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

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 N	2.4 E	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 ESE	2.0 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.9 NE	3.0 ESE
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	10	10	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	6	12	8	9	12	9
Energy	1255	1090	1200	1698	394	833	1746	1672	512	591	486	210	225	205	547	527	287	1105	202	232	260	1392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:07PM 1.74	5:26AM 1.51		8:28PM 1.65	6:50AM 1.96		8:29PM 1.59	6:53AM 1.56		8:52PM 1.43	8:55AM 1.88		10:51PM 1.54	9:47AM 1.57		9:37PM 1.23		1:30PM 1.70	12:04AM 1.58	10:58AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		12:14PM -0.01	12:27AM 0.95			1:41AM 1.00		1:32PM 0.21	1:43AM 1.02		1:41PM 0.15	2:00AM 0.96	3:23AM 1.06	3:58PM 0.37		4:13AM 1.00	3:33PM 0.44	2:56AM 0.88	7:36AM 0.99			5:32AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	1	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	21	21	26	27	27	23	21	18	18	28	27	27	27	23	17	25	25	26	25
Low °C	23	22	20	21	21	25	25	26	21	20	18	18	27	27	26	26	23	17	23	25	26	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	21	21	26	27	27	23	21	18	18	28	27	27	27	23	16	25	25	26	25
Sunrise	4:56	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 N	2.4 E	1.9 SE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.4 ENE	1.7 S	0.2 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.1 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.9 NE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	12	6	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	1.9 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 W	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.9 NNE	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	11	11	10	9	8	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	9	11	11	8	-	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.9 E	-	-	1.8 S	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	4	-	-	7	3	4	-	4	-	-	9	-	6	-	-	-	5	-

	Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	9	6	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	4.5 SSE	1.7 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 NNW	2.0 N	4.5 E	3.5 E	2.4 E	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	12	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	9	10	11	11	10	13	12
Energy	715	1543	1684	1255	932	1090	1376	6190	1200	1935	1421	1698	1470	394	1247	874	833	8847	5345	1746	4229	1672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:42AM 1.78					8:27PM 1.76			5:55AM 1.79					8:28PM 1.65				6:50AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	12:00AM 0.92	12:17AM 0.99				12:14PM -0.01				12:33AM 0.98								1:24AM 1.03				1:32PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	23	24	23	21	26	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	26	25	22	22	25	25	27
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	23	24	23	21	26	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	26	25	22	22	25	25	27
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	4.5 SSE	1.7 S	2.2 S	0.3 SE	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 NNW	2.0 N	4.5 E	3.5 E	2.4 E	3.0 SSW	1.9 SE
Period (s)	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	12	14	14	10	14	13	13	13	9	10	11	11	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	2.4 E	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	2.0 S	0.9 S	2.5 SE	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	7	6	11	11	17	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	12	12	10	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	-	0.9 SE	-	2.0 S	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.8 W	-	1.8 NNW	2.2 N	-	1.4 NNE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	5	-	13	-	-	4	-	6	-	6	7	-	7	7

	Sun	Monday 01
	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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Shida Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	9	6	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	14	14	14	13	14	14
Energy	677	704	715	567	1627	1543	1680	1482	1684	1688	1859	1255	863	953	932	255	1067	1090	1074	1070	1376	1654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									5:42AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			12:00AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	24	25	23	23	22	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	24	25	23	23	22	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	14	14	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	7	7	10	6	6	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5

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