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

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hebara Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 N	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	0.5 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.6 S	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	9	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	6	11	12	14
Energy(?)	351	130	70	78	81	381	907	830	859	1425	101	302	208	154	175	174	191	249	375	340	852	737
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 1.39	10:04AM 1.57		12:48AM 1.27	10:35AM 1.39		2:00AM 1.16	10:42AM 1.13			3:06AM 1.37			3:29AM 1.38				4:17PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 0.35		4:16AM 1.13	5:36PM 0.48		6:05AM 1.24	3:56PM 0.48		7:30AM 1.10		7:52PM 0.44	8:54AM 0.88		8:59PM 0.41	9:46AM 0.61		9:51PM 0.38			10:42PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	22	15	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	13	13	16	14	18	19	18	19	21	19	17	25	21	16	19	23	22	17	24	22	22
Low °C	19	13	13	14	14	17	18	17	18	19	19	15	24	21	16	17	23	22	16	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	12	13	16	14	17	19	17	18	21	19	16	25	21	15	19	23	22	16	24	22	22
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:09	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 N	0.6 NE	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.8 S	0.5 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	9	11	8	9	11	8	9	8	10	10	7	11	11	11	10	11	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SE	0.3 E	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	9	9	6	11	-	-	-	11	6	11	6	7	11	4	-	6	7	20	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	3	6	7	7	8	8	-	5	-	3	-	-	5	6	6	7	5	-

	Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.5 SE	1.4 S	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	11	9	5	8	6	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	371	353	464	417	331	235	63	71	58	64	65	65	74	81	118	67	301	563	532	537	806	1117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					9:40AM 1.67				9:08PM 1.12			8:37AM 1.23	9:06AM 1.42					12:25AM 1.25			10:35AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		12:31AM 0.93	3:42AM 1.03				3:54PM 0.27			2:48AM 1.03					4:43PM 0.34				3:36AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	2	5	5	3	2
Temp. °C	11	10	18	18	20	20	14	13	14	12	10	15	16	14	17	16	15	17	18	18	22	19
Chill °C (?)	9	7	17	17	20	20	14	12	13	12	9	15	16	14	16	16	15	16	18	18	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.6 N	1.4 N	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 ESE	1.5 S	1.0 SE
Period (s)	9	8	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.8 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	6	8	7	10	10	6	5	8	9	6	8	11	6	11	10	9	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.3 NNE	1.8 N	1.7 N	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.4 S	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	5	7	8	8	5	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	3	5	4	6	7	7	7	7	8

	Tue	Wednesday 08
	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	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.6 S	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.3 NE	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	12	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	264	472	379	385	333	333	247	291	280	95	120	43	102	87	100	48	69	46	63	41	63	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																			3:19PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	20	19	19	19	12	9	9	8	10	11	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	20	18	18	18	10	6	7	3	8	11	12	12	14	12	14	15	13	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.6 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	7	9	7	9	7	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.3 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.4 NW	0.7 NNE	-	0.7 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	7	8	8	8	7	3	3	5	6	-	6	3	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

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