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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	7	14	13	13	12	7	14	8	11	6	7	7	7	8	-
Energy(?)	1265	672	1405	1770	362	655	238	59	497	340	231	170	296	241	286	50	32	110	74	95	134	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				7:14AM 1.89		7:11PM 1.86	7:26AM 1.81		6:58PM 1.91	5:03AM 1.28		7:05PM 1.50	7:41AM 2.04		8:43PM 1.81	8:10AM 1.97		9:32PM 1.79	9:57AM 1.81		9:16PM 1.06	7:18AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		12:43PM 0.50	10:14PM 0.30		1:15PM 0.35	1:21AM 0.14		12:43PM 0.08	12:59AM 0.43	11:30AM 0.07		12:50AM 0.56		2:11PM 0.16	2:23AM 0.64		2:53PM 0.21	2:59AM 1.00	4:02AM 0.75	5:01PM 0.15	1:30AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	16	18	15	19	10	9	12	12	13	21	21	20	15	17	14	22	22	21	15
Low °C	19	20	14	14	16	13	18	10	6	8	11	11	20	21	20	13	16	9	21	22	20	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	15	14	18	14	19	7	7	10	10	12	21	21	20	14	16	12	22	22	21	14
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	6:36	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 N	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	1.0 SW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	14	7	13	14	13	13	12	15	7	8	5	6	7	7	7	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	6	6	15	7	6	6	4	16	12	14	13	5	12	11	5	12	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 E	-	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.1 NE	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	3	6	8	-	-	-	7	6	7	6	3	7	-	6	5	5	10	3	2	3	6

	Wednesday 18						Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	7	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1415	1265	870	1111	1023	529	522	557	857	1813	1403	1051	695	749	557	785	766	556	274	409	499	470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:49AM 1.82				6:33PM 1.80								6:33PM 2.11				6:48AM 2.08			5:36PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			10:02AM 0.60	12:43PM 0.50				12:03AM 0.15			10:47AM 0.24					12:43AM 0.33				2:08PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	19	14	20	20	20	19	16	15	13	14	16	17	15	15	13	13	14	20	19	10	9
Chill °C (?)	18	19	13	20	20	20	19	16	15	11	13	15	17	14	15	12	12	13	20	19	8	7
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	7	8	7	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	14	14	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NE	-	0.9 N	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	5	3	4	4	4	7	8	7	8	8	4	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	-	7

	Wednesday 18	Thu
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	10	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1415	1415	732	1396	1396	799	799	10	38	1075	1185	628	706	722	393	676	692	700	307	164	1434	1434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:49AM 1.82											5:56PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)									11:40AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	11	18	18	19	19	13	12	14	14	14	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	20	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	11	18	18	19	19	12	12	12	13	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	10	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	6	6

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