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

	Wed	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13
	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	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	1.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	7	8	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9
Energy	185	195	284	204	221	229	532	1044	369	82	72	92	72	151	154	187	517	308	140	254	200	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:20PM 1.48	9:07AM 1.61		11:15PM 1.43	9:15AM 1.52		11:51PM 1.36	10:15AM 1.40		12:54AM 1.57		12:25PM 1.36	2:16AM 1.67		2:16PM 1.49			2:21PM 1.40		3:11AM 1.81	2:02PM 1.16	1:58AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	2:20AM 1.08	3:26AM 1.03	4:13PM 0.44		3:38AM 1.06	4:51PM 0.53		4:58AM 1.11			7:10AM 1.10		7:18PM 0.61	8:39AM 0.98		8:28PM 0.65	8:36AM 0.81		8:43PM 0.67	9:34AM 0.63		7:47PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	23	23	24	22	20	17	18	16	17	19	18	21	20	17	22	20	18	20	19	20
Low °C	21	21	23	22	23	20	17	15	17	13	16	18	17	20	20	15	22	20	16	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	22	23	23	24	22	19	16	17	14	16	19	18	21	20	17	22	20	18	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	-	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	5	5	11	-	10	6	4	6	5	4	12	11	9	12	10	8	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	1.3 SW	0.8 NW	0.5 N	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.2 E	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	4	3	5	4	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	4	3

	Wed		Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.9 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	2.4 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	6	11	10	10	8	8
Energy	105	241	241	276	204	200	200	200	245	217	204	221	210	221	208	229	449	213	204	235	812	1462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			10:21PM 1.49			8:52AM 1.69					11:15PM 1.43				9:10AM 1.56				11:38PM 1.48			7:11AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)									4:13PM 0.44				4:08AM 1.21				3:51PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	21	22	22	18	23	22	25	19	14	13	15	16	19
Chill °C (?)	18	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	21	22	22	18	23	22	25	19	13	11	14	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-
Sunset	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	6	6	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	5	8	7	8	7	11	11	6	6	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	1.9 SW	-	0.9 N	0.5 WNW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	6	-	6	3	8	8

	Wednesday 06	Thursday 07
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	6
Energy	113	241	241	241	179	186	178	178	241	158	236	276	135	271	220	241	93	103	185	343	168	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							9:48PM 1.46										7:45AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	21	21	16	21	17	22	19	20	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	21	21	16	21	17	22	19	20	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 SE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.7 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 ESE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	6	6	9	6	8	6	6	6	8	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

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