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

	Sun		Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yona Bay Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.6 SSW	1.0 N	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	1.7 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.5 SE	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	7	9	9	9	6	7	8	7	12	9	9	6	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1142	1209	274	85	159	90	329	247	100	176	57	92	137	247	1300	1560	40	1128	468	189	211	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:04PM 1.66	7:04AM 1.61		8:31PM 1.45	5:45AM 1.44		8:28PM 1.09	7:13AM 1.41		10:48PM 1.23	9:28AM 1.45		12:37AM 1.19	10:36AM 1.37		2:51AM 1.37	11:57AM 1.37			3:20AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		1:36AM 0.83		1:46PM 0.20	1:48AM 0.85		1:21PM 0.10	1:03AM 0.81		3:15PM 0.48		3:27AM 0.97	5:01PM 0.48		5:19AM 1.13		6:50PM 0.69	8:17AM 1.31		7:46PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	41	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	19	13	7	12	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	23	19	17	19	20	13	20	11	16	17	16	19	21	20	19	18	23	24	18
Low °C	18	16	17	23	14	16	18	19	10	20	10	15	17	14	18	20	19	18	16	21	23	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	23	19	17	19	20	11	20	10	16	16	16	19	21	19	19	18	23	24	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:15	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.2 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 N	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	1.2 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	9	8	7	9	9	8	6	7	8	7	12	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.3 S	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.1 SW
Period (s)	15	10	9	6	6	9	7	9	9	10	7	12	8	-	-	-	-	11	11	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SW	-	0.7 S	-	0.8 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.1 NW	0.7 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	1.1 SE	1.7 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SW	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	-	6	-	4	6	7	5	5	2	7	5	6	8	8	8	-	7	3	3	6

	Sunday 05				Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wed
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 S	1.2 NE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	9	6	7	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1387	684	822	1129	1165	1083	1004	563	411	206	83	84	92	283	215	286	265	329	231	426	512	650
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:54PM 1.54			5:43AM 1.40						9:15PM 1.45			8:21AM 1.75					9:36PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		1:31PM 0.23								2:01PM 0.28				1:19AM 0.85				2:50PM 0.44				12:29AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	19	2	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	18	18	17	16	18	18	20	23	21	23	17	14	15	21	19	18	16	14	9
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	18	18	16	16	18	18	20	23	21	23	16	14	15	21	19	18	16	13	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 S	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 NE	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	9	10	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	7	6	7	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 NE	1.3 SE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 NE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.6 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.1 NE
Period (s)	15	4	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	7	6	5	6	9	9	9	6	7	9	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	8	9	-	-	7	4	5	5	7	3	4	9	6	7	8	8	7

	Sunday 05	Monday 06
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.3 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2332	1004	1387	1257	1268	1139	1439	2037	1577	493	84	84	90	1260	126	126	101	102	103	94	96	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)												8:42PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					1:15PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	18	20	19	19	18	17	20	20	20	17	13	13	20	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	18	18	20	18	18	17	16	20	20	20	16	12	12	20	14	14	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	1.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	8	15	-	15	15	15	11	9	9	6	6	6	14	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	2.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	9	9	11	10	5	-	-	-	10	4	4	-	3	3	3	4	-

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