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 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			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	Chikura Chiba	Mainside Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Mainside Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.1 NNE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	8	7	11	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	11
Energy	1593	431	76	71	376	179	105	295	333	319	458	263	451	303	260	355	344	338	280	668	439	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			12:18AM 1.07	9:25AM 1.03		2:49AM 1.63		2:26PM 1.52			2:06PM 1.30			4:59PM 1.72		3:19AM 1.61	2:54PM 1.31		4:15AM 1.69	3:56PM 1.34		5:22AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 0.30		5:14AM 0.94		7:45PM 0.70	8:55AM 0.95		9:01PM 0.64	8:24AM 0.75		9:15PM 0.70	9:18AM 0.60		10:58PM 0.62	9:44AM 0.35		11:01PM 0.69	10:50AM 0.11		11:38PM 0.73	12:00PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	10	-	-	1	-	-	-	9	18	-	3	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	16	16	21	18	19	21	22	22	20	21	24	21	19	19	19	21	19	23	21	25
Low °C	19	16	13	15	20	17	18	20	22	22	19	20	22	20	17	18	17	19	18	22	19	23
Chill °C (?)	20	16	14	15	21	18	19	21	22	22	20	21	24	21	19	19	19	21	19	23	21	25
Sunrise	4:41	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:41	-	-	5:00
Sunset	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 N	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	0.2 S	1.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	10	11	11	6	10	10	9	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	7	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	-	6	-	15	4	11	12	12	9	11	11	9	11	8	10	11	11	7	-	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.1 NNE	1.0 NW	0.3 NNE	1.5 E	-	0.6 S	-	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	4	3	9	-	5	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Saturday 09						Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Turtles Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9
Energy	904	1425	389	236	154	545	361	364	278	85	86	65	100	312	270	103	103	247	60	101	318	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:25AM 1.12						1:47AM 1.56			10:39AM 1.20					1:24AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					4:56PM 0.57	6:29PM 0.67				6:04AM 1.04				7:41PM 0.62				8:37AM 0.86				8:35PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	20	21	17	18	19	20	20	15	18	17	18	21	22	16	17	20	20	19	20	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	20	21	17	17	19	20	20	14	18	17	18	21	22	16	16	20	20	19	20	18
Sunrise	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	8	7	10	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	6	6	9	10	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	4	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	14	13	4	11	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	0.5 NE	-	-	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	-	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.4 E	0.8 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	5	-	-	10	10	8	8	4	3	3	-	9	9	3	5	-	-	5	-	-

	Saturday 09	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	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Turtles Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SE	-	2.0 N	2.2 NNE	2.2 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	8	8	11	-	6	6	7	10	10	11	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	794	740	904	904	140	0	345	361	467	82	94	73	130	325	293	71	114	193	85	177	187	187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	19	19	18	19	17	17	17	18	17	15	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	15	16	15	16	14	18	18	17	19	16	16	16	18	17	15	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	4	3	6	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.5 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 N	2.2 NNE	2.2 N	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.2 NW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	5	6	6	6	7	5	5	4	3	7	7	5	3	-	-	6	-	-

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