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

	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Malibu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 ESE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SE	0.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.4 NNE	1.6 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s)	14	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	14	10	12	14	11	9	7	8	8	8	9	7	11	11
Energy	1937	749	1443	1744	1098	1511	1472	1569	1978	1330	4447	9384	1799	797	64	284	222	209	363	335	609	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:55PM 1.88	5:34AM 1.69		7:15PM 1.65	5:26AM 1.51		7:35PM 1.49	6:58AM 1.81		7:24PM 1.24	6:10AM 1.49		9:36PM 1.84	8:55AM 1.88		10:49PM 1.72			9:37PM 1.23	7:22AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)			12:23AM 0.92		12:21PM -0.01	12:33AM 0.98		12:30PM 0.09	12:46AM 0.94		1:35PM 0.22	11:58PM 0.98		12:57PM 0.10	3:00AM 1.14	3:23AM 1.06	3:58PM 0.37		6:41AM 0.96	3:33PM 0.44	2:56AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	13	-	-	28	-	-	65	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	22	21	23	23	20	21	21	21	28	26	22	23	20	22	27	27	26	25	24	19	22
Low °C	25	21	20	22	21	19	21	21	19	27	25	19	22	20	21	27	27	25	23	23	17	20
Chill °C (?)	26	22	21	23	23	20	21	21	21	28	26	22	23	20	22	27	27	26	25	24	19	22
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:22
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 ESE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.4 NE	0.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.4 NNE	0.7 S	1.5 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	14	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	10	12	14	11	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 S	2.5 SE	3.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.7 N	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	16	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	6	11	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	-	-	2.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	835	899	1177	1937	500	749	660	1109	1443	1380	1902	1744	546	1098	1320	1817	1511	1319	2112	1472	1499	1569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:30AM 1.92				6:55PM 1.88			5:42AM 1.78					7:15PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50AM 0.96								12:17AM 0.99			11:33AM -0.08	12:21PM -0.01				12:33AM 0.98				12:30PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	25	20	22	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	21	20	19	19	19	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	25	20	22	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	21	20	19	19	19	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	2.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	17	15	10	11	10	10	11	10	15	10	10	10	6	11	10	16	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	-	-	0.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	-	4	6	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 31
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	772	760	835	809	924	899	988	1126	1177	1495	1333	1937	2197	580	500	551	758	749	593	587	660	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										6:30AM 1.92												6:46PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)				12:50AM 0.96												12:01PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	21	20	21	21	22	26	26	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	21	20	21	21	22	26	26	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	17	17	16	16	15	15	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

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