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 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			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	Kojima Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.8 NNE	1.8 N	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	2.4 SSW	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 ESE	1.2 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	6	7	8	8	9	8	11	11	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	178	112	375	459	111	33	87	125	790	228	406	912	671	143	366	234	169	157	186	254	246	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:53PM 1.51	8:41AM 1.65		10:24PM 1.33	8:34AM 1.49			11:01AM 1.42					2:00AM 1.23	3:25AM 1.61	2:42PM 1.46					3:53AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 0.37		3:03AM 0.99	3:57PM 0.26	2:51AM 1.14		2:50PM 0.43		5:18AM 1.12		7:01PM 0.57	8:24AM 1.12	5:31PM 0.49		9:21AM 0.92		8:52PM 0.43			9:36PM 0.43	10:13AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	19	19	14	13	16	18	18	22	18	19	20	20	17	25	19	19	23	24	19	23
Low °C	17	12	18	18	13	11	14	18	16	21	17	18	18	19	16	25	19	17	23	23	17	23
Chill °C (?)	18	13	18	19	13	13	16	17	17	22	17	18	20	20	16	25	19	19	23	24	19	23
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.1 SW	0.6 ESE	1.2 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	7	10	7	8	9	9	-	8	9	11	8	9	8	11	11	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	6	5	8	7	8	8	12	9	-	-	11	11	11	6	7	7	4	4	5	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.6 NW	1.8 NNE	1.8 N	-	-	-	1.0 SE	2.4 SSW	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	2	3	8	8	-	-	-	5	8	6	7	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	6

	Tuesday 07						Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Susuki Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.1 NE	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.8 N	1.6 N	1.4 NNE	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	8	7	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	12	8	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	206	151	280	300	622	79	200	785	504	459	347	443	55	50	58	57	90	66	74	91	73	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 1.64					9:21PM 1.44				9:40AM 1.67				9:08PM 1.12			8:37AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)					3:06PM 0.14			12:31AM 0.93					3:54PM 0.27				3:53AM 1.18				4:45PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	19	19	16	9	7	9	8	18	19	20	13	13	14	13	14	13	16	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	19	16	6	4	6	5	17	19	20	13	12	13	13	14	13	16	14	16	16
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.4 NNE	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	8	9	8	8	6	5	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	1.3 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	10	5	8	5	9	12	8	6	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	-	0.5 NNE	0.7 NE	2.1 NE	1.4 NNE	0.8 NNW	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.8 N	1.6 N	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	3	5	7	6	4	7	8	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4

	Tuesday 07	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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Susuki Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	9	6	9	9	9	6	9	6	6	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	140	168	143	134	150	151	172	202	183	94	92	92	314	101	84	594	580	89	170	176	119	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			9:21PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)													3:01PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	3	1	-	1	-	1	4	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	21	21	21	18	15	15	15	14	9	8	7	9	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	13	13	21	21	21	18	13	14	13	12	5	5	4	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	5	6	6	9	9	13	13	10	10	10	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 N	-	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	2.5 W	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	2	-	2	-	6	6	6	-	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	7	4	4	7	7

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