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

	Fri	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nomozaki Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Katahama Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 N	2.2 ESE	1.7 SE	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.6 E	2.5 ENE
Period(s)	10	11	11	13	14	12	11	14	15	14	14	16	14	11	10	10	12	10	9	6	10	13
Energy	81	245	230	749	1496	568	1713	3132	3019	3160	3118	881	2236	1287	1429	850	922	1043	540	212	91	2161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:24PM 1.44	7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:55PM 1.88	5:58AM 1.95		7:15PM 1.67	6:06AM 1.68		7:35PM 1.49	7:21AM 1.81		8:29PM 1.59	5:36AM 1.42		8:46PM 1.47	7:32AM 1.51		8:31PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 0.93	9:56AM 0.06		12:50AM 0.96			12:23AM 0.92		12:47PM -0.00	12:38AM 0.96		3:08PM 0.32	12:46AM 0.94		1:51PM 0.02	1:43AM 1.02		1:36PM 0.04	2:23AM 0.95		3:18PM 0.28	1:26AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	3	35	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	23	26	23	21	22	21	21	22	22	21	26	30	24	25	23	23	22	25	20
Low °C	21	22	22	23	25	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	20	25	27	22	24	23	21	21	23	20
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	23	26	23	21	22	21	21	22	22	21	26	30	24	25	23	23	22	25	20
Sunrise	-	4:28	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 N	2.2 ESE	1.7 SE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 E	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	6	11	13	14	12	14	14	15	14	14	16	14	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.5 E	1.0 SSE	1.6 NNE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	7	6	10	10	10	19	-	10	10	6	10	8	8	11	12	10	9	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.9 E	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.7 N	-	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	2	5	-	3	4	3	11	9	9	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	4	-	9	6	3	-

	Fri		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s)	7	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	14	14	14
Energy	337	496	81	94	103	245	229	230	313	700	749	759	924	1496	657	568	527	588	1713	1726	1959	3132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:22PM 1.26				4:08AM 1.64					7:25PM 1.75				6:30AM 1.92				6:39PM 1.66			5:52AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			10:52PM 0.93				10:51AM 0.20					12:50AM 0.96								12:17AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	24	23	22	22	18	22	23	22	24	23	23	23	23	25	23	22	24	21	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	24	23	22	22	18	22	23	22	24	23	23	23	23	25	23	22	24	21	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	10	10	10	6	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	6	11	11	7	9	-	6	6	16	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NW	0.9 E	1.5 WSW	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	2.0 SE	-	-	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	2	4	4	5	6	-	6	6	3	4	4	4	-	3	-	4	11	-	-	9

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	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	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.5 E	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s)	7	9	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	768	62	337	589	952	496	85	80	81	81	94	94	88	203	103	105	207	245	298	251	229	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								10:52PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	18	21	18	18	22	22	23	22	23	22
Chill °C (?)	25	27	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	17	21	18	18	22	22	23	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.5 E	1.4 SW	0.8 E	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	9	7	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	11	10	10	6	6	6	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	10	10	6	12	12	12	12	12	10	7	6	6	7	11	7	5	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.6 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 NW	1.2 E	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	-	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	2	2	4	4	4	6	4	4	6	5	6	-	6	-

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