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

	Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 SE	2.2 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.9 NE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	7	6	8	9	8	8	9	10	11	7	12	11	11	11	11	20	16	14	15
Energy(?)	124	34	91	7	408	993	1425	875	361	108	106	69	477	203	177	204	254	607	684	2964	1826	2779
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 1.24	9:14AM 1.53		11:45PM 1.10	6:58AM 1.26		2:22AM 1.25	11:07AM 1.27		2:44AM 1.32					3:24PM 1.42		4:27AM 1.49	4:17PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	4:41PM 0.37	2:48AM 1.03	3:53AM 1.18	2:36PM 0.41	12:36AM 1.10			6:25PM 0.45	7:45AM 1.23		6:55PM 0.42	5:35AM 0.09		8:53PM 0.61			9:50PM 0.36	10:29AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	13	6	23	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	16	9	18	20	20	19	21	20	17	15	18	23	19	18	23	23	22	22	18	23
Low °C	13	12	14	8	17	19	20	17	19	20	14	14	18	22	17	18	22	23	22	21	16	23
Chill °C (?)	12	13	16	9	17	19	20	18	21	20	16	14	17	23	19	18	23	23	22	22	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:33	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 SW	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	7	11	-	8	10	8	9	9	11	7	10	7	7	11	11	11	16	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 W	1.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	7	8	6	-	11	-	-	-	9	6	10	6	11	12	11	11	5	14	13	6	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	-	2.2 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	-	1.0 NE	0.7 NNE	1.9 NE	0.6 SW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	2.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	6	8	9	8	4	-	5	4	7	6	-	3	-	6	6	-	8	-

	Wednesday 08				Thursday 09								Friday 10								Sat
	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	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 N	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	8	8	12	8	9	9	8	7	8	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	331	88	56	60	57	55	107	65	74	85	116	84	239	329	640	675	1337	1064	1872	1830	1170	1174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 1.67				9:08PM 1.12			8:37AM 1.23				6:20PM 0.28		12:31AM 1.39			10:08AM 1.23					2:33AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			3:54PM 0.27			12:46AM 1.03	3:53AM 1.18				3:47PM 0.30				3:36AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	4	7	19	5	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	15	14	13	14	14	15	14	17	15	16	9	10	19	18	18	21	18	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	15	14	12	13	13	15	14	16	15	15	8	9	19	18	18	21	18	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 N	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 ESE	1.2 SE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	2.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	8	8	5	8	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	6	5	8	4	12	8	7	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	1.9 SE	-	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	4	8	7	-	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	8

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	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	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	0.8 SSW	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	5	5	7	7	9	12	12	12	9	10	8
Energy(?)	414	131	120	148	134	124	84	42	51	52	145	12	11	71	43	26	62	64	61	66	57	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 1.67													10:35PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)					1:41PM 0.33		3:54PM 0.27												3:18AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	12	10	14	10	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	19	8	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	10	10	13	9	11	9	12	9	9	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E
Period (s)	7	9	9	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	5	5	7	7	9	12	12	12	9	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	9	7	7	7	7	9	9	5	9	8	6	6	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 N	1.0 NW	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-

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