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 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nunoshima Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.6 SE	0.4 ENE	2.3 WSW	0.5 E	2.5 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.6 W	0.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	2.1 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 N	1.9 NNW
Period(s) (?)	-	7	15	7	13	7	11	14	7	12	7	7	12	12	9	9	8	5	6	9	9	9
Energy(?)	0	289	168	469	134	726	153	294	104	386	348	3	130	116	1155	355	178	22	244	1041	780	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:17AM 1.41	2:07PM 1.68	2:51AM 1.14		4:03PM 1.89		5:53AM 1.81	5:07PM 1.80		4:52AM 1.33	2:44PM 1.46		5:38AM 1.28	3:25PM 1.40		6:12AM 1.30	4:10PM 1.43		8:04AM 1.82	4:53PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		8:50AM 0.81		7:01PM 0.32	6:37AM 1.04		11:04PM 0.23	11:18AM 1.03		9:17PM 0.09	9:13AM 1.09		10:05PM -0.01	10:14AM 0.98		10:45PM -0.12	10:55AM 0.94		11:32PM -0.06			12:09AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	14	13	12	12	11	6	8	8	7	7	4	7	15	16	16	11	9	9	16	16
Low °C	20	19	13	10	10	11	7	4	8	5	7	7	3	5	14	15	16	8	6	9	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	20	13	11	12	10	10	3	8	8	4	5	0	4	13	15	16	11	5	7	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	2.1 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	13	-	6	14	7	13	8	14	8	12	7	4	12	7	9	9	8	5	-	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	5	-	15	11	13	-	11	5	7	8	12	7	7	12	8	9	9	9	-	12	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	1.6 W	-	0.7 NNE	0.3 NNE	1.8 NNW	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 N	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	-	7	4	6	-	-	7	-	4	3	9	6	-	-	6	9	9	5

	Mon		Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SW	0.5 ENE	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.6 NNE	1.6 W	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	14	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	61	63	59	286	399	289	285	281	281	238	201	202	657	507	735	589	843	655	999	299	380	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:07AM 1.03					3:12PM 1.66			2:57AM 1.18	3:19AM 1.18			12:26PM 1.36					4:09AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		8:57PM 0.43			5:07AM 0.92	8:55AM 0.98				7:40PM 0.34				7:22AM 0.92				8:42PM 0.24				8:12AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	20	13	11	10	20	19	18	19	13	11	10	8	10	12	12	11	11	9	9	6	5
Chill °C (?)	14	20	12	9	8	20	19	18	19	12	9	8	6	9	11	12	10	11	7	7	3	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	1.7 WSW	0.8 NE	1.0 WSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	14	13	5	6	-	13	13	13	11	7	13	7	13	13	8	12	12	8	7	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 E	0.6 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	5	7	12	11	-	-	-	-	7	14	11	13	11	11	12	-	12	12	11	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SE	-	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.6 NNE	1.6 W	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7

	Monday 29	Tuesday 30
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.0 W	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.3 E	2.0 WSW	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	-	12	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	12	6	15
Energy(?)	61	62	61	102	128	2	2	2	0	6	177	206	3	5	309	380	325	353	322	31	301	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											1:13AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)						8:56PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	15	12	13	20	20	20	20	13	13	13	13	14	14	11	14	14	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	19	14	10	10	20	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	11	11	8	11	12	13	16	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	5	12	14	14	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	11	11	12	16	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	5	8	12	5	5	5	5	5	12	17	17	17	16	16	11	16	16	16	7	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 ESE	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	7

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