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 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Asakawa Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Oku Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Torami Chiba	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aja Okinawa
Rating	4	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 NNE	1.4 E	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	-
Period(s)	6	9	8	9	9	10	10	6	5	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	-
Energy	235	1433	536	2330	1302	91	48	189	19	329	215	209	193	670	268	185	212	261	266	216	87	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 1.40	4:52AM 1.48		8:04PM 1.75	7:01AM 1.76		8:34PM 1.56	7:28AM 1.67		10:21PM 0.51	6:14AM 1.38		9:14PM 1.13	7:43AM 1.29					1:24AM 1.62	10:57AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		11:27PM 0.89	11:56AM 0.13	1:23PM -0.07	1:32AM 0.99		1:41PM 0.24	1:45AM 1.02		2:18PM 0.31			1:37PM 0.14	1:08AM 1.02		2:24PM 0.22	2:32AM 0.09				6:19AM 1.13	4:22PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	14	38	-	-	-	-	-	69	68	5	-	28	-	-	-	3	9	5	-	-	-	2
High °C	20	22	21	20	17	22	19	22	22	21	18	19	21	18	22	25	24	15	19	17	19	22
Low °C	19	18	20	19	15	17	17	20	21	21	16	18	20	16	20	24	23	14	19	15	18	22
Chill °C (?)	20	22	21	19	15	22	19	22	22	21	18	19	21	18	22	25	24	14	19	17	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 N	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	6	6	8	7	8	8	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 S	0.3 NNW	0.7 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.1 W	-	1.2 S	1.1 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	6	6	9	-	9	7	-	8	8	7	-	3	5	6	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 WSW	-	1.2 E	0.6 S	1.4 E	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	6	9	8	9	9	3	-	6	4	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	5

	Sunday 03				Monday 04								Tuesday 05								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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	4	2	1	2	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	7	4	5	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9
Energy	25	53	115	1383	1034	629	783	536	1103	338	105	286	1302	291	455	314	122	120	124	78	69	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				7:28PM 1.92				6:20AM 1.72				6:56PM 1.36							4:02PM 0.31	8:58PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 0.11					1:03AM 0.92				1:08PM 0.18			11:57PM 0.79				9:54AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	20	21	18	16	18	20	19	19	19	18	17	15	15	16	22	23	22	19	15	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	19	21	18	15	18	20	19	19	19	18	16	13	14	15	22	23	22	19	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	7	8	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	4	10	7	-	10	10	10	10	3	-	6	-	3	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.9 NE	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	4	5	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	6	9	4	5	4	-	3	-	2	-	5

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	4	2	1	2	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.0 S	2.2 SSW	0.5 ESE
Period(s)	6	7	7	9	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	6	6	7	7	4	4	5	7	9	9
Energy	14	31	25	52	199	235	318	421	491	700	224	35	323	440	417	621	23	30	55	143	783	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			11:25AM 0.11	12:46PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	5	2	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	2	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	21	19	19	20	20	21	21	15	19	20	20	19	20	11	10	10	17	18	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	19	19	20	20	20	21	14	18	19	19	18	19	8	7	7	16	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	7	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	6	6	6	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.8 N	1.0 N	0.3 WSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	4	4	5	3	9	8

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