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

	Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tue
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Turtles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tacos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	3	4	2	4	2	1	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 E	1.7 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	0.4 N	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 N	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 NE	1.2 SE	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	10	9	8	5	10	7	8	8	7	5	7	10	10	6	8	9	13	10	12
Energy(?)	2	409	2208	582	1632	1161	78	10	736	1236	939	17	81	55	35	59	3	109	230	266	327	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:58PM 1.39		4:12AM 1.33	2:04PM 1.44		4:16AM 1.16	1:26PM 1.29		4:41AM 1.23	2:07PM 1.29		5:09AM 1.29	2:56PM 1.34		5:50AM 1.27	3:52PM 1.36		7:44AM 1.57		6:03PM 1.79	7:29AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38PM 0.46	8:44AM 1.17		9:38PM 0.48	7:26AM 1.12		9:19PM 0.17	9:09AM 0.99		9:57PM 0.08	9:53AM 0.94		10:19PM 0.00	10:36AM 0.92		11:09PM -0.05		1:11PM 0.74	12:48AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	9	10	10	19	9	14	14	13	11	9	11	13	15	21	17	16	16	13	13
Low °C	11	13	7	7	9	7	18	8	12	13	12	10	7	11	12	13	21	16	16	15	10	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	6	8	8	8	19	9	11	12	9	11	8	10	13	15	21	17	16	14	11	10
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	4:45	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 N	0.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 NE	1.2 SE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	-	14	13	10	9	9	6	10	10	13	10	7	10	7	10	10	9	8	9	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.6 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	-	-	11	11	10	7	6	12	10	13	-	-	5	-	4	10	10	10	6	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	-	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	1.2 W	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.4 SW	0.4 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	6	8	9	-	9	8	5	-	7	8	8	-	5	-	-	3	-	3	3	5	2	8

	Tuesday 13						Wednesday 14								Thursday 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	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.0 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	7	6	7
Energy(?)	104	75	113	134	102	66	1164	1145	846	1104	2488	273	1627	1396	1024	291	94	389	61	89	334	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:12AM 1.08			12:54PM 1.44					3:48AM 1.05		11:53AM 1.24	12:21PM 1.19					4:28AM 1.14				3:13PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		7:33AM 0.93				8:41PM 0.59				6:17AM 1.03				8:18PM 0.27				7:39AM 1.01	10:29AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	13	8	6	9	9	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	6	8	18	19	12	11
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	11	5	4	8	9	3	7	9	10	8	8	9	6	3	8	18	19	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.1 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 ESE	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	7	7	7	9	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	5	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.3 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	-	10	13	-	11	13	11	13	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.5 W	1.0 NW	0.7 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	1.5 WSW	-	-	2.0 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	2	3	7	4	3	4	9	9	10	9	9	-	8	8	8	-	3	8	-	-	6	7

	Tuesday 13	Wed
	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	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.1 E	0.9 SW	0.1 E	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	12	5	9	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	129	107	104	3	47	2	293	326	698	664	778	840	1008	1122	1246	1821	1173	2194	122	122	98	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:12AM 1.08								11:08AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)				6:51AM 1.13												6:51PM 0.40	7:37PM 0.39		9:38PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	6	7	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	18	18	5	5
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	3	4	9	9	8	10	11	11	12	11	9	9	8	7	6	17	17	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	12	9	9	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	11	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	2	2	5	5	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	3

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