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

	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	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	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.8 SE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	230	330	318	1155	1654	2257	2378	1904	1869	883	3013	2286	1574	1859	1241	898	2747	2140	1546	1368	954	770
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:12PM 1.61		4:52AM 1.85	5:14PM 1.88				6:19PM 1.84	6:19AM 1.85	4:48PM 1.42		5:37AM 1.75			4:50AM 1.44		8:45PM 1.94	8:08AM 2.05		8:17PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 0.63		11:08PM 0.34	11:03AM 0.31		11:17PM 0.39			12:20AM 0.34			10:37PM 0.47		12:03PM -0.02		11:37AM -0.20		2:25AM 0.65		2:57PM -0.13	1:38AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	6	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	17	19	24	17	17	22	22	21	16	13	12	16	22	16	15	20	18	17	19	20	19	22
Low °C	17	19	23	16	17	21	21	18	16	11	11	15	22	16	15	18	16	16	18	20	17	20
Chill °C (?)	17	19	24	17	17	22	22	21	16	11	10	15	22	16	14	20	18	17	19	20	19	22
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	6:40	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E
Period (s)	6	11	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.2 E	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	5	5	16	6	-	-	-	9	8	-	8	9	11	14	-	11	-	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.2 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	3	7	5	5	3	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14						Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 SSE	2.1 SE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	13	18	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	225	224	233	453	559	517	655	695	520	1167	1378	1450	1547	1990	2147	1746	2316	2378	2588	2555	1910	1960
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	-
High Tide / height (m)	4:23AM 1.63				4:32PM 1.77				5:23AM 1.69				4:23PM 1.56								5:08PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			10:57AM 0.56								9:10AM 0.37									12:10PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	5	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	25	18	18	19	19	19	23	23	16	16	17	15	16	16	15	21	22	23	19	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	25	18	18	19	19	19	23	23	16	15	17	14	16	16	14	21	22	23	19	13
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	6	6	10	10	12	10	12	12	13	18	16	16	16	16	16	8	14	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	1.8 SSE	1.0 SE	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	10	13	5	5	12	4	19	5	5	8	7	6	6	-	14	17	-	-	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	7	6	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	7	-	-	4	4

	Tuesday 14	Wed
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	223	225	146	231	233	230	303	303	233	233	191	190	212	210	318	288	306	444	444	469	296	348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:23AM 1.63										2:20PM 1.17	3:36PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	18	23	18	18	17	19	19	25	25	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	24	24	24	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	23	18	18	17	19	19	25	25	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	24	24	24	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	6	6	10	6	6	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	11	11	4	11	11	10	6	6	13	13	5	5	-	-	6	18	5	-	-	5	18	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	7	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	6	-	5	5	-	4	-

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