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 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Uchiboso Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	2.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 S	0.8 ESE	2.3 NE	0.6 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.7 E	3.0 SE	3.0 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	7	9	8	10	6	10	9	7	9
Energy	296	277	239	342	432	209	580	459	1205	256	221	513	217	267	215	756	208	297	271	578	1058	1641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:29AM 2.11		7:52PM 1.94	7:51AM 2.14		8:37PM 1.80	8:16AM 1.91		9:21PM 1.72	9:03AM 1.80		9:00PM 1.24	6:38AM 1.33		10:23PM 1.38	9:32AM 1.23		11:51PM 1.44	11:09AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33PM -0.11	10:25PM 0.98		2:13PM -0.11	1:20AM 0.98		2:26PM -0.07	2:00AM 0.94		3:13PM 0.03	2:37AM 1.10	3:23AM 0.92	3:18PM 0.18	1:35AM 1.02		4:18PM 0.35		4:38AM 1.00	3:22PM 0.41		5:48AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	17	6	-	-	-	-	4	4
High °C	22	23	20	23	23	20	24	24	20	24	24	22	25	22	16	17	22	18	20	21	20	21
Low °C	22	22	19	22	22	19	23	24	20	23	24	21	24	21	15	15	21	18	19	17	19	21
Chill °C (?)	22	23	20	23	23	20	24	24	20	24	24	22	25	22	15	16	22	18	20	21	20	21
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:56
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	8	-	-	9	9	9	8	9	9	7	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	-	11	-	-	11	5	5	10	-	-	9	9	10	-	6	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 E	-	1.5 E	1.7 E	0.6 SE	-	0.4 W	2.1 SE	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.4 S	0.4 SW	1.3 S	-	2.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.7 E	3.0 SE	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	9	4	-	3	8	4	4	7	4	7	-	8	5	6	10	9	7	9

	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	322	309	307	296	216	277	251	258	239	213	284	342	304	432	442	425	209	224	562	580	516	459
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:34AM 1.99				5:30PM 1.46					7:29AM 2.11				8:56PM 2.03				7:51AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	11:58PM 0.86				10:30AM -0.06	1:33PM -0.11			10:25PM 0.98					2:13PM -0.11				2:27AM 0.83				2:26PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	22	22	23	20	20	19	19	21	22	23	23	22	22	19	22	22	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	22	22	23	20	20	19	19	21	22	23	23	22	22	19	22	22	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	13	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	9	-	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	-	-	-	-	3

	Sat	Sunday 17
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	227	222	322	322	314	309	309	307	307	309	294	296	235	110	216	314	280	277	277	277	251	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									5:34AM 1.99												5:30PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			11:58PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	23	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	23	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	9	-	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	8	8	8	-	-

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