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

	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Malibu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Ohara Chiba
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 SE	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	13	14	12	13	14	13	13	13	14	11	11	10	11	13	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	12
Energy	835	1937	753	1384	1545	1578	1146	1370	1377	1596	991	1528	1157	5302	2884	763	218	281	69	103	103	498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:30AM 1.92		6:55PM 1.88	5:34AM 1.69		7:07PM 1.74	4:56AM 1.56		8:34PM 1.67	7:37AM 1.86		8:36PM 1.71	5:17AM 1.38		8:19PM 1.24	7:32AM 1.51		9:51PM 1.53	9:56AM 1.75		9:21PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	12:50AM 0.96			12:23AM 0.92		12:47PM -0.00	12:27AM 0.95		12:11PM -0.08	1:50AM 0.95		1:53PM 0.19	1:58AM 0.99		1:36PM 0.04	1:13AM 0.90		3:59PM 0.34		4:21AM 1.04	4:49PM 0.43	2:36AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	1	-	2	3	-
High °C	24	26	22	21	23	22	20	21	22	25	27	28	23	23	23	20	22	27	22	27	27	20
Low °C	23	25	21	20	22	21	18	21	21	25	26	27	22	22	22	20	21	27	21	26	26	20
Chill °C (?)	24	26	22	21	23	22	20	21	22	25	27	28	23	23	23	20	22	27	22	27	27	20
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 SE	1.5 SSW	3.0 SE	2.5 SW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	12	11	14	13	13	13	14	11	11	10	11	10	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	1.4 SSE	0.5 E	-	0.3 SE	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 NE	1.4 SSE	3.0 SW	1.4 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	10	10	13	10	-	11	15	10	8	8	10	10	13	9	10	9	11	8	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	1.1 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 E	-	1.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	-	1.6 W	0.8 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	-	2.3 SW	0.9 NE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	3	5	4	7	-	7	5	-	-	8	7	-	3	-	11	9	3	-	-	-	-	6

	Sat		Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13
Energy	313	700	835	899	1177	1937	506	753	725	620	1384	1735	1951	1545	961	1578	1025	1356	1146	1706	1701	1370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		7:25PM 1.75				6:30AM 1.92				6:39PM 1.66			5:42AM 1.78					7:14PM 1.77			6:00AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				12:50AM 0.96			11:55AM -0.04					12:17AM 0.99				12:47PM -0.00				12:33AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	5	-
Temp. °C	24	23	23	23	24	25	19	22	24	20	21	19	19	22	24	21	22	21	20	19	18	21
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	23	24	25	19	22	24	20	21	19	19	22	24	21	22	21	20	19	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 NE	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	10	6	17	15	10	11	10	10	15	13	15	10	10	6	-	11	18	11	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 S	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.6 SE	1.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	3	6	3	4	4	5	3	4	-	5	7	-	-	-	5	7	4	-	5	-	5	-

	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s)	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12
Energy	243	313	313	467	563	700	772	760	835	809	924	899	988	1126	1177	1177	1937	1937	517	601	506	559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					7:25PM 1.75											6:30AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)										12:50AM 0.96											11:55AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	22	23	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	22	23	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	10	10	6	6	6	17	17	16	16	15	15	10	10	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	6	6	6	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	-	4	3	3

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