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

	Wed	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22
	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	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	2447	2325	1738	1546	625	1927	1838	1686	2236	1775	1079	2585	1564	1496	1311	857	771	668	672	396	321	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:43AM 1.64	3:59PM 1.37		6:27AM 1.99		7:13PM 2.06	7:00AM 2.05		8:12PM 2.01						7:30PM 1.43	7:11AM 1.64			8:24AM 1.72		10:20PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		10:53AM 0.25		10:00PM 0.38		12:51PM -0.04	1:10AM 0.41		1:48PM -0.09	2:04AM 0.50					12:20PM -0.16	12:26AM 0.96					1:58PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	20	15	14	20	15	18	17	17	18	18	17	21	21	20	21	20	16	23	23	16
Low °C	21	22	17	13	11	18	14	17	17	15	16	17	16	20	21	17	19	19	16	22	23	14
Chill °C (?)	23	23	20	15	13	20	14	18	17	17	17	18	17	21	21	20	21	20	16	23	23	16
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.8 SE	1.4 E	0.1 E	-	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	8	13	11	7	11	12	-	10	11	11	10	16	16	15	15	-	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.5 N	1.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	3	-	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wed		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	2414	2109	1538	1664	2038	2325	2447	2491	1284	1251	1546	1526	1606	1519	1076	728	1135	1946	3463	3032	3015	2587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					5:54AM 1.90					6:50PM 1.96											4:21AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			9:22PM 0.32					12:10PM 0.12							10:24AM 0.05					12:37AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	15	5	15	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	16	16	21	22	23	23	22	21	13	14	15	16	13	16	16	16	18	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	14	16	15	21	22	23	23	22	21	12	14	15	16	11	16	15	16	18	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-
Sunset	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.1 E	0.4 N	0.1 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 S	1.3 SE	-	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	13	4	13	9	-	18	6	-	9	10	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 ENE	-	1.1 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	4	5	-	-	6	-	5	4	5	6	8	-	5	8	10	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	2014	1475	2115	1991	2572	2645	2509	2454	1420	1300	1907	1857	1808	2400	1588	1130	1398	2247	1800	1999	1746	1715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:23PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)										12:18AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	17	23	23	23	22	22	21	17	17	16	16	16	17	16	18	20	21	16	22
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	17	23	23	23	22	22	21	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	18	20	21	14	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	5	6	15	15	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	17	7	18	18	17	18	18	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	-	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.1 N	0.5 N	1.4 N	1.2 NE	1.2 NNE	1.3 NE	1.9 ENE	0.9 NW
Period (s)	5	-	9	9	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	6	6	7	6	4

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