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

	Mon	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11
	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	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE
Period(s)	9	8	10	8	4	10	9	9	9	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	7
Energy	843	96	59	83	39	110	230	231	186	165	194	171	166	216	287	264	175	143	177	686	126	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:18AM 1.46		8:08PM 1.37	6:41AM 1.42			9:19AM 0.22		10:59PM 1.60	9:10AM 1.56		10:15PM 1.19			1:47AM 1.49		12:06PM 1.52	2:16AM 1.67		1:21PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.95		12:34PM 0.04	1:18AM 0.90		1:02PM 0.08	12:43AM 0.08	9:50AM 0.22	3:12PM 0.45		4:08AM 1.21	2:12PM 0.35	2:25AM 1.09	7:51AM 1.09		6:23PM 0.58	7:02AM 1.07		7:18PM 0.61	8:04AM 1.05		8:35PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-
High °C	18	21	19	15	19	20	20	22	22	19	21	19	17	20	19	18	19	19	18	24	19	17
Low °C	13	17	18	15	19	19	20	21	20	18	20	18	13	19	19	16	19	18	17	23	19	16
Chill °C (?)	17	21	19	15	19	20	20	22	22	19	21	19	17	20	19	18	19	19	18	24	19	17
Sunrise	-	5:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.8 NNE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	10	8	7	5	9	9	9	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	-	5	4	6	10	6	6	-	-	10	6	-	7	7	6	11	11	5	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.4 SW	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	4	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	4	6	-	4	-	-	4	7

	Mon		Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	4	4	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	222	1375	2044	272	567	222	132	140	81	81	76	66	77	73	285	121	234	267	216	200	225	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:56PM 1.36								8:58PM 1.76			5:13AM 1.42						9:53PM 1.67			8:36AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				12:34AM 0.84			9:54AM 0.22										3:03PM 0.25			2:42AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	18	12	14	16	21	22	18	18	18	17	17	17	20	19	20	20	17	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	16	19	18	10	13	16	21	22	18	18	18	16	16	17	20	19	20	20	17	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Sunset	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	-	10	8	7	7	3	5	-	3	6	6	11	-	6	6	6	6	8	9	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 NE	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	1.3 E	1.1 E	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	9	6	6	5	-	3	-	3	2	4	5	-	9	7	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	4	4	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E
Period(s)	8	7	9	9	9	9	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	339	676	963	781	1112	1416	2	1	43	54	51	72	75	102	151	48	161	140	59	87	87	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					7:39PM 1.44												7:39AM 1.77	8:04AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)											1:33AM 0.96			4:53AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	20	17	16	18	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	17	16	17	16	17	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	22	19	16	14	17	14	13	14	15	15	12	11	13	16	15	16	14	17	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	2.4 SW	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 W	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	10	-	7	7	4	6	6	10	10	6	9	9	9	7	4	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WNW	3.0 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	9	9	6	9	2	3	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	4	4	5	-	4	4	4

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