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

	Mon		Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.9 N	1.7 N	1.1 N	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	1.2 SE	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	0.8 E	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	7	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	123	144	215	87	399	387	153	109	75	175	349	858	454	1134	130	277	165	224	281	196	159	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:10PM 1.38	5:45AM 1.44		9:45PM 1.48	8:01AM 1.57		10:57PM 1.38	9:31AM 1.52		12:30AM 1.42	9:27AM 1.46			7:27AM 1.13	1:03PM 1.38	1:59AM 1.06	4:13AM 1.43			4:48AM 1.59	3:44PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		1:19AM 0.85		3:01PM 0.14	2:55AM 0.98		3:15PM 0.48		3:52AM 1.03	5:02PM 0.40		4:32AM 1.34	5:40PM 0.65		4:37AM 1.12			9:59AM 1.01		9:55PM 0.49	10:36AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	17	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	8	2	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	3
High °C	20	19	18	14	19	19	19	12	15	18	19	21	17	16	25	16	17	16	17	24	17	17
Low °C	20	14	16	12	18	19	19	12	13	18	16	20	17	14	24	15	17	16	16	22	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	12	18	19	19	11	15	17	18	21	16	14	25	15	17	16	16	24	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	1.1 N	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 W	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	7	10	8	8	8	9	11	8	9	11	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.8 E	0.7 S	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	9	6	9	7	9	8	8	9	-	-	11	-	10	7	6	5	7	5	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.9 N	1.7 N	0.6 E	0.4 SW	-	1.2 SE	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	4	7	8	5	4	-	6	6	8	7	9	4	6	-	4	5	6	-	-

	Monday 06				Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thu
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ozaki Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.8 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 NE	2.5 NE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 NE	1.7 N	0.9 S	1.3 N	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.7 N	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	9	9	9	6	9	7	8	6	8	8	9	7	8	9	8	9	10	7	9
Energy(?)	213	325	208	134	131	117	228	215	230	267	247	808	125	294	563	417	213	208	102	266	55	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					9:04PM 1.59			8:21AM 1.75					9:24PM 1.44								11:33PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		1:19PM 0.05				1:59AM 0.94								12:11AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	18	16	15	16	18	19	18	15	7	9	9	18	14	20	13	20	20	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	18	18	16	14	16	18	19	17	14	4	8	6	17	14	20	12	20	20	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	0.4 E	0.9 S	1.3 N	0.6 SE	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	10	9	8	9	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	10	6	6	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	10	8	7	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	1.4 NE	2.5 NE	0.6 NNE	1.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 ENE	-	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	-	6	6	4	4	5	6	8	5	7	7	8	3	5	-	10	9	6

	Monday 06	Tuesday 07
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ozaki Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SE	1.5 SSW	0.9 SE	1.8 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	5	8	6	8	10	10	9
Energy(?)	304	421	242	123	112	147	186	151	154	151	138	138	126	154	172	172	166	248	73	90	67	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												8:53PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)						2:01PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	19	17	20	20	20	19	21	20	19	20	20	16	17	17	23	17	23	17	23	23	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	20	20	20	19	21	20	19	20	20	16	16	16	23	16	23	16	23	23	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.1 E	0.9 SE	0.5 E	0.9 SE	0.4 E	0.8 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	10	6	7	7	10	11	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	2

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