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

	Sat	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16
	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	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.7 E	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	0.2 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	2.1 E	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	10	8	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	10	9	8	8
Energy	277	404	19	146	105	104	166	559	653	275	314	420	269	367	345	342	4	132	179	193	606	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	on	cross- on	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 1.52	10:38AM 1.07	12:38PM 1.42	2:16AM 1.67		2:34PM 1.44		3:36AM 1.73	3:09PM 1.46		4:25AM 1.75	4:59PM 1.72	1:41AM 1.40	3:43AM 1.84	3:02PM 1.26	2:17AM 1.39	4:51AM 1.85	5:24PM 1.91	2:37AM 1.50	4:37AM 1.83		6:02PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29AM 0.97		7:18PM 0.61	8:55AM 0.95		8:55PM 0.70	9:52AM 0.85		10:05PM 0.63	10:47AM 0.52		7:32PM 0.67	10:12AM 0.39		8:29PM 0.73	11:24AM 0.14		9:05PM 0.83	11:19AM 0.01		11:42PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	18	19	19	16	20	21	23	24	20	19	18	19	17	23	20	18	20	22	18
Low °C	18	20	21	16	18	18	15	20	20	22	24	18	18	17	17	16	21	20	17	19	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	18	19	19	16	20	21	23	24	20	19	18	19	17	23	20	18	20	22	18
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:43	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 S	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	0.2 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.1 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	-	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	10	9	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.5 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	7	-	4	11	14	11	-	-	8	10	10	7	9	10	8	-	7	9	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	0.6 ESE	-	-	2.1 E	-
Period (s)	10	8	6	-	5	5	4	9	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	8	-

	Sat		Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	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	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Mainside Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.7 W	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.6 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.8 ESE
Period(s)	10	7	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	168	547	277	192	302	301	441	433	63	298	269	266	105	180	103	104	314	223	246	587	512	559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:24AM 1.62				12:48PM 1.50				2:48AM 1.56			10:50AM 1.02					2:20AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	5:50PM 0.55					7:21AM 1.09				7:41PM 0.62				8:03AM 1.03				7:41PM 0.67				8:37AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	20	16	20	20	21	21	18	21	21	22	17	19	19	19	20	17	17	15	16	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	16	20	20	21	21	18	21	21	22	16	19	19	19	20	17	16	15	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-
Sunset	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.4 W	0.9 N	1.0 ESE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.6 SE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-
Period (s)	10	7	7	10	7	7	6	6	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	4	10	-	6	-	-	15	15	-	13	13	12	11	5	11	14	-	9	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 W	1.0 E	-	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 S	0.7 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.4 SE	-	0.8 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	10	-	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	8	-	8	9	9	9

	Saturday 09	Sunday 10
	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	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Mainside Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	2.0 W	1.2 N	0.9 ESE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 E	0.8 N	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE
Period(s)	10	8	7	10	7	7	6	7	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	179	758	156	162	131	130	159	68	84	275	79	60	104	190	118	112	181	153	113	107	70	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											1:36AM 1.49									10:57AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 0.38															7:18AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	18	18	18	19	20	14	20	20	20	16	15	16	17	17	18	17	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	16	18	18	17	19	20	13	20	20	20	15	15	15	16	17	18	16	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.5 W	1.2 N	0.9 ESE	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 SE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	7	7	10	7	7	7	7	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	5	-	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	2.0 W	1.0 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	-	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 E	0.2 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.7 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	8	5	-	5	5	6	10	-	10	6	6	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3

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