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

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Malibu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	1	2	0	2	3	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	1.9 E	0.1 SE	1.3 E	0.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.5 SE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	15	14	13	14	14	13	12	7	16	8	5	6	8	10	9
Energy(?)	1420	1284	947	1396	896	1440	555	370	633	637	201	508	269	121	495	18	372	37	244	3111	1050	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:14PM 1.33		5:18AM 1.31	5:54PM 2.04	6:33PM 1.80	6:59AM 1.76		6:33PM 2.11	7:40AM 1.93		7:15PM 1.95	5:17AM 1.46		8:48PM 1.90	8:36AM 1.93		8:26PM 1.75	7:59AM 1.82		8:07PM 1.18	8:41AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	11:32AM 0.47		10:51PM 0.11	10:59AM 0.43		12:50AM 0.10		12:26PM 0.38	12:43AM 0.33		1:50PM 0.22	1:18AM 0.28	11:46AM 0.20	2:26PM 0.15	2:39AM 0.55		12:17PM 0.15	2:04AM 0.75		12:51PM -0.02	1:07AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	10	-	-
High °C	18	16	15	20	14	15	17	18	15	11	19	10	11	15	20	13	21	12	15	11	10	14
Low °C	17	16	14	18	13	14	15	17	14	10	19	5	7	14	18	10	21	9	12	9	9	11
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	20	12	13	17	18	14	9	19	7	11	15	20	11	21	12	14	9	9	13
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 N	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 S	1.3 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	3.0 SE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	15	14	13	7	14	13	6	13	4	8	11	11	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NE	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	14	5	7	12	6	16	14	16	14	14	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.5 SSE	1.1 WSW	-	0.9 NNE	1.4 ENE	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 NE	1.9 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.5 SE	0.2 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	-	6	6	-	3	4	5	7	4	3	5	6	8	4	5

	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1154	3429	3282	3051	1441	1239	1111	1156	1122	1484	1415	690	852	1172	1139	1023	1128	512	527	1084	1189	662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:00AM 1.25				5:55PM 1.69					6:06AM 1.77				6:45PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	11:13PM 0.09				11:28AM 0.72	12:01PM 0.49			11:38PM 0.26	12:30AM 0.25			10:09AM 0.58	12:43PM 0.50			10:14PM 0.30				10:47AM 0.24	12:26PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	4	3	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	15	15	18	18	15	15	18	18	14	13	20	20	20	14	16	14	12	13	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	15	15	18	18	15	15	18	18	14	11	20	20	20	12	16	13	10	11	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 E	1.7 S	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	7	7	14	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 E	1.1 SSE	1.6 ENE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	6	-	12	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	7

	Mon		Tuesday 17
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	13	16	16	16	13	12	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	2040	3714	3697	3644	2090	1620	1600	1776	1752	2657	2564	1298	1200	2325	2325	2295	1071	90	326	1179	1316	1266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									5:35AM 1.92	6:24AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		10:19PM 0.10											9:40AM 0.72			12:12PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	14	13	17	17	13	11	17	18	18	10	14	14	11	11	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	14	12	17	17	12	9	17	18	18	8	13	13	9	9	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	16	16	14	13	16	16	16	13	12	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	16	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	-	11	-	-	-	11	13	5	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

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