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

	Sun	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26
	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	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.7 S	1.7 ESE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	7	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1448	1553	1267	715	867	375	243	221	343	377	255	431	300	1318	1403	1410	1372	604	197	215	27	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 1.45		7:23PM 1.30	8:44AM 1.98		9:40PM 1.79	8:30AM 1.75		10:42PM 1.49	8:43AM 1.61		11:51PM 1.37	10:39AM 1.44		12:24AM 1.08		1:53PM 1.49		3:23AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 0.81		12:20PM -0.16	12:24AM 0.80	3:03AM 0.80	3:45PM -0.01	2:56AM 1.13		3:43PM 0.11		3:24AM 1.16	4:15PM 0.33		5:35AM 1.17	4:04PM 0.37		7:33AM 1.13		8:18PM 0.48	9:19AM 0.84		9:59PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	21	32	12	19	1	15	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	19	20	22	22	16	18	17	14	16	16	18	18	14	15	15	13	15	20	17
Low °C	20	19	20	17	19	21	21	15	16	17	14	15	12	18	16	14	13	15	12	15	19	16
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	19	20	22	22	16	18	16	12	16	16	18	17	13	15	13	12	15	20	16
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	0.5 SE	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.3 SE	1.4 E	0.3 NE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	10	10	13	10	7	13	8	12	8	8	9	7	11	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 E	-	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.8 NE	0.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	11	11	5	13	6	6	14	14	-	13	10	-	12	12	16	9	7	7	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SE	-	0.4 SW	1.1 S	0.5 NNW	-	0.3 NW	-	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.7 S	1.7 ESE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	5	-	4	5	6	-	3	-	10	5	6	7	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	5

	Sun		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Aja Okinawa
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 E	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	1787	3051	3067	2970	1244	1146	1651	1267	1077	1032	719	613	614	646	688	609	500	247	359	328	631	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:29PM 1.40				8:08AM 2.05				8:30PM 1.74				7:50AM 1.87					10:01PM 1.57		5:54AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			11:49PM 0.72					2:00PM -0.14				1:56AM 0.92				1:06PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	17	16	21	22	20	20	20	17	18	17	17	19	20	21	19	22	21	21	17	22
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	16	21	22	20	20	20	17	18	17	17	19	20	21	19	22	21	21	16	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	6:00
Sunset	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 E	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.5 ENE	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	-	-	5	4	-	16	16	5	5	6	6	6	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Aja Okinawa
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 ESE	1.1 NE	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.1 SE	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1764	2913	2913	3266	1478	1491	2173	1657	1634	2110	1566	1543	1942	1608	2203	2366	1807	308	800	757	1575	863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)				6:29PM 1.38		8:45PM 1.94												8:21AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)											1:24AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	17	22	21	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	19	22	21	22	18	22
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	22	21	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	19	22	21	22	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.1 SE	1.3 E
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	-	11	10	10	-	12	11	11	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	4

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