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

	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	5	5	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 N	2.5 E	2.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.8 E
Period(s)	11	14	14	14	13	14	9	10	12	9	9	10	11	7	8	13	12	12	11	8	10	9
Energy	695	1607	1090	1200	1874	2539	577	1327	2312	582	565	3000	3224	158	297	2127	1224	1016	711	618	556	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 1.95		7:07PM 1.74	6:07AM 1.69		8:28PM 1.65	6:58AM 1.81		8:29PM 1.59	6:53AM 1.56		8:04PM 1.23	8:55AM 1.88		8:58PM 1.23	6:37AM 1.26		9:14PM 1.29	10:35AM 1.54		12:06AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	12:00AM 0.92		12:14PM -0.01	12:27AM 0.95		12:59PM 0.19	1:41AM 1.00		1:32PM 0.21	1:43AM 1.02		12:45PM 0.18	12:40AM 0.98	3:23AM 1.06	3:59PM 0.34	1:59AM 0.90		1:58PM 0.31	2:32AM 0.98	5:04AM 0.99	2:41PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	9	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	20	23	23	21	20	22	26	26	26	24	22	20	18	28	28	18	20	21	21	24	22	23
Low °C	19	22	22	19	20	21	25	25	25	22	21	19	18	27	28	17	19	21	20	24	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	23	23	21	20	22	26	26	26	24	22	20	17	28	28	18	20	21	21	24	22	23
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 N	2.5 E	2.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	2.4 E	2.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	0.7 S	1.3 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	13	14	9	10	12	9	9	10	10	7	8	13	12	12	11	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	2.0 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	12	-	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	13	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 E	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	1.6 N	0.3 NE	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	7	4	5	6	7	-	-	7	4	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-

	Sun		Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.8 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.8 N	5.0 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 E
Period(s)	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	8	8	9	11	10	10
Energy	516	375	695	657	1691	1607	925	1090	1786	1096	1200	1761	1607	1874	2049	2539	342	353	577	10921	5154	1327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					5:58AM 1.95					7:07PM 1.74			6:00AM 1.68	6:07AM 1.69				8:34PM 1.67				6:58AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			12:00AM 0.92					12:14PM -0.01				12:33AM 0.98				12:59PM 0.19				1:24AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	5	4	5	-	-	-	4	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	20	19	22	22	23	23	22	21	20	19	19	20	20	21	26	25	25	22	22	25
Chill °C (?)	24	21	20	19	22	22	23	23	22	21	20	19	19	20	20	21	26	25	25	22	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.4 NNW	1.8 N	5.0 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 E
Period (s)	12	10	7	7	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	9	8	9	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	1.4 NNW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.5 S	2.4 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	7	12	11	11	17	11	11	10	10	12	-	-	8	8	8	13	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 W	-	-	1.3 E	1.7 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	-	1.2 SE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	1.8 W	1.1 W	-	1.7 NNW	2.0 N	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	10	7	5	4	5	5	5	-	5	6	7	7	7	7	-	6	7	-

	Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy	577	587	516	335	333	375	661	695	695	681	1514	657	657	1892	1691	1013	1632	1607	863	953	925	1686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															5:58AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)									12:00AM 0.92													12:24PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	25	24	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	19	19	22	22	20	22	22	23	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	26	25	24	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	19	19	22	22	20	22	22	23	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	7	7	7	13	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	12	12	16	11	11	11	15	11	11	7	7	11	12	12	6	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	7	7	-	5	5	-

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