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

	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Tainohama Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	2.1 NNE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	7	8	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Energy	217	196	561	1258	401	87	179	132	132	47	245	443	301	242	278	405	239	235	257	260	341	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross	off	off	on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 1.69		12:15AM 1.58	9:17AM 1.37		1:05AM 1.39	10:57AM 1.30	12:39PM 1.40	1:48AM 1.50	10:42AM 1.07	12:34PM 1.13	12:59AM 1.19		2:20PM 1.18	2:55AM 1.63	3:11AM 1.81	4:59PM 1.72		5:03AM 1.86	2:54PM 1.31	2:49AM 1.44	4:51AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		4:07PM 0.57		4:24AM 1.18			6:19AM 1.13		6:31PM 0.57	6:16AM 0.93			7:12AM 0.64		8:27PM 0.64	9:34AM 0.63		10:58PM 0.62	11:29AM 0.31		9:14PM 0.74	11:24AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	20	17	17	18	20	19	18	20	21	23	24	21	24	21	19	18	22	19	18	19
Low °C	21	21	17	15	16	17	19	19	17	19	20	22	24	20	23	20	18	16	21	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	22	24	19	16	16	18	20	19	18	20	21	23	24	21	24	21	19	18	22	19	18	19
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	4:35
Sunset	-	6:58	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.5 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	-	11	-	-	6	5	4	-	11	12	5	9	9	8	8	10	8	7	10	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	2.1 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 W	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	7	8	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	8	10	9	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	207	231	210	209	225	224	224	230	261	1099	1387	358	213	503	151	214	346	278	310	102	53	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:04PM 1.48			8:22AM 1.47	9:41AM 1.69				11:30PM 1.44			7:46AM 1.10						1:36AM 1.49		8:24AM 1.12	10:21AM 1.09	12:36PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			4:08AM 1.21				3:51PM 0.49			2:25AM 1.09	3:40AM 1.08				4:56PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	6	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	20	19	21	24	21	20	17	16	18	17	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	21
Chill °C (?)	24	20	19	21	24	21	20	17	16	18	17	19	19	18	18	18	17	19	19	18	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	10	9	11	6	10	10	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.5 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	10	8	6	8	7	11	5	6	10	11	10	10	10	-	4	-	-	-	6	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 NE	-	2.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 NE	-	1.8 W	-	-	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	5	-	5	6	5	-	8	8	5	-	7	-	-	10	10	10	4	4	-

	Thu	Friday 08
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	2.0 SSW	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	8	7	9	7	7	8	10	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	-	-	-	10	6	10
Energy	244	217	178	112	207	123	123	210	200	198	149	219	229	209	274	175	0	0	0	86	358	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:27PM 1.58								6:17AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)							3:07AM 1.14	4:08AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	20	19	23	19	19	19	19	20	19	21	22	20	23	23	25	24	23	21	20	18
Chill °C (?)	24	20	20	19	23	19	19	19	19	20	18	21	22	20	23	23	25	24	23	21	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	7	9	7	7	8	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	11	10	5	10	10	8	8	11	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	-	-	4	7	6	3

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