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 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	4.0 WSW	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE	0.6 SE	1.5 E	0.8 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	7	10	9	8	10	10	9	6	9	10	10	8	8	6	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	167	53	3678	96	46	78	315	226	99	148	134	203	173	346	239	275	279	243	80	374	119	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 1.63	7:05AM 1.75		7:36PM 1.30	7:37AM 1.82		9:04PM 1.32	6:07AM 1.26	5:09PM 0.30			12:32PM 1.66	11:27PM 1.40	10:38AM 1.43		1:17AM 1.50	10:38AM 1.07	12:25PM 1.36	2:29AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 0.18	1:22AM 0.88		1:41PM 0.24	12:21AM 0.97		2:05PM 0.17	2:01AM 0.95			1:35AM 0.08				5:51AM 1.18	3:12PM 0.43		6:29AM 0.97		7:16PM 0.62	8:15AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	17	21	19	19	19	20	16	18	20	20	22	21	21	21	17	18	20	22	18	21
Low °C	19	17	14	17	17	17	19	19	14	18	18	18	20	20	19	20	16	16	18	22	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	15	21	19	19	19	20	16	18	20	20	22	21	21	21	16	18	20	22	18	21
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.5 S	3.0 SW	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 WNW	1.1 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 N	0.8 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	7	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	8	8	10	10	11	7	10	10	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 N	0.6 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	4	6	6	-	6	5	10	10	4	10	11	11	5	10	6	-	6	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	4.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 ESE	1.1 N	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 NE	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	4	3	9	3	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	3	3	6	6	5	-	-	-	9	-	3

	Monday 04						Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	1	2	3	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 S	1.2 SW	2.4 SW	0.5 ESE	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period(s)	9	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	10	5	9	9	9
Energy	2301	1572	1214	83	213	1258	53	296	682	258	112	119	115	77	53	81	87	284	113	326	220	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:20AM 1.72				6:56PM 1.36							4:02PM 0.31				5:13AM 1.42	7:58AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				1:29PM 0.10				12:34AM 0.84			9:54AM 0.22					2:11AM 1.06					3:03PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	19	19	16	19	15	12	13	15	21	23	21	15	15	18	17	19	17	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	19	15	19	15	10	12	14	21	23	21	15	15	18	16	19	17	20	21	21
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SW	1.3 S	0.5 ESE	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	-	1.0 SSE	0.2 NNW	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	-	5	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	-	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	4	10	10	7	6	8	10	10	3	4	5	3	6	4	6	-	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 N	0.7 NW	2.4 SW	0.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.2 WSW	1.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	4	4	9	3	9	6	5	-	2	-	-	-	3	5	10	6	9	-	-

	Monday 04																				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	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	1	2	3	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.3 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.7 S	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.6 WNW	1.2 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	4.0 WSW	0.7 ESE	1.0 N	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	9	10	9	5	5	5	6	8	10	10	10	8	9	7	9
Energy	1145	1906	670	225	1758	1393	78	1136	2168	2390	1	1	1	199	213	44	41	69	2095	166	175	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				6:41AM 1.78									3:32PM 0.31					8:17PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)														4:54PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	21	20	18	18	20	21	20	21	20	19	14	14	14	16	16	16	20	15	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	21	20	18	18	20	21	20	21	19	18	14	13	14	15	15	15	20	14	13	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.2 SW	0.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 N	1.0 N	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	8	10	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	10	9	10	10	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 WSW	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	-	10	-	5	5	5	7	10	6	10	7	-	9	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	0.5 NW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.2 WNW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NW	4.0 WSW	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	-	3	8	9	3	9	10	9	-	-	-	6	4	3	9	3	8	5	5	5

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