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	Torami Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 NNE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SE	2.4 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	9	7	8
Energy	557	1004	918	232	230	413	127	111	776	1018	1106	582	234	104	323	220	291	242	212	257	669	1355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 1.55	9:10AM 1.57		2:56AM 1.60	9:50AM 1.54		12:51AM 1.61			11:57PM 1.21		12:45PM 1.31	12:40AM 1.24		1:32PM 1.06	12:58AM 1.29		2:33PM 1.13		3:23AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		1:26PM 0.10		3:50AM 1.09	3:47PM 0.22	8:21PM 0.50	4:47AM 1.17			6:43AM 0.98	4:34PM 0.53		7:45AM 0.83			7:23AM 0.53		6:39PM 0.75	7:46AM 0.47		9:53PM 0.82	10:08AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	9	10	-	-	-	5	4	5	20	16	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	-
High °C	23	22	22	25	18	18	21	24	21	23	19	20	22	22	19	21	21	22	23	23	23	26
Low °C	22	17	21	24	17	18	21	24	21	22	18	17	20	22	18	20	21	21	23	22	21	24
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	25	17	18	21	24	21	23	19	20	22	22	19	21	21	22	23	23	23	26
Sunrise	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:54
Sunset	-	6:38	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.1 W	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 W	1.4 SSE	1.7 ESE	-	1.4 S	0.8 ESE	0.5 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	-	-	6	6	8	-	7	8	4	8	7	10	10	9	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	1.3 E	2.0 NNE	0.1 NE	0.8 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 SE	0.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SE	2.4 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	6	7	4	5	6	7	8	2	4	4	-	-	6	4	5	9	7	8

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 ESE	2.0 NNE	1.4 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	9	7	6	7	9	9	9
Energy	210	214	566	557	574	1004	660	1210	918	1085	304	232	308	230	115	104	413	222	154	127	103	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:58PM 1.68			8:04AM 1.69					10:10PM 1.55												11:11AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)						1:26PM 0.10					3:27AM 1.11				4:18PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	4	6	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	4	2
Temp. °C	23	23	23	23	22	22	19	19	21	20	21	24	18	18	22	20	18	21	18	21	24	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	22	22	19	19	21	20	21	24	18	17	22	20	18	21	18	21	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.5 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	6	7	7	7	10	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	10	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 SW	0.1 W	-	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	10	9	9	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	6	7	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	-	-	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	2.0 NNE	1.4 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	-	-	5	6	4	4	7	6	-	4	5	5

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	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Torami Chiba	Kamakura Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	515	210	210	214	515	214	214	201	566	576	526	557	568	568	574	582	522	1004	1024	586	660	854
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:21PM 1.79											8:04AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)							3:23AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	22	23	22	22	20	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	22	23	22	22	20	17	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.9 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.4 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	7	3	-	-	7	-	-	3	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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