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

	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	2.3 SE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	17	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	396	1222	1375	1972	2237	1738	1425	1204	2484	2500	2888	2118	1614	2144	2250	2368	1493	1155	1149	563	560	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	off	on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:34AM 1.73	5:39PM 1.74		5:51AM 1.78						5:37AM 1.75			5:45AM 1.59		8:45PM 1.94	8:27AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42PM 0.36	10:38AM 0.52											11:21PM 0.73		2:13PM -0.17	2:25AM 0.65		1:26PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	17	17	16	22	21	14	14	13	18	16	17	17	18	18	16	18	21	18	23	23	14
Low °C	23	17	15	15	21	17	12	11	12	17	15	17	16	17	17	16	17	20	16	22	22	13
Chill °C (?)	23	17	16	16	22	21	14	12	11	18	16	17	17	18	18	16	18	21	18	23	23	12
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 E	2.3 SE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	17	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	10	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.9 SE	0.2 ENE	1.4 E	0.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	-	-	13	12	10	16	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	16	12	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	1.3 NNE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	1.3 NE
Period (s)	6	5	6	4	4	5	5	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5

	Tue		Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Kamakura Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.4 SSE	2.0 SE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	18	17	16	15	15	16	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	548	547	320	563	523	1487	1494	2140	1405	1644	1598	1621	1178	1769	2555	2491	1267	1481	1425	1529	1656	1925
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	4:32PM 1.77				5:23AM 1.69								3:44AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			11:08PM 0.34								10:32PM 0.36					12:10PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	5	-	1	-	1	1	3	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	23	19	23	24	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	22	23	22	16	12	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	23	19	23	24	17	17	17	16	14	16	15	17	22	23	22	16	11	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-
Sunset	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.4 SSE	2.0 SE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	12	6	12	12	13	18	17	16	15	15	16	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 N	1.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.9 SE	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	18	6	6	18	5	5	-	15	15	6	7	17	4	-	-	-	8	13	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.4 SE	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 WNW	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	6	12	6	5	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	7	4	5	5	9	9

	Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Kamakura Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	18	12	12	18	17	17	17	17	16
Energy(?)	490	353	243	437	249	323	332	317	464	470	383	357	140	614	858	858	1129	870	1439	1416	1494	1716
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													3:22AM 1.44	4:14AM 1.46	5:21AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	18	20	25	19	24	23	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	24	24	24	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	20	25	19	24	23	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	24	24	24	16	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	18	12	12	18	17	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	16	16	19	17	16	12	15	15	18	12	6	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SE	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	6	-	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-

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