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

	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	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	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Malibu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	5	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.8 SE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E
Period(s)	9	9	8	9	10	7	8	8	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	11
Energy	202	246	178	220	200	555	552	820	77	179	132	93	151	144	347	334	672	118	538	1210	389	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:07AM 1.61		10:40PM 1.40	9:15AM 1.52		11:51PM 1.36	10:38AM 1.59		1:38AM 1.43		12:39PM 1.40	2:16AM 1.67		1:52PM 1.52	2:20AM 1.56		3:22PM 1.47	1:45AM 1.38		2:01PM 1.15	2:38AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 0.44		3:38AM 1.06	4:36PM 0.45		5:07AM 1.12	5:13PM 0.65	6:11PM 0.61	7:10AM 1.10		7:18PM 0.61	8:04AM 1.02		7:26PM 0.64	8:36AM 0.81		7:08PM 0.61	8:17AM 0.57		8:45PM 0.70	9:04AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	20	24	22	20	19	18	16	21	19	17	21	21	18	23	21	18	21	20	18	23
Low °C	22	23	18	24	21	16	18	18	13	19	19	16	20	20	17	23	20	17	20	19	16	21
Chill °C (?)	22	23	20	24	22	19	19	18	14	21	19	17	21	21	18	23	21	18	21	20	18	23
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	4:41	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.5 ESE	-	0.8 SE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	8	11	10	10	6	10	9	11	9	-	9	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.6 SE	0.2 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	6	11	8	5	11	4	10	6	-	4	9	12	12	-	9	-	10	-	-	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.4 SE	-	2.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	1.8 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	4	7	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	4	9	-	8	4	-	7	-	-

	Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	11	11	10	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	241	236	204	202	200	207	244	217	215	221	210	203	208	231	261	241	206	682	702	1214	734	718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:21PM 1.49			8:36AM 1.62					11:15PM 1.43											7:02AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)							4:16PM 0.35				4:08AM 1.21				3:51PM 0.49			2:54AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	21	22	22	18	20	24	25	19	14	14	17	17	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	21	22	22	18	20	24	25	19	13	13	16	17	19	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	11	6	10	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	5	8	8	4	7	7	11	6	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	-	1.2 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.8 NNE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	6	4	6	7	7	8	8	8

	Wed	Thursday 07
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 SSE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	6	7	6
Energy	241	241	178	178	174	174	247	513	271	271	219	214	185	241	121	121	197	76	85	220	116	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:21PM 1.49										8:17AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)						2:51AM 0.98	3:25AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	21	21	18	18	21	23	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	21	21	18	18	21	23	22	22	22	20	20	20	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	6	7	7	-	10	10	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	1.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-

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