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 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			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	Turtles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 S	1.0 SW	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	7	9	10	6	7	8	6	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	10
Energy	432	218	470	360	290	667	237	313	512	350	607	255	357	672	403	109	275	208	391	301	209	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:49PM 1.91	7:51AM 2.14		9:07PM 1.77	7:13AM 1.89		9:21PM 1.79	7:46AM 1.64		10:33PM 1.59	9:34AM 1.63		11:11PM 1.49	10:28AM 1.43		11:09PM 1.19	9:22AM 1.10		11:57PM 1.21		2:30PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 1.01		2:26PM -0.07	2:33AM 0.86		3:13PM 0.03	2:35AM 1.14		2:42PM 0.22		4:11AM 1.08	3:57PM 0.33		5:12AM 1.06			4:46AM 0.94	4:22PM 0.54		7:32AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	17	3	-	-	1	-	-	6	3	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	25	26	24	24	25	23	23	23	22	23	19	19	22	23	19	22	21	19	21	26
Low °C	22	20	24	25	23	22	24	23	22	22	20	23	19	19	22	23	17	21	20	18	20	26
Chill °C (?)	23	22	25	26	24	24	25	23	23	23	22	23	19	19	22	23	19	22	21	19	21	26
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:37	-
Sunset	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:42	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 S	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	1.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.7 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 S	1.0 SW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	8	7	9	10	7	9	10	10	7	8	6	9	8	8	8	7	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.0 SSE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 NNW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	7	10	-	-	6	8	8	6	7	6	6	6	9	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 E	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 SW	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	7	8	6	7	8	9	4	-	-	8	-	-	-

	Monday 18				Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								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	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	432	432	298	183	218	797	245	470	470	360	317	533	290	561	552	667	266	237	242	543	313	417
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:49PM 1.91				7:51AM 2.14					9:07PM 1.77			7:13AM 1.89					9:21PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13PM -0.11				2:27AM 0.83				2:26PM -0.07				2:00AM 0.94					3:13PM 0.03			2:35AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	22	22	21	23	23	24	25	26	25	24	24	22	22	22	25	25	24	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	22	21	23	23	24	25	26	25	24	24	22	22	22	25	25	24	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	10	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.3 S	1.7 SSE	0.4 SW	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	4	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	3	-	-	7	-	7

	Monday 18	Tuesday 19
	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	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	425	432	432	432	432	432	298	476	298	476	343	183	187	218	218	224	839	797	823	641	245	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						2:13PM -0.11												2:27AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1
High °C	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	4	5	5	5	9	9	8	8	-	-

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