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 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Shida Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period(s)	9	10	8	8	12	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	14
Energy	219	211	205	370	225	330	221	217	220	615	433	452	256	203	560	575	568	517	600	723	1293	1708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:04PM 1.46	2:57AM 1.59		5:01PM 1.52		3:20AM 1.85	5:06PM 1.65			3:59PM 1.30	2:44AM 1.37			7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:27AM 1.79		6:59PM 1.50	6:33AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	9:54AM 0.65		8:51PM 0.81	8:15AM 0.41		9:23PM 0.84	10:01AM 0.33		9:59PM 0.91	9:09AM 0.15		9:19PM 0.84	10:00AM 0.09	12:31PM 0.15	12:50AM 0.96			12:00AM 0.97		12:14PM -0.01	12:10AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
High °C	26	27	22	24	27	24	26	26	21	25	25	23	23	24	23	25	24	20	24	25	21	24
Low °C	26	27	21	22	27	23	24	25	21	24	24	20	22	24	22	24	23	19	22	23	19	23
Chill °C (?)	26	27	22	24	27	24	26	26	21	25	25	23	23	24	23	25	24	20	24	25	21	24
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	1.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.8 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	9	10	15	8	12	6	6	6	7	10	9	8	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	15	10	8	8	7	10	8	11	11	7	6	10	10	10	12	5	5	11	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 ESE	-	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	-	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ESE	-	0.8 E	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	8	-	5	7	6	6	-	8	8	11	-	3	3	4	12	-	5	4	-	-

	Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	10	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	8	7	8	8	6	12	6	8	7	7	7	6	7	6
Energy	440	206	205	219	222	211	313	296	205	303	335	370	344	225	382	290	330	288	520	221	519	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:34AM 1.19								1:18AM 1.28					3:42PM 1.68				3:30AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)					9:54AM 0.65			6:39PM 0.75				8:15AM 0.41	9:47AM 0.54			7:24PM 0.84	9:23PM 0.84				10:10AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	7	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	26	26	27	21	21	21	20	21	22	23	27	24	23	23	23	23	24	23	26
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	26	26	27	21	21	21	20	21	22	23	27	24	23	23	23	23	24	23	26
Sunrise	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.1 S	1.4 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.3 ESE	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	10	8	8	15	7	8	8	6	12	6	8	6	6	7	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	11	6	9	9	9	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	8	7	10	8	8	7	7	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	5	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	7	7	7	6	7	6

	Mon		Tuesday 26
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	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	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SE
Period(s)	9	8	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	5
Energy	356	204	440	358	207	206	220	220	205	221	217	219	222	222	222	225	206	211	211	211	313	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							3:20AM 1.60													4:04PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)													9:54AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	20	22	20	20	26	26	21	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	22	20	20	26	26	21	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	7:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 S	1.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	6	10	16	11	11	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	5

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