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			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	2	9	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.5 E	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 ESE	1.2 S	0.6 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 ESE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	11	13	11	12	9	8	7	5	7	10	8	6	12	12	11	10	9	9
Energy	2089	1707	1564	394	10572	6106	1275	1806	587	225	67	111	166	88	324	265	1631	1110	870	1658	756	511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:15PM 1.65	5:26AM 1.51		8:00PM 1.73	6:34AM 1.67		7:33PM 1.33	6:31AM 1.46		9:09PM 1.56	7:32AM 1.51		10:23PM 1.80	9:56AM 1.75		9:52PM 1.26	7:55AM 1.16		10:17PM 1.23	10:58AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		12:33AM 0.98			1:24AM 1.03		1:40PM 0.06	12:21AM 0.99		1:55PM 0.21	2:23AM 1.04		3:59PM 0.34		4:21AM 1.04	3:30PM 0.41			2:46PM 0.41		5:37AM 1.00	5:34PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	13	-	-	65	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	22	21	21	22	23	25	27	20	22	23	20	21	28	22	28	22	16	19	20	19	21	23
Low °C	22	20	21	21	22	24	26	20	21	23	19	20	28	21	27	22	16	18	19	18	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	22	23	25	27	20	22	23	20	21	28	22	28	22	15	19	20	19	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	7:14	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.5 E	3.5 SSW	1.8 SE	1.9 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	1.2 S	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	11	13	10	12	9	8	7	7	7	10	9	11	12	12	11	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	3.5 S	2.5 SE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	10	9	13	11	11	9	9	9	9	12	6	6	11	11	11	10	10	7	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 E	-	-	0.6 S	3.5 N	0.5 NW	1.0 N	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.2 ESE	-	0.3 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	2.1 ENE	0.6 N	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	4	8	5	6	-	-	4	-	5	-	4	8	6	-	-	-	10	4	-

	Monday 01				Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thu
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Takegashima Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	9	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 N	4.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 S	2.4 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	10	11	10	10	13	12	11	14	12	12	12
Energy	1199	2089	1209	1665	1707	1632	1401	1564	1469	394	1491	673	10572	4276	1260	6106	3333	1275	4303	2674	1806	2129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:15PM 1.65			4:56AM 1.56					8:28PM 1.65				6:34AM 1.67				7:33PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47PM -0.00				12:33AM 0.98								1:24AM 1.03				1:40PM 0.06				12:20AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	18	26	23	22	22	24	26	27	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	24	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	18	26	23	22	22	24	26	27	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 N	4.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 S	2.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	10	11	10	10	13	12	10	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	1.2 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 S	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	10	15	10	10	9	16	8	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 E	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.7 W	3.5 N	2.5 N	-	0.5 NW	1.5 WNW	1.0 N	0.7 NW	-	-	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	8	7	-	5	6	6	5	-	-	4

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	9	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	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	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	863	943	1199	1210	1203	2089	2094	1182	1209	1648	1484	1665	1693	1707	1707	1706	1683	1632	1587	1463	1401	1580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											7:15PM 1.65									4:56AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				12:21PM -0.01												12:33AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	23	24	24	24	24	22	22	22	21	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	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	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	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	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	5	10	10	11	11	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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