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

	Sat		Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	1	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 NNW	1.3 E	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SW	1.2 SE	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	1.9 ENE
Period(s)	11	13	14	12	11	15	14	14	14	13	14	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	12	9	12
Energy	257	835	2647	735	636	2422	2762	1680	2345	1676	2145	1322	501	1209	2889	1545	550	261	185	1074	130	1095
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:24PM 1.44	7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:58AM 1.95		7:07PM 1.74	6:07AM 1.69		7:27PM 1.56	7:21AM 1.81		8:29PM 1.59	5:17AM 1.38		8:19PM 1.24	6:03AM 1.30		8:44PM 1.22	9:15AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50AM 0.96			12:00AM 0.97		12:47PM -0.00	12:27AM 0.95		12:30PM 0.09	12:31AM 1.04		1:53PM 0.19	1:43AM 1.02		1:28PM 0.05	1:13AM 0.90		4:03PM 0.33	1:32AM 0.97	3:59AM 1.12	1:58PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	1	12	2	8	-	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	27	22	19	21	22	21	20	21	20	26	27	23	22	23	20	21	27	19	24	21
Low °C	22	23	25	18	19	21	22	19	19	21	19	25	26	22	21	22	19	21	26	18	23	21
Chill °C (?)	23	24	27	22	19	21	22	21	20	21	20	26	27	23	22	23	20	21	27	19	24	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.6 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 NNW	1.3 E	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SW	1.2 SE	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	13	14	10	6	15	14	14	14	13	14	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 NNW	1.3 SSE	0.3 SE	1.1 S	0.7 E	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	1.0 NE	0.7 E	1.9 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	6	17	12	11	10	-	11	12	10	16	8	9	10	12	10	9	8	10	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 SSW	-	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	12	-	8	8	5	10	-	5	7	3	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tue
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Lena Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.9 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.1 S
Period(s)	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	13	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14
Energy	303	257	313	700	835	899	1177	2647	502	735	516	643	636	1736	2252	2422	2635	2762	3056	1857	1680	1890
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:25PM 1.75				6:30AM 1.92				6:39PM 1.66			5:52AM 1.86					7:07PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 0.17					12:50AM 0.96			11:55AM -0.04				12:00AM 0.97	12:17AM 0.99				12:47PM -0.00				12:33AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	23	22	24	23	23	23	24	25	19	22	23	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	23	22	24	23	23	23	24	25	19	22	23	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 E	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	14	12	10	12	12	6	13	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	6	10	6	17	15	17	11	12	12	15	11	15	10	10	-	-	10	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 S	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	-	3	6	3	4	4	5	-	12	3	5	-	7	7	8	8	8	6	5	5	5

	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	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	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	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
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	227	241	303	251	289	257	243	313	313	467	563	700	772	760	835	809	924	899	988	1044	1177	1480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											7:25PM 1.75											6:30AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	9:56AM 0.06															12:50AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	23	22	23	22	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	22	23	22	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	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
Period (s)	6	11	11	6	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	5	6	11	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	10	10	6	6	6	17	17	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SE	-	0.7 SE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	3	3	3	6	6	6	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

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