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

	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	0	5	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	2.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 SE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ESE	0.2 SSW	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	6	6	8	7	6	12	6	7	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	7	10	9	10	11
Energy	75	83	101	522	257	66	1245	283	12	3266	1247	1700	1391	519	324	163	137	118	96	2235	794	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:36PM 1.84	7:58AM 1.72		9:49PM 1.54	8:37AM 1.52		9:37PM 1.23	9:33AM 1.44		11:21PM 1.53	9:58AM 1.04		10:56PM 1.24	10:31AM 1.02		11:13PM 1.34		2:08PM 1.20	11:50PM 1.37		4:38PM 1.70	2:31AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	3:00AM 1.14		3:58PM 0.37		3:12AM 1.02	3:49PM 0.46	2:56AM 0.88	4:10AM 1.00	2:58PM 0.43		4:54AM 0.81	4:50PM 0.63		5:18AM 0.77	4:27PM 0.63		6:08AM 0.61			9:32AM 0.49		8:36PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	36	3	-
High °C	23	23	27	21	23	22	18	19	19	20	21	22	21	21	22	21	22	17	18	24	23	21
Low °C	21	22	25	20	22	22	17	19	18	20	20	22	19	20	21	20	21	16	17	23	22	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	27	21	23	22	18	19	19	20	21	22	21	21	22	21	22	17	18	24	23	21
Sunrise	-	5:03	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	2.1 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.5 E	0.9 SE	2.3 SW	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	7	12	6	7	10	7	11	9	9	9	9	10	7	10	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	2.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 S	2.1 SW	-	0.7 SE
Period (s)	11	9	9	12	11	11	7	9	10	11	8	10	10	7	9	8	7	9	7	10	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 SW	2.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 SE	-	2.0 ESE	-	0.4 NNW	2.3 ENE	-	1.9 SW	-	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	2	6	8	7	6	-	6	-	3	10	-	10	-	7	5	4	4	7	5	7	-

	Thu		Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	8	12	12	12	11	6
Energy	223	68	75	147	205	83	85	101	726	555	522	233	218	257	139	66	169	1257	1245	1117	957	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 1.84			7:58AM 1.72					9:49PM 1.54			8:37AM 1.52					9:37PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)				3:00AM 1.14									3:30AM 1.05				4:16PM 0.45			2:56AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	10
Temp. °C	21	21	22	23	23	22	23	27	20	20	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	18	18	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	23	23	22	23	27	20	20	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	18	18	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-
Sunset	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	13	12	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	12	6	6	11	7	11	6	7	7	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NE	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 SW	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	11	-	-	6	6	2	3	6	8	8	8	-	-	7	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	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	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	263	228	223	206	201	68	67	76	75	72	70	147	201	206	205	203	205	83	83	85	85	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							9:36PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)												3:00AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	18	18	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	18	18	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	2.2 NE	0.6 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	3	3	11	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	2	2	3	3	3

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