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 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	5	4	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	2.2 NNW	2.0 N	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	11	11	13	14	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	10	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	8
Energy	210	295	835	1387	557	603	1445	2500	2011	1375	3194	1097	918	582	800	3181	1394	690	370	185	181	179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 1.29	7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:28AM 1.69		7:15PM 1.65	6:04AM 1.79		8:34PM 1.67	7:21AM 1.81		8:29PM 1.59	6:43AM 1.51		8:22PM 1.31	6:03AM 1.30		10:49PM 1.72	9:56AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.20		12:50AM 0.96			12:00AM 0.97		12:47PM -0.00	12:33AM 0.98		12:59PM 0.18	1:50AM 0.95		1:53PM 0.05	1:43AM 1.02		12:56PM 0.06	1:13AM 1.00		4:03PM 0.33		4:21AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	1	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	26	22	19	24	22	20	21	22	25	25	27	22	25	23	19	20	27	25	27
Low °C	23	22	23	24	21	18	23	21	20	20	22	25	25	27	22	23	20	17	19	26	25	26
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	26	22	19	24	22	20	21	22	25	25	27	22	25	23	19	20	27	25	27
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	2.2 NNW	2.0 N	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	13	14	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	10	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 SE	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	10	10	15	18	10	11	10	12	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.8 SE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	1.8 ESE	-	1.0 SE	0.4 E	1.1 W	0.5 W	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	7	6	3	4	4	-	-	8	-	5	10	7	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.2 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	11	12	11	14	13	14	14	14
Energy	80	91	103	210	215	295	313	726	835	848	980	1387	2234	557	519	647	603	1339	2022	1445	1243	2500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:08AM 1.64					7:17PM 1.84				6:30AM 1.92				6:39PM 1.66			5:52AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 0.93				9:56AM 0.06					12:50AM 0.96							12:00AM 0.97	12:17AM 0.99				12:47PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Temp. °C	22	22	18	23	22	23	24	23	23	23	23	24	26	21	20	19	19	21	21	23	23	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	23	22	23	24	23	23	23	23	24	26	21	20	19	19	21	21	23	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	11	12	11	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	-	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 SE	1.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	15	10	-	10	10	15	15	6	15	18	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	1.4 W	0.6 E	0.8 SE	-	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	5	6	-	6	3	3	4	4	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Fri	Saturday 30
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13
Energy	85	80	80	80	91	91	91	103	103	109	210	210	208	215	215	241	200	295	233	313	313	467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								4:08AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 0.93											9:49AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	18	18	19	23	23	23	22	22	23	22	23	22	24	24	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	17	18	19	23	23	23	22	22	23	22	23	22	24	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.6 E	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	7	7	4	6	5	5	4	6	-	-	-	-

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