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

	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	1.3 ENE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	2336	1856	1546	625	1289	1912	3296	2614	1963	1862	2513	431	1496	1335	898	905	676	591	404	239	285	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:28PM 2.02	6:27AM 1.99		7:13PM 2.06	7:21AM 2.01						5:15AM 1.45		7:12PM 1.31	9:03AM 1.94		9:25PM 1.62	6:25AM 1.38		10:20PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 0.12	12:32AM 0.35		12:51PM -0.04	1:10AM 0.41		12:03PM -0.02						12:27PM -0.02	12:20AM 0.77	3:17AM 0.75	1:05PM -0.11	2:44AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	15	14	13	16	19	17	17	22	17	22	22	21	19	22	19	19	22	18	17	19
Low °C	22	17	13	11	13	15	16	16	15	20	17	21	20	21	17	20	19	18	22	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	23	21	15	13	11	16	19	17	17	22	16	22	22	21	19	22	19	19	22	18	17	19
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:03
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	6	11	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSE	-	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	0.2 E	-	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	5	-	13	8	18	-	8	11	11	-	10	11	11	11	10	16	15	4	8	11	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	5	5	3	11	7	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4

	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Nagahama Kanagawa	Corners Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 SE	2.1 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1514	2325	2038	2336	2648	2491	1284	1595	1546	1529	1461	1449	1204	850	740	1193	3043	3713	3580	3296	2684	2996
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	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	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	-	mid-ebb	-
High Tide / height (m)			5:54AM 1.90												5:11PM 1.45	7:31PM 2.01			4:21AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)						12:10PM 0.12							10:24AM 0.05				10:41PM 0.50	12:37AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	21	22	23	23	22	17	13	14	15	17	13	17	14	22	14	18	13	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	22	21	22	23	23	22	16	12	14	15	17	11	17	13	22	13	18	13	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 SE	2.1 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 N	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	0.2 E	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	13	13	13	9	-	18	18	8	11	10	11	8	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ENE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	4	-	-	-	6	4	5	4	5	6	10	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Nagahama Kanagawa	Corners Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	16	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1287	2454	2447	2386	2355	2325	1241	1763	2204	2064	1955	1828	1518	752	642	1420	1679	1909	2366	1692	1887	1542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:43AM 1.64											3:59PM 1.37		5:08PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			11:53PM 0.33										9:49AM 0.22	10:01AM 0.35		12:36PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	22	22	22	22	21	15	16	16	17	18	17	21	21	23	19	21	15	19	19	15
Chill °C (?)	17	22	22	22	22	22	21	13	15	15	16	17	16	21	21	23	18	21	13	19	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	16	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 N	0.3 ENE	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	15	5	-	-	-	-	5	18	17	17	17	17	13	16	16	5	13	-	16	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 NW	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	1.7 E	1.4 NE	2.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 WNW	1.0 NE
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	3	3	-	7	7	7	5	4	5

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