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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SE	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	126	177	207	242	191	205	207	215	404	940	1805	3393	2585	3195	1571	1715	3097	3976	3361	2721	4042	1718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:44AM 0.97	12:11PM 1.00		4:30AM 1.47	3:44PM 1.62		4:56AM 1.58	4:55PM 1.59										6:25PM 1.97	4:42AM 1.34		7:10PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			9:15PM 0.40	10:24AM 0.77		8:50PM 0.37	10:57AM 0.56								11:44PM 0.37			12:20AM 0.47	11:15AM 0.05		12:56AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	19	26	25	25	18	16	19	18	23	23	20	23	23	20	22	23	13	22	22	17	17	21
Low °C	18	25	24	25	16	16	18	17	22	23	19	22	18	19	21	22	11	22	22	16	15	21
Chill °C (?)	18	26	25	25	18	16	19	17	23	23	20	23	23	20	22	23	11	22	22	17	17	21
Sunrise	5:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	6:49	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SE	1.9 E
Period (s)	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NE	1.1 SE	-	-	1.6 ESE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	6	6	5	12	6	6	7	5	8	6	-	-	8	7	7	12	13	13	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 E	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.9 NNE	-
Period (s)	7	3	5	4	-	-	3	4	-	5	-	-	6	8	-	-	8	-	7	-	4	-

	Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth 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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	12
Energy(?)	490	561	121	153	121	221	142	139	207	210	224	242	247	227	209	227	205	206	238	247	224	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	high	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	high	ebb	low	ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:45AM 1.09	3:25AM 1.61			12:34PM 1.01									3:17PM 1.45				3:20AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)					9:21AM 0.92																10:20AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	17	16	18	24	19	18	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	17	25	16	17	17	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	24	19	18	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	17	25	16	17	17	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 N	0.2 S	1.0 NW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	11	5	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	14	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NE	1.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	4	6	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	-	-	-	2	2	3

	Sat	Sunday 12
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth 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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	545	2213	130	157	118	142	147	159	220	220	220	220	220	215	117	177	134	121	259	125	117	122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)							4:00AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	19	21	19	20	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	20	25	20	19	16	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	21	19	19	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	20	25	20	19	15	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	8	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 W	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 W	0.4 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 N	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.7 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	11	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	4	11	3	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.2 N	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	-	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	9	9	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	7	4	-	7	-	-	4

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