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 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	7	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	0.5 NW	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	6	14
Energy(?)	177	207	311	274	174	182	284	335	1158	2182	3087	2497	2668	2869	6026	2481	4047	2843	2799	2350	18	2103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:30AM 1.47	4:05PM 1.42						4:01PM 1.36		4:23AM 1.40					6:25PM 1.92	6:14AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		9:15PM 0.40	10:24AM 0.77								10:12PM 0.40	10:34AM 0.28	12:10PM 0.12	11:44PM 0.37			12:23AM 0.39			11:15PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-
High °C	26	25	19	23	17	16	18	23	23	24	23	23	23	15	19	17	11	15	17	15	20	18
Low °C	25	24	19	23	16	16	17	22	22	24	22	22	20	13	18	16	11	14	16	14	20	16
Chill °C (?)	26	25	19	23	17	16	18	23	23	24	23	23	23	14	19	16	9	15	16	15	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	6:49	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	1.8 ESE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ESE	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	7	13	7	6	6	5	8	-	7	7	-	13	13	-	11	8	-	11	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.2 ENE	0.8 NE	3.0 SE	1.3 SE	1.8 ENE	-	1.8 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	6	5	16	5	11	-	9	-	-	-

	Sunday 12				Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	215	121	142	139	207	101	225	243	247	247	272	265	232	229	231	224	215	240	301	695	516	546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	-	low	-	-
High Tide / height (m)		2:42PM 1.46								2:09PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)												8:50PM 0.37	10:24PM 0.42				10:15AM 0.56			8:49PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	20	25	24	24	16	25	25	26	19	19	19	23	18	23	18	16	16	18	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	24	20	25	24	24	15	25	25	26	19	19	19	23	18	23	18	16	16	18	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	6	10	11	11	11	12	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.5 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	4	6	6	6	10	5	5	5	11	8	8	5	11	6	5	6	6	6	17	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Sunday 12														Monday 13
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	220	122	149	149	177	135	177	176	170	181	323	344	257	118	207	119	155	144	129	156	144	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											7:59PM 0.39		9:28PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	-
High °C	23	19	25	25	26	16	26	26	25	18	18	18	24	15	24	16	15	15	17	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	23	19	25	25	26	15	26	26	25	18	18	18	24	15	24	16	15	15	17	17	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	6	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.6 SE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	6	4	6	6	6	10	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	11	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.9 SW	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	7	7	6	7	4	4	6	6	-	6	5	4	-	3	3	-	-	5	-

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