Japan Surf Forecast and Eyeball Surf Report

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

	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Hebara Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.3 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.5 NE	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	2.3 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	1378	557	1435	580	397	216	527	269	100	541	311	85	206	397	302	204	182	477	560	239	328	939
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:22PM 1.53	10:40AM 1.36		10:35PM 1.32	10:38AM 1.05	12:19PM 1.10	1:49AM 1.77		2:44PM 1.63	2:43AM 1.86		3:48PM 1.55	2:30AM 1.66		3:08PM 1.22				6:25PM 1.77	5:35AM 1.94		6:26PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		5:18AM 0.96	4:50PM 0.63		5:16AM 0.73		7:26PM 0.80	6:24AM 0.61		8:34PM 0.88	8:08AM 0.42		8:35PM 0.88	8:09AM 0.20		9:30PM 0.99	8:58AM 0.03		11:51PM 0.92		12:29PM -0.03	11:46PM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	1	-	34	1	36	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	42	-
High °C	20	24	23	21	20	21	25	21	24	23	22	24	20	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	25	20
Low °C	20	23	22	20	20	21	24	20	23	23	21	22	19	21	22	20	21	23	23	23	23	19
Chill °C (?)	20	24	23	21	20	21	25	21	24	23	22	24	20	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	25	20
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	2.0 SSW	0.7 S	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 E	1.0 E	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.0 E	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	0.2 E	0.5 SSE	0.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	8	8	7	7	12	11	16	10	8	8	7	15	9	8	7	8	13	16	6	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	-	0.9 NNW	-	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 N	1.3 ENE	0.9 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.9 E	-	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	-	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	6	8	7	8	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	7	8	-	8	7

	Sun		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	3.5 E	2.2 SE	1.7 SSW	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SE	2.2 SSW	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	10	8	9	10	10	9	8	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy	1231	4223	1378	1165	2666	557	214	1435	1000	1016	580	565	543	397	267	216	309	583	527	215	215	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:22PM 1.53				11:43AM 1.35				10:35PM 1.32				10:27AM 1.05	12:19PM 1.10				1:46AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	4:30PM 0.55				5:04AM 0.93				3:53PM 0.47				5:18AM 0.77				4:40PM 0.57	7:57PM 0.79				6:24AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	21	20	21	20	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	24	24	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	25	21	20	21	20	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	24	24	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	3.0 E	2.2 SE	1.7 SSW	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SE	2.2 SSW	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	10	9	8	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 E	2.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	1.6 E	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	11	10	7	10	10	7	6	12	8	11	11	6	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 E	0.9 N	0.4 WNW	3.0 E	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 N	1.3 N	-	-	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	5	3	8	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	8	8	7	7	-	-	8

	Sunday 07	Monday 08
	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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 S	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SE	2.2 S	1.5 SE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SE
Period(s)	9	9	10	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	8	10	8	9	9	11	10	10	8
Energy	1252	1290	1231	1194	1154	4223	4223	3654	1378	1212	1048	1165	1101	682	2666	523	664	557	1536	812	259	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									11:22PM 1.53										9:58AM 1.21	10:21AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		4:39PM 0.53													5:04AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	25	24	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	21	22	23	22	23	21	24
Chill °C (?)	22	22	25	24	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	21	22	23	22	23	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.3 SSW	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SE	2.2 S	1.5 SE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 E	1.1 S	1.0 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	8	10	8	9	9	11	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 E	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 SSW	2.1 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.9 E	1.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	8	10	10	10	8	8	10	8	10	8	8	8	9	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 N	3.0 E	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	-	8	8	8	5	5	5	3	3	4	8	-	-	-	4	3	3	-

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