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 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Oku Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aja Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	4	3	3	3	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 N	4.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	0.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 E
Period(s)	14	14	13	10	13	11	12	9	8	7	6	9	9	8	10	12	12	11	11	11	7	7
Energy	1707	1655	1449	1187	6074	1239	1565	354	87	65	75	53	68	212	118	1025	852	670	592	68	221	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:26AM 1.51		8:52PM 1.63	6:34AM 1.67		8:00PM 1.48	6:53AM 1.56		9:09PM 1.56	7:58AM 1.72		10:02PM 1.66	9:56AM 1.75		9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		10:08PM 1.24	10:21AM 1.30		1:28AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	12:33AM 0.98		12:30PM 0.09	2:09AM 0.95		1:40PM 0.06	1:23AM 0.96		2:09PM 0.26	2:23AM 1.04		3:58PM 0.37		4:21AM 1.04	4:07PM 0.46	2:56AM 0.88		3:02PM 0.36		5:04AM 0.93		6:38PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	-	8	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	26	25	28	21	21	22	20	22	28	22	26	24	16	19	20	18	20	25	26
Low °C	20	21	18	25	25	26	19	21	21	19	21	27	21	26	23	16	18	19	17	19	25	25
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	26	25	28	21	21	22	20	22	28	22	26	24	15	19	20	17	20	25	26
Sunrise	-	4:35	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 N	4.0 SSW	1.7 SE	2.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	10	13	10	12	9	8	7	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	11	11	5	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SE	2.3 SE	1.7 SSW	-	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	11	10	10	8	10	11	-	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	6	7	11	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 N	1.1 N	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Mon		Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Oku Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.4 N	2.5 S	2.4 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s)	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	10	10	10	12	10	13	12	11	13	12	12	11	10	9
Energy	1132	1711	1707	1659	1401	1655	1469	1449	801	908	1187	3823	1718	6074	3036	1239	4258	1667	1565	2188	967	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:15PM 1.65			4:56AM 1.56					8:28PM 1.65				6:34AM 1.67				7:33PM 1.33				6:53AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				12:33AM 0.98				12:30PM 0.09				1:24AM 1.03				1:40PM 0.06				1:13AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	21	21	20	20	21	21	20	26	26	25	23	22	25	26	28	21	21	21	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	26	21	21	20	20	21	21	20	26	26	25	23	22	25	26	28	21	21	21	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-
Sunset	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	6.0 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.4 N	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SE	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	10	13	12	12	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SE	2.5 S	1.6 S	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSW	2.5 SE	1.1 SE	-	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	15	10	10	10	8	8	8	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	8.5 SSE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	0.8 W	-	3.0 N	-	1.5 N	1.3 W	1.1 N	1.1 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 NE	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	8	-	8	6	6	5	4	-	4	-	4

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	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	Takegashima Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.5 ENE	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1112	1182	1132	1648	1485	1711	1739	1733	1707	1706	1683	1659	1613	1573	1401	1594	1721	1655	1430	1490	1469	1469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:15PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)										12:33AM 0.98												12:30PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	26	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	26	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	6.0 SSE	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	2.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	5	11	10	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	8.5 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	14	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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