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 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			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	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Corners Okinawa
Rating	4	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.5 SE	2.2 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	-	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.4 SE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	8	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	11	12	13	12	12	-	16	16	16	15	16
Energy(?)	1259	716	55	608	73	221	73	208	236	270	192	331	318	939	935	907	0	3137	1929	1880	1012	2694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 1.51				3:13AM 1.45						3:19AM 1.31	3:06PM 1.38		3:05AM 1.27				5:08PM 1.68		5:10AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 0.46	8:04AM 1.01		7:26PM 0.64			8:24PM 0.37				9:16AM 0.61		8:49PM 0.31	9:10AM 0.37					11:09PM 0.42	11:26AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	2	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	22	19	21	19	17	23	18	24	24	24	22	17	23	23	22	19	23	23	23	22	17	23
Low °C	21	18	20	19	14	21	17	23	23	24	22	16	22	22	22	19	21	22	22	21	17	23
Chill °C (?)	22	18	21	18	17	23	18	24	24	24	22	17	23	23	22	19	23	23	23	22	16	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 SSW	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.4 SE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	-	9	11	11	9	10	11	10	10	11	10	11	12	13	12	12	15	16	16	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 N	-	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.9 SSE	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	11	7	7	5	-	14	5	6	7	5	17	6	-	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8

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	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	11	10	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	857	766	2554	2261	1625	1065	817	639	1004	284	348	868	1167	1601	248	210	119	212	68	83	92	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	flow	ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	flow
High Tide / height (m)	10:35AM 1.39					2:31AM 1.35								2:15AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)								8:18AM 0.94				6:35PM 0.41				7:29AM 1.05				8:20PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	20	19	18	18	18	21	21	19	19	17	16	14	14	15	25	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	20	19	18	18	18	21	21	19	19	17	15	13	14	14	25	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	11	8	8	8	6	8	10	11	11	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	7	11	11	10	10	11	-	11	11	11	8	11	4	7	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	5	6	-	7	-	2	3	-

	Friday 10														Saturday 11
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	0.3 SE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 E	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	11
Energy(?)	427	699	1467	1579	1526	1259	611	711	1154	39	1679	1990	1898	1991	1503	28	40	165	550	511	437	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:35AM 1.39															2:00AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	22	22	22	19	18	19	19	20	18	19	19	20	19	19	23	17	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	22	22	22	18	17	18	18	20	16	18	18	19	18	18	23	16	14	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.6 S	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	2.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 E	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	7	8	8	8	-	-	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	8	11	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	4	4	5	8

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