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

	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 NE	0.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	9	8	8	8	6	8	6	7	8	8	8	6	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15
Energy	219	210	292	365	201	278	241	239	616	504	690	126	203	717	862	763	709	1011	514	997	3147	3874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:37PM 1.05	12:58AM 1.29		3:42PM 1.68	1:18AM 1.37	3:20AM 1.85	4:44PM 1.55			3:59PM 1.30		5:41AM 1.98		7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:55PM 1.88	3:28AM 1.41		7:15PM 1.68	6:06AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	9:54AM 0.65		6:39PM 0.75	8:15AM 0.41		7:24PM 0.84	10:01AM 0.33		9:59PM 0.91	9:44AM 0.13		11:13PM 0.93		12:31PM 0.15	12:50AM 0.96			12:23AM 0.92	10:49AM 0.11		12:38AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	22	21	24	23	22	25	24	21	24	25	23	24	24	23	25	24	22	22	21	21	22
Low °C	26	22	20	22	23	21	24	23	21	24	23	21	23	24	22	24	23	21	22	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	27	22	21	24	23	22	25	24	21	24	25	23	24	24	23	25	24	22	22	21	21	22
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:54
Sunset	-	6:44	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 S	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	6	8	6	10	7	7	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	14	8	8	11	12	15	10	6	10	12	11	6	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 NE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	-	0.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	6	3	6	3	4	5	6	-	10	6	6

	Tuesday 26						Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	7
Energy	220	219	222	210	313	296	292	294	307	365	433	201	318	279	278	341	271	241	255	239	419	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:20AM 1.60			1:37PM 1.05				1:18AM 1.28									3:20AM 1.85				4:36PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54AM 0.65			6:39PM 0.75				8:15AM 0.41	9:01AM 0.57			7:24PM 0.84					10:01AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	27	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	24	23	23	22	22	23	23	24	25	24	21	21
Chill °C (?)	26	26	27	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	24	23	23	22	22	23	23	24	25	24	21	21
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	10	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	7	7	6	6	7	7	7

	Tuesday 26	Wed
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	220	220	220	221	217	219	222	222	222	219	224	210	210	209	313	279	218	296	296	292	292	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:20AM 1.60										1:37PM 1.05											12:58AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)							9:54AM 0.65									6:50PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	22	22	22	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	22	22	22	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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