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

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Nagahama Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 SE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	10	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	159	316	227	229	243	300	839	1772	2269	3136	3304	1762	1165	1379	2946	2455	2673	2115	2541	3509	1469	1775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)				3:43AM 1.26	3:09PM 1.24		5:21AM 1.78	3:10PM 1.28					6:19AM 1.85				5:50PM 1.54	7:40PM 1.88	7:20AM 1.93		8:23PM 1.82	7:14AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 0.37	9:26AM 0.66		11:10PM 0.36	11:29AM 0.34							12:38PM 0.02				1:28AM 0.48		1:13PM -0.06	2:03AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	2	1	13	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	24	18	25	24	19	18	18	22	22	14	12	15	15	19	16	16	18	18	18	17
Low °C	19	24	23	18	24	23	18	17	15	19	20	11	9	14	13	18	16	15	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	24	24	18	25	24	19	18	18	22	22	12	9	14	14	19	15	16	17	17	18	17
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03
Sunset	-	6:51	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 E	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	6	11	10	11	10	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	9	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.5 ENE	1.9 SE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	4	6	4	5	18	-	8	-	-	-	9	-	12	16	10	9	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.7 SE	-	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.0 E	0.6 NE	0.6 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	4	-	-	5	-	4	6	8	4	8	8	-	-	-	10	10	-	-

	Monday 13						Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	17	18	17	13	17	16
Energy(?)	225	243	286	247	272	233	231	210	200	227	273	290	243	301	503	510	726	1170	1289	1238	1893	2027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:09PM 1.11				2:43AM 1.20					4:55PM 1.59				3:22AM 1.44				5:39PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)							10:24PM 0.42												11:30AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	3	4	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	19	20	19	24	24	16	24	24	25	18	25	24	23	17	16	24	25	19	24	19
Chill °C (?)	25	25	19	20	19	24	24	16	24	24	25	18	25	24	23	17	16	24	25	19	24	19
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	17	18	17	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 SE	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	11	11	8	5	5	6	5	5	13	6	4	5	4	20	17	5	5	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	4	5	-	-	5	-	6	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Monday 13																				Tue
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	210	210	133	134	157	259	265	131	204	247	270	193	153	153	236	112	27	144	141	333	143	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)														4:05PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)							9:59AM 0.82													10:02PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	19	19	19	25	25	19	26	25	25	16	26	26	25	17	17	24	24	18	23	18
Chill °C (?)	25	25	19	19	19	25	25	19	26	25	25	16	26	26	25	17	17	24	24	18	23	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	5	5	10	10	6	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	9	9	10	5	5	11	5	5	14	12	5	5	-	11	11	5	5	10	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ESE	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	-	-	5	5	6	5	-

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