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

	Thu		Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Shida Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	0	3	5	4	4	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	5	7	8	9	9	8	8	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	17	13	15	14	16
Energy(?)	69	600	1205	2570	1553	554	1239	250	71	210	134	171	197	218	196	328	720	2434	1430	1380	1147	1571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:25AM 1.25	10:13AM 1.30		2:27AM 1.16	7:37AM 1.14			11:55AM 1.09	2:30PM 1.31					3:01AM 1.38	1:46PM 1.07			3:15PM 1.31		4:26AM 1.40	4:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	3:47PM 0.30		5:04AM 1.08			6:27AM 1.14		7:32PM 0.51	8:10AM 1.02					8:12PM 0.46	9:02AM 0.71		9:12PM 0.41			9:54PM 0.42	10:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	17	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	22	22	19	21	18	23	16	25	17	14	17	15	25	24	23	23	19	21	22	23
Low °C	16	17	21	21	18	20	18	22	16	24	17	14	16	14	24	24	22	22	18	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	15	18	22	22	18	21	16	23	16	25	17	12	16	14	25	24	23	23	19	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SE	-	1.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 WSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	7	11	8	-	9	10	11	11	7	10	5	11	11	6	10	11	11	17	13	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 SE	0.2 N	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	5	10	4	12	11	6	20	14	-	18	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 SE	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	8	9	9	8	8	4	4	6	-	4	5	-	6	6	5	6	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 09				Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sun
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Choshi Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	5	5	6	8	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	82	73	105	71	61	136	250	726	298	3092	3057	2240	1578	1177	1031	1198	633	363	1174	1942	586	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						12:17AM 1.09								2:26AM 1.16		7:51AM 1.01	10:04AM 1.07					2:15AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)			4:43PM 0.34			12:43AM 1.09					5:40PM 0.65								5:53PM 0.50	6:45PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	19	17	21	20	20	19	17	17	19	18	21	19	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	19	15	21	20	20	19	16	16	19	18	21	19	18	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	0.5 SE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	11	10	8	8	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	7	11	11	11	-	-	9	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	8	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	5

	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Choshi Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	0.1 SE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	8	4	5	5	6	5	9	5	9	8	5	11	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	92	71	69	56	53	69	70	269	64	38	147	77	76	71	5	187	145	246	279	254	493	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						2:59PM 0.46		4:36PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	17	17	16	17	17	16	19	16	16	17	18	18	15	15	16	17	16	17	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	18	14	15	16	17	17	14	13	14	15	14	15	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	11	11	-	10	10	9	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	11	11	8	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	-	10	10	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7

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