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

	Sat	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa
Rating	5	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.2 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	17	12	13	15	16	16	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	7	7	13	12	7
Energy(?)	2677	4798	6943	1298	1496	2888	1013	1429	1504	1127	1652	656	1355	551	881	633	619	765	266	293	262	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:52AM 1.71	3:51PM 1.62		5:13AM 1.82	2:43PM 1.20		5:00AM 1.25	4:14PM 1.33		5:18AM 1.31	4:56PM 1.42		6:30AM 1.84	4:52PM 1.43	7:11PM 1.86	7:38AM 1.93	5:20PM 1.50		5:35AM 1.40		8:57PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	9:52PM 0.39	10:35AM 1.07		10:31PM 0.42	11:01AM 0.90		10:19PM 0.10	10:29AM 0.56		10:51PM 0.11	10:59AM 0.43		11:23PM 0.16			1:21AM 0.14			11:40PM 0.30	11:56AM 0.01	2:42PM -0.04	2:51AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	9	13	13	14	17	10	18	18	16	11	16	20	13	16	14	15	22	18	18	12	13	18
Low °C	7	13	13	12	17	10	17	18	16	10	15	20	11	16	11	14	21	17	18	11	13	17
Chill °C (?)	6	11	12	14	17	8	18	18	16	10	16	20	12	16	13	14	22	18	17	10	13	18
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:36	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	17	12	13	15	16	16	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	7	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	2.4 NE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	11	17	17	13	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	6	-	6	14	7	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NE	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.6 N	-	0.4 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	0.5 WSW	2.0 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	7	-	-	5	6	-	5	6	-	-	5	-	3	-	5	5	5	7	4	5	5	7

	Sat		Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa
Rating	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	13	17	14	14	13	16	16
Energy(?)	3128	5255	5443	4651	4301	3417	5231	6943	6029	6043	5930	6144	6347	1170	3403	1419	3645	1769	2130	2055	1001	1001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:52AM 1.71			2:44PM 1.07					4:45AM 1.18				5:12PM 1.74					6:36AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			9:51PM 0.56			8:56AM 0.81	9:42AM 0.79				9:45PM 0.14				9:22AM 0.68				9:30PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	11	11	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	17	18	10	10	9	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	10	7	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	12	8	17	18	10	9	7	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.5 E	2.5 E	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	13	17	14	14	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 SE	2.1 NE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	10	9	11	11	13	13	14	13	17	14	17	18	10	12	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6

	Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa
Rating	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	4.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	15	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	15
Energy(?)	2704	4765	5462	5658	5601	3570	7011	5427	5427	5424	5306	5076	5044	2764	2546	3210	4073	2539	3331	3002	1594	1554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)														4:55AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)						8:14PM 0.25	9:03PM 0.21											8:37AM 1.02			11:19AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	11	11	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	7	16	16	9	10	11	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	11	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	4	15	15	7	9	11	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.8 NNE	1.4 SE	1.1 N	0.5 N	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	7	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	10	8	8	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	1.7 NE	4.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	-	1.4 NE	-	-	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	7	-	-	7	7	7	-	-

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