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

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Choshi Chiba
Rating	1	1	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 ENE	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.3 E	1.7 E	0.9 NE	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.4 SE	0.9 ENE	1.9 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	10	8	11	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	95	103	517	1040	555	1351	587	241	343	376	145	275	248	246	362	600	1261	1308	1304	1188	670	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 1.51		12:53AM 1.68			1:37AM 1.52		2:51PM 1.41	12:16AM 1.32		1:51PM 1.05	12:58AM 1.29		5:01PM 1.52		3:42AM 1.72	4:45PM 1.55		3:54AM 1.64	5:17PM 1.60	2:53AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				6:43AM 0.98	5:47PM 0.66	6:45PM 0.64	7:32AM 0.74			8:51AM 0.68		6:39PM 0.75	8:08AM 0.37		9:50PM 0.92	10:30AM 0.38		10:12PM 0.90	10:41AM 0.30		9:30PM 0.93	9:31AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	22	24	22	21	21	25	20	24	21	21	22	27	23	25	25	23	24	24	23	25
Low °C	24	24	22	23	21	20	20	25	19	22	21	21	22	27	22	23	24	23	23	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	25	24	22	24	22	21	21	25	20	24	21	21	22	27	23	25	25	23	24	24	23	25
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:22
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 ENE	-	1.1 SE	2.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	10	11	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	5	8	6	-	-	8	10	10	10	12	11	10	14	10	11	10	13	9	10	7	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.3 E	1.7 E	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	1.4 SE	0.7 S	1.9 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	-	9	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	8	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	10	10
Energy	86	93	97	95	112	103	985	708	517	1053	1043	1040	599	555	1851	780	1351	1173	801	587	242	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:43PM 1.55				10:00AM 1.53								9:27AM 1.14					1:32AM 1.53				2:51PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			5:43AM 0.98				5:32PM 0.51					6:43AM 0.98				6:52PM 0.69				7:32AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	2	-	4	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	20	25	25	25	23	24	21	20	22	18	20	23	19	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	25	25
Chill °C (?)	20	25	25	25	23	24	21	20	22	18	20	23	19	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	-	-	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	6	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	6	8	-	-	6	10	-	-	10	-	8	7	8	8	6	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSE	2.2 ESE	-	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 E	-	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	6	6	3	6	6	9	-	9	8	9	9	8	9	-	8	9	9	8	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 23
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Green Pole Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	7	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	10
Energy	83	68	86	86	414	93	93	95	97	97	125	95	95	92	112	116	112	103	101	96	985	660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:43PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)									5:43AM 0.98												5:32PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	18	25	25	25	25	25	19	25	24	22	23	24	25	24	25	25	21	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	18	25	25	25	25	25	19	25	24	22	23	24	25	24	25	25	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.8 ESE	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	7	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.5 SSE	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	6	7	6	9	9	8	8	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	-	0.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.9 E
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	7	5	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	10

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