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

	Fri	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17
	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	Torami Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth 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	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	4	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	6	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 W	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	-	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	6	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	13	12	12	17	16	16	-	16	17	17
Energy(?)	1183	441	483	293	162	184	206	236	176	215	192	409	458	637	711	2242	3014	1665	0	4562	4349	5010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:33AM 1.34	11:03AM 1.27			3:13AM 1.44		2:27AM 1.23		1:17PM 1.12	2:43AM 1.20	3:05AM 1.28	2:25PM 1.17		4:09AM 1.44				5:08PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		7:48AM 1.24		7:28PM 0.64			6:58PM 0.46			8:00PM 0.31	9:06AM 0.51			10:09AM 0.42		11:45PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	20	20	21	17	22	25	24	25	18	18	24	23	22	24	18	17	19	16	22	23	19	17
Low °C	18	18	19	12	21	24	23	24	18	18	23	23	21	23	18	16	19	15	21	22	19	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	15	22	25	24	25	18	18	24	23	22	24	18	17	19	15	22	23	19	17
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 SE	1.7 SE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	10	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	13	12	12	13	16	16	16	16	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 N	0.5 ESE	0.2 N	-	0.5 E	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.9 SE	1.3 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	7	4	5	-	5	8	7	7	5	6	6	17	-	13	16	15	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.9 SSW	2.0 W	0.7 E	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	1.0 SE	1.4 ESE	1.7 E	1.3 E	-	-	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	5	8	6	4	-	4	4	3	-	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	-	-	7	8

	Fri		Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Monday 13
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 ESE	1.3 WNW	0.5 SE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	6	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1667	2093	1507	1318	547	1373	1045	410	1246	1006	618	1308	105	241	111	146	209	66	206	206	78	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	flow	high	ebb	low	ebb	ebb	flow	ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:33AM 1.34		7:42AM 1.17						2:15AM 1.07	3:13AM 1.45			2:53PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	5:42PM 0.66								5:53PM 0.50					8:32AM 0.94				8:20PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	18	17	21	20	21	18	17	15	16	14	14	14	24	25	16	24	24	16	24
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	18	17	21	20	21	18	17	14	16	13	14	13	24	25	16	24	24	15	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	6:05
Sunset	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.9 WNW	0.6 NE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	5	7	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	7	9	11	10	11	9	-	11	11	6	7	11	4	6	6	5	5	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NE	1.3 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	5	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	4	6	-	7	6	3	4	4	6	4

	Friday 10	Saturday 11
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.5 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.7 S	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	11	10	10	8	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	2173	1046	971	1449	1454	1013	1076	2041	1183	1503	1376	1661	345	2513	72	107	145	344	142	143	402	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)																						12:57PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)			5:40PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	17	17	18	22	22	16	22	22	20	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	21	21	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	22	22	14	22	22	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 WSW	0.9 E	1.5 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.7 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	9	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	8	9	11	8	10	8	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.6 W	0.5 SE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	11	-	10	8	11	8	8	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WNW	-	0.3 NE	2.2 SSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	6	6	4	-	2	8	2

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