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

	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Shida Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa
Rating	1	1	0	4	4	3	4	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	-	0.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	0.5 SE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	-	5	8	7	9	9	8	8	11	7	10	11	11	12	11	13	15	14	8	14	14
Energy(?)	93	0	42	761	382	1653	891	156	361	75	258	126	196	206	312	500	778	790	1225	1727	1750	1202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:14AM 1.53		12:00AM 1.10	8:07AM 1.21		2:07AM 1.26		12:01PM 1.10		11:55AM 1.09	2:06PM 1.26			2:41PM 1.26								5:18AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 0.39		4:09AM 1.15			4:37AM 0.10		7:48PM 0.44	8:10AM 1.02		9:04PM 0.39			8:12PM 0.46						9:48PM 0.41	11:34AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	1	41	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
High °C	16	9	16	21	19	20	21	22	18	17	17	17	24	25	16	24	24	22	22	19	19	23
Low °C	16	9	15	21	17	17	20	21	14	12	17	14	23	25	15	23	23	21	22	18	17	22
Chill °C (?)	16	8	15	21	19	20	21	22	17	16	17	17	24	25	16	24	24	22	22	19	19	23
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	0.1 SE	1.6 SW	0.5 SE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	8	7	8	12	-	9	8	11	8	11	7	10	11	11	12	11	13	12	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 E	0.2 N	-	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	-	11	-	-	-	11	-	11	7	7	4	5	-	6	15	17	15	7	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 NNE	1.0 NW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	-
Period (s)	3	-	5	8	7	9	9	8	3	4	-	-	4	5	5	6	-	-	6	8	8	-

	Thursday 09						Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Shida Chiba	Shida Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.5 SE	1.2 SE	2.1 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	8	5	8	8	7	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	11
Energy(?)	90	65	84	145	114	82	196	421	585	293	1438	2469	2740	1115	1527	1154	1407	728	1326	1041	1694	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		8:37AM 1.23						12:21AM 1.14		7:19AM 1.25	9:41AM 1.34					2:33AM 1.34		6:54AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	3:53AM 1.18				4:43PM 0.34				5:04AM 1.08				5:40PM 0.65									8:13PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	15	4	2	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	16	16	16	10	17	20	16	21	21	21	18	18	18	17	20	21	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	15	15	8	17	20	14	21	21	21	18	18	18	17	20	21	21	19	18
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.1 SE	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	4	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	8	11	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	8	8	5	11	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	7	10	11	10	10	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.4 NNW	2.1 SSE	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	-	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	8	5	4	3	7	7	6	8	9	9	-	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	-

	Thursday 09	Fri
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Shida Chiba	Shida Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.3 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	8	9	8	6	10	11	4	5	11	9	8	5	9	5	5	10	8	5	6
Energy(?)	65	59	100	118	98	93	8	73	62	53	162	39	83	115	95	79	109	111	50	33	158	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	3:53AM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	13	15	14	16	14	17	17	16	18	16	16	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	20
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	14	14	16	13	16	16	14	17	15	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	9	8	6	10	9	11	10	9	9	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 N	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	12	8	6	12	11	11	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	10	-	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	7	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

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