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

	Fri		Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Turtles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Green Pole Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	2.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 E	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.8 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period(s)	6	7	8	7	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	8	10	11
Energy	224	535	1119	412	78	71	408	98	47	138	467	344	197	405	262	302	300	278	360	326	678	1304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:00AM 1.45	10:38AM 1.43		11:14PM 0.96	8:58AM 1.11		12:21AM 1.14	11:08AM 1.00	12:53PM 1.09	2:20AM 1.56		3:43PM 1.62		4:25AM 1.75	3:13PM 1.44	2:05AM 1.27	3:58AM 1.62	4:22PM 1.67		5:39AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	5:03PM 0.46		5:51AM 1.18	5:56PM 0.54		5:12AM 1.04	4:48PM 0.39		6:15AM 0.80		7:26PM 0.64	9:19AM 0.64		10:05PM 0.63	10:47AM 0.52		7:59PM 0.56	10:30AM 0.35		10:46PM 0.74		12:11PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	17	17	17	17	21	16	20	21	23	25	19	23	24	24	24	23	22	17	18	20
Low °C	21	16	15	16	13	16	20	15	19	20	22	23	18	22	23	24	22	23	21	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	22	19	16	16	16	16	21	16	20	21	23	25	19	23	24	24	24	23	22	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	4:41	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 N	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.8 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	6	10	9	9	11	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	7	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 N	-	0.5 NNW	0.2 S	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	-	0.3 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	1.0 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	-	7	7	-	7	-	11	5	5	-	10	8	8	-	10	9	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	2.1 NE	0.9 NW	0.3 NNE	1.6 E	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	8	7	4	2	9	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-

	Friday 08				Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Mon
	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	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Kamakura Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 W	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	7	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	225	230	206	207	805	523	532	329	232	885	152	158	466	290	329	87	114	65	100	132	275	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 1.69				9:56PM 0.95			7:46AM 1.10						1:36AM 1.49								2:48AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			4:38PM 0.41			2:54AM 1.08					4:56PM 0.57					6:04AM 1.04				7:18PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	21	18	20	18	16	18	19	17	18	18	18	19	19	16	18	18	18	19	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	25	21	18	20	18	16	18	19	17	18	18	17	18	18	15	18	18	18	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 N	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	7	10	10	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 N
Period (s)	8	7	4	5	10	11	10	10	10	10	-	4	-	-	-	6	6	-	3	-	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	0.7 NE	-	2.2 W	0.1 W	-	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.6 NW	0.7 E	0.2 NNE	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	7	7	8	5	-	7	6	-	8	9	9	4	4	3	-	-	9	9

	Friday 08	Saturday 09
	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	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Kamakura Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	3.0 SW	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	6	5	6	6	7	6	11	10	-	-	-	11	7	11	11	10	6	6
Energy	224	225	154	165	184	128	362	413	467	387	200	207	0	0	0	164	905	68	143	173	255	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)					1:59PM 0.18	2:37PM 0.39															5:34AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	24	24	25	24	21	21	21	21	21	20	16	18	20	19	19	16	17	16	14	15	18	17
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	24	21	21	21	21	21	19	15	18	20	18	18	14	15	14	13	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 S	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	7	10	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.7 SW	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	11	-	11	11	11	-	6	5	-	-	-	11	8	4	6	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.4 NW	3.0 SW	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	-	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	6	5	6	6	7	6	-	5	5	6	6	5	7	4	6	-	6	6

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