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 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			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	Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 SE	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.3 WSW	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	11	10	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	6	14
Energy(?)	414	119	54	88	7	413	792	1172	422	569	764	118	175	130	168	194	493	202	360	242	8	829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:21PM 1.34	10:12AM 1.55		11:45PM 1.10	6:58AM 1.26		2:40AM 1.51				3:01AM 1.33			3:49AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 0.37		4:16AM 1.00	5:07PM 0.39	12:36AM 1.10			6:45PM 0.46	8:27AM 0.90		7:39PM 0.66	9:15AM 0.75			9:51AM 0.95		9:42PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	13	3	13	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	13	13	16	9	18	19	20	19	21	19	17	25	20	18	24	17	23	23	22	21	23
Low °C	18	13	11	14	8	17	19	20	18	20	18	15	24	18	16	23	17	22	23	21	20	22
Chill °C (?)	20	12	13	16	8	17	19	20	18	21	19	16	25	20	18	24	16	23	23	22	21	23
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	6	11	8	8	11	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.6 NE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 SE	-	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.6 N
Period (s)	10	7	8	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	5	6	-	11	-	8	6	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.1 NE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.7 SW	1.7 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	2	2	-	6	7	8	8	8	8	5	3	-	-	6	7	6	6	4	-	-

	Wednesday 08						Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	12	8	8	9	8	7	8	6	7	7	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	287	414	331	235	62	61	56	89	105	65	83	89	77	79	206	307	576	506	1137	1172	1285	1443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:40AM 1.67				9:08PM 1.12			8:37AM 1.23				6:20PM 0.28		12:31AM 1.39			9:12AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					3:54PM 0.27				3:53AM 1.18				4:45PM 0.39				3:36AM 1.22				5:42PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	1	6	4	6	2	-	-
Temp. °C	8	18	20	20	14	13	13	14	15	13	15	15	16	9	10	19	18	18	19	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	5	17	20	20	14	12	12	14	15	13	15	15	16	8	8	19	18	18	19	20	21	20
Sunrise	5:16	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.4 SW	1.6 N	1.4 N	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	6	5	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	6	5	8	9	12	8	8	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 N	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	2.0 SE	-	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	4	5	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	4	4	7	-	6	7	7	8	8	9	9

	Wednesday 08	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	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.1 NE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	6	9	8	8	4	4	9	7	9	7	7	7	12
Energy(?)	270	365	429	457	173	560	537	136	120	22	164	76	47	8	6	55	40	27	42	42	51	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															5:38PM 0.29					10:20PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)													3:25PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	18	18	18	12	10	11	13	14	12	12	14	13	17	17	14	11	13	11	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	6	17	17	17	10	8	10	11	13	10	10	14	12	17	17	14	11	12	10	9	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	4	4	9	7	9	7	7	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	9	6	7	7	6	9	7	9	9	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.1 NE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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