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

	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	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	Turtles Okinawa	Sesako Island Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 E	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 SE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.4 SE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 SE
Period(s)	8	6	10	5	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	10	8	8
Energy	390	19	148	2	115	152	778	444	495	428	204	252	251	499	404	26	332	277	65	361	251	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:38PM 1.42	2:48AM 1.56		12:35PM 1.20			3:24PM 1.62		3:31AM 1.81	1:52PM 1.20			5:42PM 1.72		5:00AM 1.96	5:11PM 1.41	2:37AM 1.50				5:20AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			7:41PM 0.62	8:55AM 0.95		8:55PM 0.70	8:59AM 0.59		9:53PM 0.60	9:57AM 0.43		9:36PM 0.68	8:32AM 0.37		11:01PM 0.69	11:33AM 0.17		9:05PM 0.83	9:40AM 0.03		9:54PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	16	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	17	22	19	16	21	21	18	21	19	23	22	20	18	23	20	18	22	22	20	22
Low °C	20	21	16	21	19	15	20	20	16	21	19	23	22	18	17	21	19	17	20	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	17	22	19	16	21	21	18	21	19	23	22	20	18	23	20	18	22	22	20	22
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00
Sunset	-	7:05	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 SE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	7	6	10	12	5	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	6	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 E	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	10	-	5	10	11	-	11	-	8	11	9	10	10	10	9	7	11	11	10	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.7 E	-	1.5 E	-	0.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	9	-	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	-

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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	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Turtles Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Sesako Island Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Green Pole Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.6 SE	1.7 E	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	261	327	280	305	86	457	64	133	296	136	134	151	103	373	260	303	215	242	212	778	208	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		1:36AM 1.49			10:39AM 1.20	12:48PM 1.50				2:16AM 1.67			10:50AM 1.02	2:27PM 1.34				12:45AM 1.31				2:27PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				7:21AM 1.09				7:18PM 0.61				8:04AM 1.02				8:23PM 0.65				8:37AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	18	21	18	19	21	17	18	20	19	22	20	23	18	17	17	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	18	21	18	19	21	17	18	20	19	22	20	23	18	17	17	20	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 SE	0.4 N	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 N	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.3 SE	1.3 ESE	0.1 N	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	10	6	10	10	6	10	5	10	10	11	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.6 N	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.1 N	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	7	-	-	6	15	-	4	13	14	10	12	11	6	11	6	-	11	10	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.3 NW	1.7 E	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.5 E	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	10	9	9	3	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	5	9	-	9	-	-	-	9	-	9

	Sat	Sunday 10
	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	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Turtles Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Sesako Island Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Green Pole Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 SE	1.3 E	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.7 E	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE
Period(s)	7	10	10	10	11	7	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	6	9	9	10	9	10
Energy	126	264	261	239	95	229	92	185	325	168	108	153	88	490	175	461	138	117	117	125	72	125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																12:08PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)																						6:21PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	20	15	20	14	16	21	16	17	18	18	20	21	21	19	18	18	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	20	13	20	13	16	21	16	16	18	18	20	21	21	19	18	18	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 N	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 N	1.0 ESE	0.4 N	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	11	10	11	10	7	10	10	10	10	6	10	6	10	9	9	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.2 S	0.7 N	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	7	11	6	-	5	6	4	6	15	-	15	4	5	5	3	11	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 NW	1.3 E	0.3 NNE	-	1.3 E	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	1.7 E	0.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.1 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.9 SE	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	4	7	2	-	9	-	4	-	4	9	5	9	6	6	6	-	6	-

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