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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.0 SE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SSE	3.0 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	17	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	101	177	207	211	271	183	207	264	560	638	2614	2005	2786	1976	2925	1589	4683	2733	4301	2550	4580	2032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:51PM 1.08		3:28AM 1.40	4:05PM 1.42								4:23AM 1.40					6:25PM 1.97				7:20AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				9:21AM 0.79		10:27PM 0.40						10:12PM 0.40	10:34AM 0.28					12:20AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	1	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	26	25	19	26	17	17	18	18	20	24	19	23	19	11	14	17	14	17	17	16	17
Low °C	15	25	24	19	25	16	17	18	18	18	24	19	22	16	9	11	15	13	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	26	25	19	26	17	17	18	18	20	24	19	23	18	7	12	16	13	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	6:49	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.0 SE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SSE	3.0 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	7	10	10	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	17	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	1.0 E	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	1.6 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	6	6	10	14	5	6	5	5	6	-	8	-	7	12	-	10	12	-	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SW	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.0 E	-	0.3 N	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.9 ENE	0.8 NE	3.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	4	3	5	6	4	-	-	3	5	-	8	-	-	5	7	4	10	7	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 12						Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	425	232	215	72	142	139	207	211	225	243	247	322	272	227	227	231	231	204	215	271	280	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	high	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:22PM 1.14								2:09PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	24	19	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	19	19	24	24	23	23	17	17	18	18	23
Chill °C (?)	16	16	24	19	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	19	19	24	24	23	23	17	17	18	18	23
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.9 WNW	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	11	5	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	8	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 ESE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	7	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	-	2	-	-

	Sunday 12																				Mon
	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	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	0.9 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	425	226	220	97	154	153	220	215	215	177	177	150	150	176	170	170	170	115	120	117	117	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																		8:55PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	22	14	23	24	23	24	24	25	25	18	18	26	25	25	24	16	17	17	17	24
Chill °C (?)	16	14	22	12	23	24	23	24	24	25	25	18	18	26	25	25	24	16	17	17	17	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	8	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	11	7	11	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.2 W	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	5	-	4	-	-	-	7	7	7	3	6	6	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	5

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