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

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	2	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 N	3.0 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	6	15	10	10	7	8	8	8	7	10	11	11	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1754	1276	814	633	333	294	219	347	14	264	356	350	1176	764	422	117	2970	972	758	753	492	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 1.30	8:44AM 1.98		9:40PM 1.79	8:30AM 1.75		10:30PM 1.54	8:43AM 1.61		12:30AM 1.60	6:52AM 1.16		1:12AM 1.23		1:13PM 1.35		3:23AM 1.47	3:02PM 1.40		3:46AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		12:20PM -0.20	12:24AM 0.80	3:03AM 0.80	2:48PM -0.04	2:56AM 1.13		3:34PM 0.25		3:24AM 1.16	4:09PM 0.30			3:41PM 0.27		8:28AM 1.08		8:18PM 0.48	9:19AM 0.84		8:56PM 0.48	9:42AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	27	20	4	8	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	21	21	17	18	14	17	14	16	15	13	13	22	13	12	15	16	16	23
Low °C	19	20	18	19	21	20	16	18	12	17	14	15	14	13	13	21	12	12	13	15	16	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	18	21	21	17	18	12	16	12	16	14	11	12	22	10	9	14	15	15	23
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:56	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 ENE	-	2.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 N	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	7	-	8	8	7	10	11	11	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.1 NW	0.8 E	-	1.0 S	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	5	5	6	14	12	5	10	-	7	-	8	8	7	8	16	6	11	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.3 SE	1.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.6 NNE	3.0 E	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	-	3.0 NE	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	6	4	5	10	6	8	3	3	-	10	-	-	7	4	-

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	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	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	3067	2970	2400	1146	1347	1422	1077	1103	719	616	614	646	717	602	754	235	294	301	274	260	223	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			5:20AM 1.45	8:08AM 2.05				8:40PM 1.86				7:44AM 1.96					10:01PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	11:49PM 0.72					1:56PM 0.01				1:56AM 0.92				1:02PM 0.00					3:22AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	22	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	19	19	20	19	22	21	20	20	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	22	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	19	19	20	19	22	21	20	20	21	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:01	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	10	10	-	-	5	4	-	5	6	5	15	5	6	6	7	7	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.8 NE	1.2 SSW	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	5	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 20
	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	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 ESE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3009	3294	3204	1414	1566	1669	1542	1684	1518	1519	1568	1754	2034	1862	1155	823	719	718	733	738	928	928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			11:50PM 0.69		1:33AM 0.74													2:35PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	11	12	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	21	17	18	17	16	17	17	17	19	19	18	19	22	22	22	22	22	20	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	21	17	18	16	16	17	17	16	19	19	18	19	22	22	22	22	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 ESE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	10	10	-	12	11	11	11	10	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	-	-

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