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

	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	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	Californias Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aja Okinawa
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.6 E	-	2.2 E	1.8 E	2.0 E
Period(s)	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	-	8	8	9
Energy	305	431	148	105	159	315	310	203	309	296	206	223	294	224	318	393	257	435	0	573	422	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	on	glass	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:38PM 1.42	2:49AM 1.63			2:56AM 1.74	3:37AM 1.54	3:08PM 1.24	1:14AM 1.36	3:08AM 1.74	2:01PM 1.15	1:50AM 1.34	4:19AM 1.78	5:15PM 1.77	2:08AM 1.45		3:49PM 1.39		5:34AM 2.01		6:51PM 1.87	3:08AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			7:45PM 0.70	8:55AM 0.95	4:43PM 0.20	8:26PM 0.64	9:52AM 0.73		6:37PM 0.61	9:33AM 0.61		7:40PM 0.65	10:49AM 0.29		8:21PM 0.75	9:01AM 0.18		11:38PM 0.73		12:19PM -0.03	12:30AM 0.67	10:21AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	17	19	19	18	22	18	23	24	19	18	22	19	18	23	22	19	23	23	22	23
Low °C	20	20	16	19	18	17	22	18	23	24	19	18	21	19	17	21	21	18	22	22	21	23
Chill °C (?)	20	21	17	19	19	18	22	18	23	24	19	18	22	19	18	23	22	19	23	23	22	23
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	7:04	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 S	1.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	7	9	16	15	15	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	15	-	11	6	11	11	10	8	8	11	9	7	7	8	-	7	-	11	15	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.8 E	-	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	-	1.5 ESE	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	9	8	-	5	3	-	9	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	6	8	8	9

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	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	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	5	10	8	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	280	305	460	337	79	133	418	219	105	158	103	157	281	315	209	246	239	294	315	281	290	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:38PM 1.42				1:51AM 1.38			10:50AM 1.02					12:45AM 1.31					3:32PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		7:21AM 1.09				7:18PM 0.61				8:04AM 1.02				8:35PM 0.66					9:18AM 0.81			6:37PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	1	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	21	23	19	21	18	18	20	19	19	20	18	17	17	17	20	22	23	23	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	23	19	21	18	18	20	19	19	20	18	16	17	17	20	22	23	23	17
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	4	10	12	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 N	0.7 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	11	-	6	9	11	12	11	6	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 SE	1.7 E	1.1 SE	0.8 S	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	5	2	8	6	5	4	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.6 N	1.2 E	-	0.9 ESE	1.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.7 SE
Period(s)	9	9	7	9	-	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	9
Energy	311	340	42	274	0	165	490	91	127	146	68	67	175	175	137	135	127	175	489	433	442	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						12:11AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	19	18	20	19	18	21	18	19	21	21	18	18	18	18	21	21	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	19	18	20	19	18	21	18	19	21	21	18	18	18	18	21	21	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.9 ESE	0.5 N	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	10	6	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	13	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 N	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 W	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	5	15	4	6	4	5	5	4	4	11	11	11	4	6	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	-	-	1.7 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	-	-	9	3	6	-	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	4	8	8	8	5

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