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 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	1.1 NNE	0.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 E	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.4 SSE	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	6	8	7	6	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	6	9	9	7	6
Energy(?)	73	85	48	705	156	260	661	995	942	583	580	244	1104	660	401	357	151	294	262	112	279	434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:05PM 1.35	10:11AM 1.56			3:19AM 1.29		1:49AM 1.21	3:03AM 1.42	1:10PM 1.49		3:41AM 1.38			4:24AM 1.61	3:11PM 1.37		4:51AM 1.69	3:53PM 1.37		4:55AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		2:05PM 0.05		4:16AM 0.86	5:35PM 0.29		7:45AM 1.05	4:26PM 0.36		7:50AM 1.23		7:52PM 0.48	9:13AM 1.05	2:39PM 0.95	9:24PM 0.41	10:08AM 0.93		10:07PM 0.38	10:41AM 0.75		10:29PM 0.24	10:55AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	8	9	5	1	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	3	10	9	3	-	8
High °C	22	15	21	16	12	12	13	14	17	15	15	15	16	15	14	16	21	22	17	15	18	16
Low °C	21	14	21	16	12	11	13	14	16	15	15	13	16	14	13	14	20	21	17	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	22	14	21	14	11	10	11	12	17	14	15	14	16	14	14	16	21	22	17	15	18	15
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 S	1.4 SE	-	-	2.2 E	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	-	8	-	6	8	-	-	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	6	9	5	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	-	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	-	11	-	-	13	-	-	-	11	10	-	12	11	10	10	-	10	-	9	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.1 NNE	0.7 SW	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.9 NNE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	0.6 N	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.1 NE	-	-	1.8 SE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSE	-	-	1.8 S
Period (s)	6	6	4	7	6	4	8	9	6	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	6

	Tuesday 24						Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	12	12	8	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	294	219	58	58	55	203	94	217	66	50	84	866	790	83	429	594	1057	1073	1144	1281	1024	865
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 1.38	9:29AM 1.68								10:21AM 1.71					12:22AM 1.35			9:55AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)					4:26PM 0.16			12:53AM 1.00	3:17AM 0.89				4:40PM 0.34				3:49AM 1.05				5:50PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	22	22	22	12	13	12	14	21	21	16	15	12	12	12	12	13	17	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	5	9	22	22	22	11	13	10	14	21	21	15	14	10	11	11	10	12	17	12	14	13
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	2.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	8	6	9	8	8	8	-	8	6	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.9 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.5 ESE	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	-	1.3 E	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	6	6	5	8	-	8	4	7	11	-	8	7	8	13	-	8	8	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 NNE	-	0.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.4 NW	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	-
Period (s)	5	4	3	3	4	-	6	-	4	4	4	8	5	4	6	5	4	4	-	9	9	-

	Tuesday 24	Wed
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NE	1.1 SSE	1.2 NNE	1.1 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	6	12	8	6	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	279	266	37	37	79	279	183	257	68	34	78	20	8	101	57	57	36	42	48	55	92	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				10:10PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)													3:46PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	20	20	20	11	13	12	16	22	22	18	17	15	14	14	12	12	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	20	20	20	8	12	10	16	22	22	18	17	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 SSE	1.0 N	1.1 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	6	6	6	8	6	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	6	6	12	10	-	10	6	6	12	6	6	5	6	6	4	4	6	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.5 SE	1.1 NE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	-	1.1 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	3	-	-	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	6	-	6	4	4	-	4	3	4	5	5

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