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

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	1	2	1	1	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.9 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 NE	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	8	10	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	233	248	527	319	725	1127	260	126	453	185	125	988	1297	535	513	286	228	203	153	83	133	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:47PM 1.76	7:34AM 1.61		10:32PM 1.57	9:03AM 1.55		2:56AM 1.60	11:11AM 1.51		12:43AM 1.50	9:40AM 1.07		12:56AM 1.25	11:17AM 0.90	2:51PM 1.41	12:34AM 1.19		2:59PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 0.03			1:22PM -0.03		3:46AM 1.10	5:03PM 0.35	8:21PM 0.50	5:43AM 0.98			5:00AM 0.92	5:48PM 0.58		5:46AM 0.66			9:08AM 0.66		8:59PM 0.86	8:58AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	8	2	2	5	-	5	3	9	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	8	14
High °C	25	25	23	23	18	23	23	23	17	24	25	21	21	22	21	22	27	21	23	23	23	24
Low °C	24	25	22	23	18	21	22	23	17	24	25	21	19	22	21	21	26	21	22	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	25	25	23	23	18	23	23	23	16	24	25	21	21	22	21	22	27	21	23	23	23	24
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:54
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 S	0.5 SE	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.1 W	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 NE	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	10	7	9	7	8	8	9	7	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 W	-	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	10	-	10	10	10	6	-	8	8	-	-	6	8	16	10	6	9	6	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.4 NE	-	1.9 NNE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 E	2.3 ENE	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	8	3	-	8	5	4	10	9	6	-	-	3	-	4	4	5	5

	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	9
Energy	270	270	779	233	653	248	248	540	527	530	459	319	412	725	758	508	1127	1241	1057	260	207	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:07PM 1.77			8:16AM 1.91					9:47PM 1.76			7:34AM 1.61					10:32PM 1.57				9:03AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		2:33AM 0.86					3:13PM 0.03							1:22PM -0.03	3:02PM 0.19				3:46AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	2
Temp. °C	23	23	21	24	25	25	25	23	23	22	22	23	23	18	24	22	22	21	21	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	24	25	25	25	23	23	22	22	23	23	18	24	22	22	21	21	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 SE	1.0 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	7	-	-	7	10	7	7	-	-	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 SE	-	1.4 SE	-	0.3 SW	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	7	-	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	3	4	-

	Tue	Wednesday 20
	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	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	7	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	264	264	270	270	270	270	235	779	779	617	558	233	244	654	653	621	249	248	248	248	248	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:07PM 1.77										7:42AM 1.89	8:16AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)						2:33AM 0.86													3:13PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	21	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	21	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	7	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	-	-	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	3	3	3

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