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 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba
Rating	1	1	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	11	9	9	10	10	11	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	8
Energy	95	101	551	1299	565	1268	923	204	538	362	251	271	212	240	295	324	369	719	1040	484	597	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 1.51		12:49AM 1.58	11:09AM 1.31		1:37AM 1.53		12:57PM 1.32	12:40AM 1.24		3:15PM 1.49	12:48AM 1.35		5:01PM 1.52		3:20AM 1.85	4:35PM 1.79		3:55AM 1.64	5:19PM 1.65	2:53AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				5:48AM 0.97	5:52PM 0.63	6:45PM 0.65	7:56AM 0.83			8:37AM 0.75		6:29PM 0.76	9:19AM 0.52		9:23PM 0.84	10:01AM 0.33		10:14PM 0.90	10:42AM 0.30		9:30PM 0.93	9:41AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	2	5	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	25	22	22	23	21	23	23	20	21	20	21	24	26	22	24	26	24	24	22	22	23
Low °C	24	24	21	20	22	19	22	22	19	21	19	21	22	26	22	24	26	23	24	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	26	25	22	22	23	21	23	23	20	21	20	21	24	26	22	24	26	24	24	22	22	23
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	0.6 SE	1.3 ESE	0.1 W	1.2 E	1.0 SE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	0.5 E	2.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	9	8	10	11	6	6	6	9	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	4	8	6	-	-	8	7	7	11	16	12	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.0 ESE	-	1.5 E	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	6	6	-	8	8	9	9	8	-	9	-	-	5	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	8

	Saturday 23						Sunday 24								Monday 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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 NE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8
Energy	95	95	116	101	800	630	551	601	727	1299	525	565	609	512	1268	1182	1041	923	506	204	237	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:00AM 1.53								10:51AM 1.34					1:32AM 1.53				12:57PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	5:43AM 0.98				5:32PM 0.51				5:39AM 1.05				5:52PM 0.63					7:56AM 0.83				7:09PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	25	26	24	24	21	20	21	18	20	20	20	23	22	20	20	20	20	22	21	23	25	20
Chill °C (?)	25	26	24	24	21	20	21	18	20	20	20	23	22	20	20	20	20	22	21	23	25	20
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	0.1 SE	1.5 SE	1.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	-	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	6	8	-	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	8	7	8	8	8	7	11	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.4 SW	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	3	6	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	8

	Saturday 23																				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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	93	95	95	95	125	95	112	116	116	101	107	101	101	101	800	692	673	630	630	1118	551	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)							10:00AM 1.53															12:43AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			5:43AM 0.98												5:32PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	25	26	20	26	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	26	20	26	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 W	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	7	4	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 ESE	-	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	-	6	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9

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