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

	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	2.4 NE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.9 N	1.2 ESE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	12	6	8	8	9	7	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	127	138	337	73	51	48	52	62	763	537	551	133	238	493	558	280	817	887	740	698	464	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 1.71	8:45AM 1.63		9:16PM 1.06	7:18AM 1.31		11:11PM 0.97	7:50AM 1.23			3:05AM 1.25	1:16PM 1.32		3:04AM 11:28AM 1.20 1.14	2:36PM 1.48		4:24AM 1.61	4:21PM 1.68		4:51AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		3:03PM 0.11	2:55AM 0.97	3:06AM 0.74	5:00PM 0.15	1:30AM 0.85		3:06PM 0.14	1:46AM 0.94		4:34PM 0.22		7:55AM 1.05		6:15PM 0.38	7:56AM 1.09		8:47PM 0.36	10:08AM 0.93		10:14PM 0.33	10:41AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	4	-	1	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	22	16	21	14	12	14	12	15	19	16	16	14	15	12	12	15	16	14	22
Low °C	10	10	11	20	14	21	12	11	14	11	14	18	14	15	12	15	11	11	14	14	13	21
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	22	16	21	14	9	12	10	15	19	16	16	14	14	10	10	15	15	14	22
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SE	0.4 N	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 N	1.2 ESE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	8	6	6	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 E	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	6	11	5	8	-	13	-	9	-	10	10	-	12	12	10	11	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 ESE	2.4 NE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	5	6	4	3	-	4	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	5

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	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	13	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	8
Energy(?)	418	346	545	231	50	138	259	353	376	317	303	201	58	64	267	214	88	45	60	52	213	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:14AM 1.71	9:21AM 1.90			8:05PM 1.20				6:41AM 1.38	9:29AM 1.68				10:39PM 1.54				9:25AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		2:32AM 0.58				1:17PM -0.03				1:07AM 0.73									3:20AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	4
Temp. °C	16	15	14	13	21	10	10	11	10	10	9	11	22	22	12	12	13	12	12	21	15	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	12	21	8	8	9	8	8	7	9	22	22	11	11	12	12	12	21	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	6	11	7	11	11	5	10	8	6	6	8	8	5	6	5	11	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	0.4 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.3 E	1.1 WSW	1.7 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	5	6	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	3	-	-	-	4	-	2	5	6	3

	Sun	Monday 23
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 E	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	13	11	11	5	6	6	6	6	13	13	6	6	6	8	8	7	6	8
Energy(?)	432	911	369	281	68	139	139	62	235	215	127	83	117	95	140	127	159	99	156	35	27	173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)										6:25AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)																		2:40PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	13	21	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	20	20	10	10	16	17	18	20	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	11	21	11	11	11	11	9	8	8	20	20	8	7	16	17	18	20	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	5	11	11	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	6	6	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 SE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 W	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.1 E	0.4 NE	-	-	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	4	5	5	3	6	6	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	4	-	-	6	-

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