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

	Sun		Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Steps Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kojima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	2.0 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 N	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	3.0 ENE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 E	2.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.2 NNE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	6	5	-	7	12	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	8	7	7	12	12
Energy(?)	124	57	0	451	45	85	235	231	1265	286	534	667	862	623	1142	894	562	820	799	757	561	454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		9:18PM 1.61	9:05AM 1.74		10:19PM 1.45	9:32AM 1.64		12:57AM 1.01	10:23AM 1.55	12:14PM 1.72	2:58AM 1.18	8:48AM 1.35			5:02AM 1.44	3:42PM 1.56		5:52AM 1.59	4:28PM 1.53		6:34AM 1.86	5:23PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	3:24PM 0.28		3:01AM 0.72	3:46PM 0.40		3:33AM 0.94	4:53PM 0.48		4:22AM 1.13		6:10PM 0.32			6:55PM 0.31	10:14AM 1.06		10:53PM 0.21	11:22AM 0.90		11:20PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	11	16	15	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	21	17	20	20	21	20	11	17	13	18	15	16	16	17	16	15	16	14	14	15
Low °C	13	15	20	16	19	20	20	20	9	16	12	18	15	16	16	17	12	12	15	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	21	16	20	20	21	20	8	17	12	18	15	15	16	17	16	14	16	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.5 N	1.2 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 E	0.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	12	11	7	8	7	8	7	8	9	10	12	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 NW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	8	8	11	12	12	11	11	7	16	14	9	6	12	11	9	11	11	12	11	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SE	2.0 SSW	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	3.0 ENE	-	0.4 NNE	-	2.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 NE	2.2 NNE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	6	5	6	7	5	7	8	-	9	-	3	-	9	-	-	-	4	8	7	7	7	5

	Sunday 22				Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Steps Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 E	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	7	8	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	89	124	229	538	1080	876	215	232	106	73	97	523	215	281	90	85	65	50	282	260	201	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					9:18PM 1.61			8:42AM 1.43	9:05AM 1.74			8:47PM 1.14	9:09PM 1.02				11:08AM 1.66					12:44AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)			3:01PM 0.38			2:58AM 0.74	3:01AM 0.72				3:35PM 0.24			1:42AM 0.80	5:00AM 0.77				5:57PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	13	15	17	15	15	13	16	17	21	16	15	14	11	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	13	15	16	15	15	12	15	17	21	15	15	13	10	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	5	8	8	8	7	8	7	11	7	12	7	6	11	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 NE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	7	8	-	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	7	7	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	1.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.8 SE	0.5 NW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	7	7	8	-	6	2	8	4	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22	Monday 23
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Steps Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	4	4	12	5	5	6	4	6	-	5	11	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	69	50	39	19	84	138	153	18	229	0	56	98	233	208	27	27	26	26	87	87	4	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							3:01PM 0.38												3:59AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	14	16	13	16	14	16	15	20	17	15	15	15	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	15	14	15	13	15	14	16	15	20	16	13	13	13	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	5	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	12	12	5	5	12	12	5	5	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	8	12	9	8	12	12	11	12	12	8	8	12	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	6	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	5	5	-	-	6	-

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