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

	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Lena Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.7 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 ESE	2.4 WSW	1.0 S
Period(s)	8	8	9	8	10	9	8	10	9	8	11	9	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	12	7	14
Energy	662	552	521	505	206	820	203	200	202	266	256	257	879	539	957	519	224	1437	643	85	669	549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 1.34		1:10AM 1.59		2:51PM 1.41	2:06AM 1.63		4:04PM 1.46		3:04AM 1.69	5:01PM 1.52	1:18AM 1.37	3:24AM 1.62	4:47PM 1.59		3:54AM 1.64	5:08PM 1.70	2:12AM 1.37				4:05AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		5:52PM 0.63	6:10PM 0.64	7:32AM 0.74		7:26PM 0.74	7:23AM 0.53		8:59PM 0.85	9:47AM 0.53		7:24PM 0.84	10:08AM 0.40		10:14PM 0.90	10:41AM 0.30		8:50PM 0.94	9:41AM 0.17		9:57PM 0.82	11:22AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	4	13	24	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	22	21	23	21	22	26	22	21	26	22	25	24	23	27	27	24	23	27	22	23
Low °C	20	22	22	20	23	21	21	24	20	20	26	21	24	24	23	24	24	20	21	25	20	23
Chill °C (?)	21	23	22	21	23	21	22	26	22	21	26	22	25	24	23	27	27	24	23	27	22	23
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:31	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:33
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 NE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	1.0 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	10	9	8	10	9	10	11	9	7	7	8	7	10	8	7	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	11	11	9	12	11	10	11	6	8	10	10	12	11	11	6	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	1.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	1.7 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 SW	2.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	4	9	-	4	4	8	5	-	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	3	7	-

	Sunday 24						Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period(s)	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	8	10	10	8	9
Energy	856	662	581	552	550	538	521	684	867	505	206	206	417	314	820	481	444	203	336	200	223	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:09AM 1.31					1:31AM 1.54				2:51PM 1.41				12:40AM 1.24					3:15PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)						6:10PM 0.64				7:32AM 0.74				8:01PM 0.78				7:23AM 0.53				8:36PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	23	23	23	22	22	20	19	20	24	23	23	21	21	19	19	21	22	26	23	22
Chill °C (?)	21	20	23	23	23	22	22	20	19	20	24	23	23	21	21	19	19	21	22	26	23	22
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.8 E	0.2 SSW	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.1 SW	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	6	9	8	7	8	10	10	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	7	9	10	10	10	16	7	11	11	11	11	10	9	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 E	-	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	4	4	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	4	5	4

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	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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8
Energy	797	872	856	856	830	662	641	602	575	581	542	552	505	506	550	550	550	538	599	314	521	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									11:27AM 1.43													12:47AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)				6:47AM 0.96												6:10PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	22	25	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	22	22	19	20	22	19
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	22	25	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	22	22	19	20	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	2.0 E	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	9	8	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 SE	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	1.8 E	1.5 SE	-	2.0 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	-	9	7	-	9	8

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