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

	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Shida Chiba	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	2.0 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	9	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	8	9	8
Energy	617	624	801	226	118	401	96	90	1973	409	991	505	349	274	277	155	106	44	534	1288	2341	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:32PM 1.57	9:10AM 1.57		2:56AM 1.60	11:11AM 1.51		12:43AM 1.50			11:40PM 1.29	11:27AM 1.06		12:30AM 1.24		3:15PM 1.52	1:23AM 1.34	3:23AM 1.66	3:42PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41PM 0.11		3:50AM 1.09	5:03PM 0.35	8:21PM 0.50	5:43AM 0.98			6:42AM 0.98	4:22PM 0.54		6:09AM 0.79	5:27PM 0.66		7:04AM 0.62		7:11PM 0.78	9:48AM 0.50		9:30PM 0.86	9:11AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	7	1	-	16	-	15	7	21	-	1	8	-	-	-	2	5	24	2	-	4	2
High °C	23	19	23	25	23	19	24	24	22	22	20	21	21	22	21	23	24	22	22	27	24	24
Low °C	23	17	22	24	23	18	23	23	20	20	20	19	21	22	20	22	23	21	22	27	23	22
Chill °C (?)	23	18	23	25	23	19	24	24	22	22	20	21	21	22	21	23	24	22	22	27	24	24
Sunrise	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:30
Sunset	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	9	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	-	10	10	-	-	6	6	-	6	7	7	16	6	8	7	6	10	15	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW	2.0 NNE	0.6 S	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	2.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	6	7	4	4	9	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	8	9	8

	Thursday 21						Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.0 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 E
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy	510	617	419	624	1413	1375	801	304	235	226	249	118	118	118	401	95	95	96	90	90	469	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:04AM 1.69					10:32PM 1.57												11:11AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				1:41PM 0.11					3:46AM 1.10				5:03PM 0.35				4:47AM 1.17				5:40PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	6	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	11	5	-	-	-	10	5	3	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	28	19	19	18	23	22	22	24	18	23	23	23	18	21	21	24	23	24	22	21
Chill °C (?)	22	23	28	18	19	18	23	22	22	24	17	23	23	23	18	21	21	24	23	24	22	21
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 S	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	5	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	-	0.3 NE	-	1.0 E	0.6 WSW	-	0.4 SW	2.0 NNE	-	-	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	-	1.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	-	3	-	5	6	-	4	7	-	-	4	4	4	-	10

	Thursday 21	Fri
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 S	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.9 ESE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	10	10	7	10	10	7	7	7	7	6	10	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8
Energy	486	461	510	462	406	617	626	527	419	441	409	624	607	707	1413	631	1443	1375	1018	661	801	1146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:53AM 1.79	8:04AM 1.69													9:27PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	23	22	24	24	23	23	22	28	27	26	19	18	20	19	23	19	18	21	22	23	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	24	24	23	23	22	28	27	26	18	17	20	19	23	19	18	21	22	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.7 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	7	10	7	7	7	9	7	7	9	7	7	10	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	10	7	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	-	-	7	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8

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