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

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	4	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	3.0 ESE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	4.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	15	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1381	1445	154	138	112	210	116	212	174	220	301	403	1676	1383	4272	3417	1929	2845	2811	2645	3587	7678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:07AM 1.27		2:23AM 1.17		1:03PM 1.15	2:34AM 1.24		1:55PM 1.07	2:56AM 1.19	4:56AM 1.58			4:02AM 1.34	4:01PM 1.36						5:41PM 1.49		6:09AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.49		8:04AM 0.90		7:07PM 0.47	8:31AM 0.72		8:05PM 0.31	10:57AM 0.56		10:30PM 0.34	9:59AM 0.48		10:12PM 0.40						11:27PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	23	19	17	24	18	19	17	19	24	23	24	18	23	20	23	22	22	14	22	23
Low °C	20	19	21	19	17	24	18	18	15	19	23	22	23	18	22	19	23	21	21	14	21	23
Chill °C (?)	21	19	23	19	17	24	18	19	17	19	24	23	24	18	23	20	23	22	22	13	22	23
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.5 SW	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 NW	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	3.0 ESE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	4.0 ESE
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	7	10	6	10	11	6	10	12	15	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 S	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 W	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.3 NE	1.4 E	0.2 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	8	8	5	8	6	10	11	7	10	20	5	-	18	-	17	-	-	15	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 E	0.3 NE	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	3	4	-	4	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 NE	0.9 ESE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	10	8	10	10	8	7	10	10	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1085	1383	1326	1037	1562	1200	1446	1358	296	196	123	180	299	370	262	214	214	243	246	212	231	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:54AM 1.15						2:45AM 1.09				1:59PM 1.31								2:09PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)														7:59PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	21	20	20	18	17	18	16	15	24	15	18	17	17	17	24	24	25	26	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	21	20	20	18	16	18	16	14	24	14	18	17	17	17	24	24	25	26	19	18	19
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	0.6 ESE	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 NE	0.9 ESE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	10	8	7	10	10	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 N	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SE	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	10	10	-	11	9	11	11	11	7	10	4	7	7	10	6	6	6	5	11	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	3	-	-	4	-	6	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	5

	Saturday 11																				Sun
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 E	1.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1305	1258	716	1578	893	1644	796	1236	1038	117	373	134	117	172	172	276	263	254	255	144	144	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										12:16PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)					7:29AM 1.04													8:39PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	19	19	18	20	17	20	18	22	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	18	17	20	17	20	18	22	17	19	18	19	19	21	21	21	21	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	2.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 W	1.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	11	11	11	8	11	10	10	8	8	11	11	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	9	10	6	14	11	11	8	7	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.0 W	2.0 W	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	2	3	-	9	9	9	4	3	3	3	8	8	-

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