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

	Sat	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Izumi Chiba
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	9	10	11	8	10	9	8	10	6	7	7	8	7	10	7	7	7	7
Energy	505	1093	1063	1130	825	214	515	205	221	244	203	248	375	570	559	889	397	75	709	606	403	862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:07AM 1.58	9:52AM 1.03	12:01PM 1.33	1:37AM 1.53		2:51PM 1.41	12:35AM 1.25		4:04PM 1.46			5:01PM 1.52		3:56AM 1.71	4:44PM 1.55				2:53AM 1.42		4:49PM 1.29	2:57AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		4:51AM 0.84		6:45PM 0.65	7:56AM 0.83			7:23AM 0.53		8:59PM 0.85	8:05AM 0.46		9:49PM 0.85	10:29AM 0.37		10:12PM 0.90	9:30AM 0.24		9:30PM 0.93	9:49AM 0.16		9:38PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	6	-	2	15	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	23	21	23	24	20	21	25	22	22	27	24	24	25	24	25	24	24	22	24	22
Low °C	21	18	22	20	23	24	20	21	25	21	22	26	23	23	24	23	23	24	21	22	23	20
Chill °C (?)	21	19	23	21	23	24	20	21	25	22	22	27	24	24	25	24	25	24	24	22	24	22
Sunrise	-	4:31	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.3 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	1.7 S	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 ESE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	8	8	9	10	8	8	10	9	8	10	7	7	13	7	12	10	7	7	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.1 SE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	7	10	11	11	4	15	9	10	11	14	13	9	-	10	12	11	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	0.8 SW	-	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 N	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	4	-	11	4	-	-	4	6	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7

	Sat		Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.8 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 E	2.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	10	9	10	10	11	9	11	11	11	8
Energy	1070	1432	505	518	280	1093	1315	1063	1030	1277	1130	583	584	825	208	214	558	1007	515	547	540	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:07AM 1.58				12:01PM 1.33				1:10AM 1.47				2:51PM 1.41				12:40AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	5:32PM 0.51									6:45PM 0.65				7:56AM 0.83			5:27PM 0.66					7:23AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	21	18	22	23	22	21	20	20	19	23	24	24	21	21	20	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	21	18	22	23	22	21	20	20	19	23	24	24	21	21	20	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-
Sunset	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	-	1.1 SE	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	10	7	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	2.0 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	-	1.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	-	2.1 E	-	-	-	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	-	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	-	9	4	4	-	9	-	-	-	11

	Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.4 E
Period(s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Energy	102	2106	1070	1070	1481	1432	1432	859	505	509	518	518	745	807	280	274	889	1093	942	1255	1315	1222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										12:07AM 1.58												12:01PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)			5:32PM 0.51													6:47AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	18	21	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	26	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	18	21	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.1 SE	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	3.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.4 E
Period (s)	6	8	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	8

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