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

	Fri		Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	4	3	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.7 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	2.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	8	10	9	9	10	7	10	7	7	8	9
Energy	222	250	98	90	445	1316	616	1145	245	257	330	155	357	202	241	200	576	200	528	619	525	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:56AM 1.60	11:11AM 1.51		12:51AM 1.61			1:37AM 1.53		2:51PM 1.41	2:27AM 1.66		1:23PM 1.06	1:08AM 1.24		5:01PM 1.52		3:42AM 1.72	4:47PM 1.58		3:55AM 1.64	5:17PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	3:47PM 0.22	8:21PM 0.50	5:43AM 0.98			7:02AM 0.99		6:45PM 0.65	7:45AM 0.83		8:01PM 0.78	8:11AM 0.67		6:56PM 0.68	8:08AM 0.37		9:39PM 0.85	10:30AM 0.38		9:59PM 0.83	10:42AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	7	-	-
High °C	19	18	25	25	21	21	24	21	21	24	21	23	22	21	22	26	20	23	22	23	25	22
Low °C	18	18	24	24	20	21	23	20	20	24	20	22	21	21	21	25	20	23	21	22	25	22
Chill °C (?)	19	18	25	25	21	21	24	21	21	24	21	23	22	21	22	26	20	23	22	23	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	1.0 W	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.4 E	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	9	6	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	7	10	7	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 W	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	6	6	9	6	6	7	7	6	10	16	7	10	10	10	8	14	6	7	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	1.7 NNE	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	-	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	2.2 ESE	-	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	6	7	6	5	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	7	-	7	7	4	3

	Friday 22				Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Mon
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	0.6 ESE	1.7 NNE	1.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	2.4 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period(s)	8	8	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Energy	379	222	322	73	250	274	95	98	105	90	113	104	445	800	893	1316	579	616	1270	641	1145	1231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									11:11AM 1.51					12:43AM 1.51			11:27AM 1.43					1:32AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			3:47PM 0.22				5:43AM 0.98					6:10PM 0.50				7:02AM 0.99				6:52PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	22	18	20	24	24	25	25	24	24	20	21	20	21	24	24	22	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	22	18	20	24	24	25	25	24	24	20	21	20	21	24	24	22	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.1 W	0.4 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 W	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	-	1.4 ESE	1.9 E	0.1 SW	1.9 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	7	6	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	-	9	9	6	9	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	10	-	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	7	7	6	-	-	6	-	7	8	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	1.3 E	-	1.7 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	2.4 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	2.2 ENE	2.3 E	-	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	7	9	6	6	6	5	6	6	-	8	9	9	9	9	8	-	9	9

	Friday 22	Saturday 23
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 NNE	0.7 ESE	1.7 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	209	386	379	324	307	222	285	306	322	124	80	73	102	75	250	94	420	274	274	95	95	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							3:47PM 0.22														5:43AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1
High °C	24	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	23	21	22	21	20	18	25	18	20	20	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	23	21	22	21	20	18	25	18	20	20	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	1.4 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	9	9	9	7	9	7	6	6	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	-	10	9	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.7 SW	0.7 NE	-	-	0.5 E	1.7 NNE	1.1 SW	1.7 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	3	4	-	-	4	7	5	7	9	9	6	6	6

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