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

	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Kojima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	3	2	2	1	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	4	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	2.2 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 NE	0.5 E	3.0 SSW	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	6	8	9	7	6	12	11	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	8	5	8	8	8	7	8	8
Energy	111	936	260	228	167	1119	922	3814	2441	500	1457	612	819	332	280	106	81	1175	567	456	200	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:06PM 1.63	8:37AM 1.52		9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		11:22PM 1.53	10:39AM 1.36		11:13PM 1.32	11:20AM 1.01	12:19PM 1.10	11:26PM 1.23		12:26PM 1.07	2:43AM 1.86		3:51PM 1.57	2:30AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		2:59PM 0.31		3:12AM 1.02	3:33PM 0.44	2:56AM 0.88		5:06PM 0.62		5:18AM 0.96	3:53PM 0.47		5:47AM 0.73			8:39AM 0.69	5:58PM 0.71	8:34PM 0.88	9:39AM 0.50		8:35PM 0.88	9:12AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	1	14	54	13	-	-
High °C	25	20	23	23	23	18	21	24	21	25	22	21	23	22	22	24	23	27	25	22	21	23
Low °C	24	20	22	22	22	17	20	21	20	23	22	21	22	22	21	24	22	24	23	22	19	22
Chill °C (?)	25	20	23	23	23	18	21	24	21	25	22	21	23	22	22	24	23	27	25	22	21	23
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:37
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.6 SE	1.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 S	2.2 SE	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 NE	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	9	7	7	12	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	6	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	1.5 SSW	1.2 SE	1.4 E	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.4 NE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	6	7	11	11	7	7	8	9	7	10	10	9	12	5	6	8	10	8	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NE	2.2 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 NNE	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 NE	-	3.0 SSW	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	4	8	-	7	6	-	-	9	10	4	9	7	9	7	8	5	-	8	8	7	8	-

	Friday 05						Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	10	8
Energy	76	111	98	936	657	622	260	273	259	228	69	167	64	1219	1119	1090	957	922	1592	3814	3429	2289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 1.79					10:06PM 1.63			8:37AM 1.52					9:37PM 1.23			7:55AM 1.16	10:34AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				2:59PM 0.31					3:30AM 1.05				3:49PM 0.46			2:56AM 0.88					5:06PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	1	1	2
Temp. °C	24	24	27	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	18	17	18	18	20	22	24	21	20
Chill °C (?)	24	24	27	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	18	17	18	18	20	22	24	21	20
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 E	2.2 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	8	8	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	7	12	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	-	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	10	8

	Friday 05	Sat
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.6 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	145	145	76	108	247	111	112	99	98	17	12	936	822	719	657	579	672	622	622	1001	260	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:53AM 1.59	8:24AM 1.79													9:49PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)											1:35PM 0.26	2:59PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	24	22	24	24	25	27	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	24	22	24	24	25	27	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	7	12	6	6	7	7	7	12	12	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.8 WSW	1.6 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	6	4	4	2	-	3	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-

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