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 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Choshi Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Ada Okinawa
Rating	6	5	4	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	1	7	3	4	4	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 E	1.2 NE	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.5 E	3.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 NE
Period(s)	13	10	11	9	11	8	6	6	8	7	7	12	12	11	10	10	11	10	9	8	7	6
Energy	5046	4299	1054	683	74	56	220	234	507	274	213	1304	1097	79	6160	539	1239	1471	514	452	604	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 1.59	6:31AM 1.46		8:46PM 1.47	7:53AM 1.59		9:49PM 1.54	8:37AM 1.52		9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		11:21PM 1.52			10:15PM 1.08	10:27AM 1.05	12:30PM 1.12	11:21PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)			1:36AM 0.99		2:33PM 0.14	2:23AM 0.95		3:00PM 0.37		3:12AM 1.02	3:33PM 0.44	2:56AM 0.88		3:17PM 0.55		6:25AM 0.96	5:36PM 0.69		5:00AM 0.71			8:39AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	12	-	-	11	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	67	-	-	1	-	-	-	5
High °C	27	22	21	20	21	19	21	22	20	22	22	17	20	20	23	24	23	22	21	22	21	26
Low °C	25	18	20	20	21	19	21	22	19	21	22	17	19	20	22	23	22	20	21	22	19	25
Chill °C (?)	27	22	21	20	21	19	21	22	20	22	22	17	20	20	23	24	23	22	21	22	21	26
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	6:47	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	1.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.5 E	3.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 SSW	1.4 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.4 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	10	11	9	7	8	6	6	8	7	7	12	12	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	2.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	2.5 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	14	9	9	11	8	11	7	7	16	11	7	7	7	11	8	8	8	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.5 E	1.7 E	1.2 NE	-	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 NE
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	-	4	6	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	9	3	-	10	9	8	7	6

	Wednesday 03						Thursday 04								Friday 05
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.7 E	0.5 E	1.2 NE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period(s)	12	13	12	10	13	12	11	11	10	9	10	11	8	8	8	6	6	6	9	6	8	8
Energy	2429	5046	2661	4299	3381	1760	1054	1719	434	683	527	74	276	297	56	88	64	220	85	234	577	644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:34AM 1.67				7:33PM 1.33			5:36AM 1.42	6:31AM 1.46				8:52PM 1.43				7:53AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)								12:24AM 0.89				2:33PM 0.14								3:00PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	27	22	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	19	19	19	26	20	21	21	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	25	27	22	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	19	19	19	26	20	21	21	22	20	20
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	1.3 SE	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	10	13	12	11	11	10	9	10	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.0 SE	1.7 SE	2.3 SW	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	9	9	9	8	8	9	11	11	9	8	8	10	5	11	9	7	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.3 N	1.7 E	-	1.2 NE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	5	-	-	-	3	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	6	3	6	-	6	8	8

	Wednesday 03																				Thu
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kaifu Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa
Rating	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSE	2.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	3755	2939	2429	2429	6516	5046	4172	3301	2661	8757	1708	4299	1180	4075	3381	2795	2340	1760	1751	852	1054	1338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				6:47AM 1.80													7:33PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)										12:32PM 0.03	1:32PM 0.21											12:21AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	20	28	22	27	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	20	28	22	27	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSE	2.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	0.6 SSW	1.4 SE	2.3 SW	1.3 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	19	9	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	5.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	4	5	5	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	5	-

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