10:35AM 1.07								11:21AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	7	10	11	14	11	11	11	10	11	14	13	13	14	10	9	8	17	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	1	4	8	11	14	11	11	10	8	10	14	12	13	14	8	7	5	17	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	1.4 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	16	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.7 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	17	18	-	-	-	7	7	6	7	17	16	16	12	19	10	13	14	19	6	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.7 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6

	Saturday 14	Sun
	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	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.5 E	5.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	14	11	14	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1190	1606	2208	2179	1129	2378	2341	3971	3412	3730	4096	899	8651	4898	2543	2487	2409	2243	2448	4531	4886	5452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:29AM 1.39										2:26PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)								10:09AM 1.22												10:18PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	6	6	6	5	7	8	9	10	10	11	13	13	11	10	9	9	15	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	0	2	2	2	2	4	5	7	8	10	11	12	10	10	7	6	7	13	13	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	14	16	14	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.1 NNE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	11	7	10	10	10	-	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.0 NNE	5.0 ENE	1.7 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

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