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

	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.7 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	11	10	11	10	6	10	13	13	6	8	8	8	9	8	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2704	1448	3625	1392	715	846	535	311	304	377	127	44	159	262	1862	970	560	561	483	276	238	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:40PM 1.84	6:51AM 1.86		7:21PM 1.32	8:44AM 1.98		10:29PM 1.64	8:23AM 1.84		10:30PM 1.54	9:20AM 1.60		11:57PM 1.49	9:26AM 1.34		12:50AM 1.12	8:10AM 1.09	12:24PM 1.35			3:02PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		1:12AM 0.81		12:20PM -0.16	12:23AM 0.82	3:03AM 0.80	2:30PM 0.06			3:43PM 0.11		3:56AM 1.13	4:15PM 0.33		4:43AM 1.19			3:27AM 1.01		8:50PM 0.52	7:51AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	44	14	21	7	15	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	20	19	19	20	21	19	19	17	18	14	15	17	17	19	21	21	18	19	19
Low °C	18	20	18	20	17	19	19	20	18	19	13	17	14	14	16	16	17	21	20	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	20	19	18	20	21	19	19	17	18	12	15	17	16	19	21	21	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SW	0.8 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	8	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 NNW	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	5	13	15	6	14	12	13	-	-	-	8	12	7	15	11	12	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 ESE	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 W	-	0.3 NNE	1.4 SE	-	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.1 E	0.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 E	-	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	5	4	-	3	6	-	6	5	6	8	7	4	5	10	-	-	7

	Sunday 19				Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 E	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	11
Energy(?)	1530	1620	1787	3051	3067	1292	1744	1146	1695	1392	1077	1033	719	613	614	579	802	528	511	245	506	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:29PM 1.40				8:08AM 2.05				8:46PM 1.83				7:50AM 1.87					9:13PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)					11:49PM 0.72	2:25AM 0.65				2:00PM -0.14				1:56AM 0.92				1:02PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	18	17	17	20	17	21	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	19	19	20	19	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	23	19	18	17	17	20	17	21	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	19	19	20	19	21	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 E	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 N	0.5 NE	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	12	11	-	10	10	12	11	12	11	11	-	10	5	4	-	16	13	5	5	6	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.0 SSW	-	0.9 NE	-	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	-	6	-

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	1.1 NE	2.5 ESE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1545	1675	1667	2577	2577	1524	1482	1506	2055	1646	1646	2163	1679	1708	2202	1781	2988	2822	2064	313	2424	902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											7:51PM 1.87										6:00AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)						2:13PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	20	18	18	23	20	22	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	16	17	17	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	18	18	23	20	22	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	16	17	17	20	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.3 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	10	10	-	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	1.0 SE	-	1.0 SE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	5

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