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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 E	3.0 NNE	0.7 E	1.1 E	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s)	7	6	7	8	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	10	9	8	7	8	5	7	7	7
Energy	1330	286	282	130	829	123	216	1002	1576	1537	1211	910	317	125	90	109	65	48	35	474	61	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			12:30AM 1.53	9:56AM 1.45		1:30AM 1.37	11:12AM 1.27		2:30AM 1.42		1:52PM 1.26		3:34AM 1.69	3:36PM 1.57	7:12PM 1.73	3:59AM 1.65	5:41PM 1.72		4:27AM 1.67	5:18PM 1.71		5:10AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.34		4:34AM 1.11			6:14AM 1.05		7:02PM 0.51	8:40AM 0.92		8:55PM 0.60	9:48AM 0.77		1:21AM 0.55	10:10AM 0.61		10:33PM 0.50	10:42AM 0.41		11:02PM 0.67	11:29AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	24	20	16	3	-	1	-	-	8	6	7	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	14	14	17	14	16	19	18	19	19	16	14	21	21	21	18	18	21	19	16	16
Low °C	18	15	13	14	16	13	14	18	18	19	17	14	14	21	20	18	18	17	19	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	14	12	13	16	14	16	19	18	18	19	16	13	21	21	21	18	17	21	18	15	15
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	6:38	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.1 S	-	-	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	7	8	-	9	9	6	-	-	10	9	8	10	9	8	7	8	7	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 N	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	6	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	-	11	13	12	12	6	12	6	6	11	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 N	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	-	1.4 N	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	2.3 SW	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	4	4	6	7	3	3	9	10	10	-	6	8	4	-	3	-	-	5	7	-	4

	Thursday 23						Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Californias Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SE	3.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	1.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.9 NE	1.6 E	1.3 N	1.1 E	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period(s)	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	201	1330	331	587	531	263	276	319	279	259	207	213	238	270	394	515	372	216	600	1739	1281	2403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:06AM 1.62				11:20PM 1.34				9:26AM 1.34					1:56AM 1.46			11:49AM 1.29	12:37PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)					4:34PM 0.39				4:43AM 1.19					6:14PM 0.54	10:03PM 0.58			7:28AM 1.05				7:43PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	23	1	-	1	13	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
Temp. °C	17	18	16	19	15	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	12	20	14	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	19	14	11	13	12	12	13	15	12	12	12	13	11	20	13	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	2.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	-	1.1 E	1.3 N	1.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	8	8	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	7	10	13	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	-	7	6	6	6	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSW	0.8 NE	1.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	1.9 NE	1.6 E	1.0 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	2.5 E	-	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	7	5	8	3	3	6	4	4	3	-	5	5	3	7	8	8	3	4	10	-	10

	Thursday 23	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	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Californias Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.8 S	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	2.5 NNE	1.6 S	0.3 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.8 S
Period(s)	7	10	10	6	10	7	13	7	7	7	4	8	8	8	7	8	10	8	7	7	10	7
Energy	231	320	341	412	494	132	126	154	128	128	131	375	346	296	553	486	32	203	192	176	171	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						8:23AM 1.49																12:25AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)														4:43PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	8	3	15	6	1	4	2	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	19	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	14	15	22	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	19	13	16	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	12	14	22	13	14	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	-	1.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	13	7	9	10	10	10	13	8	8	8	-	8	6	8	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	1.0 E	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	5	10	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	-	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	0.9 E	1.8 S	1.3 E	-	0.5 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.5 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	5	5	6	10	-	3	7	7	7	4	5	5	5	7	3	5	6	6	5	6	4

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