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.

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Kurihama Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	6	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	663	469	154	219	207	139	177	184	202	288	375	1980	2834	4222	2326	4559	2355	2384	2679	4235	6302	5145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:23AM 1.17	11:44AM 0.97	12:11PM 1.00	2:40AM 1.29	3:01AM 1.13			4:26AM 1.78	4:55PM 1.59		5:21AM 1.78	5:42PM 1.91					4:45AM 1.45	5:41PM 1.49		6:09AM 1.95	5:45PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			7:21AM 0.86		7:44PM 0.41	8:40AM 0.74		9:00PM 0.33	10:31AM 0.50		11:08PM 0.34	11:29AM 0.34					10:50PM 0.46	11:10AM 0.09		11:27PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1
High °C	19	18	25	25	25	19	19	18	18	24	22	23	24	22	23	21	22	23	14	16	23	17
Low °C	18	14	24	24	24	18	19	16	18	23	22	23	24	22	22	19	21	22	13	16	22	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	25	25	25	19	19	18	18	24	22	23	24	22	23	21	22	23	13	15	23	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	6:08	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	6	10	11	10	10	12	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.5 W	0.2 N	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	1.3 NE	2.1 ESE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	11	7	6	6	10	4	5	7	6	5	8	-	-	-	18	6	15	8	8	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	0.4 NNE	1.6 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	5	5	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	8	-	-	-

	Saturday 11				Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue
	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	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 E	1.3 WNW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	1562	1234	1360	1168	1205	1326	220	224	120	148	142	227	253	210	225	242	272	247	253	265	222	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 1.07					2:45AM 1.09	4:04AM 1.44			2:53PM 1.26								2:09PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)			5:53PM 0.36	6:25PM 0.34				8:32AM 0.94	9:21AM 0.92				9:28PM 0.50							8:50PM 0.37	10:02PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	19	18	18	16	24	16	17	26	25	25	25	24	24	25	19	19	19	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	19	18	18	16	24	16	17	26	25	25	25	24	24	25	19	19	19	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	0.6 ESE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 E	0.9 WNW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	8	8	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	7	11	11	7	8	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	11	8	8	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.8 SE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	-	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	-	4	3	-	5	-

	Saturday 11														Sunday 12
	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	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 ESE	2.1 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8
Energy(?)	796	1373	629	1246	692	1262	144	751	109	128	149	274	270	248	252	243	143	142	134	133	119	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			3:12AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)												8:14PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	22	21	19	20	21	20	19	21	21	24	24	21	22	22	19	19	19	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	17	21	22	21	19	20	21	19	19	21	21	24	24	21	22	22	18	18	18	18	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	8	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	11	-	7	7	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.1 WSW	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.1 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	2	4	-	-	3	5	5	7	7	7	7	4	4

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None