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 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 N	4.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 S	0.6 E	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	10	13	11	12	8	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	8	7	10	11
Energy	1256	1090	1200	1537	1449	753	9497	1632	1985	225	443	214	83	208	77	379	435	703	512	485	923	1157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:07PM 1.74	5:26AM 1.51		8:28PM 1.65	6:35AM 1.67		8:00PM 1.48	7:09AM 1.63		8:52PM 1.43	8:09AM 1.70		10:06PM 1.63	10:10AM 1.72		2:04AM 1.60		1:30PM 1.70	12:04AM 1.58	11:40AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		12:14PM -0.01	12:27AM 0.95		12:30PM 0.09	1:41AM 1.00		1:32PM 0.21	1:23AM 0.96		1:08PM 0.01	2:00AM 0.96		3:59PM 0.34		4:29AM 1.06	4:59PM 0.50	7:17PM 0.55	7:36AM 0.99			6:08AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	-	1	2
High °C	24	23	21	21	21	26	26	26	21	23	21	18	23	28	22	27	27	21	23	24	26	27
Low °C	23	21	21	21	19	25	24	24	20	23	19	18	22	28	21	27	27	19	21	24	26	27
Chill °C (?)	24	23	21	21	21	26	26	26	21	23	21	18	23	28	22	27	27	21	23	24	26	27
Sunrise	4:56	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 N	4.5 SSW	2.0 SE	2.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 NE	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 S	0.6 E	0.4 E	1.6 S	-	-	-	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	10	13	10	12	8	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 SSE	3.5 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 SW	0.8 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	11	11	10	10	8	11	11	10	10	9	9	6	7	6	6	9	-	-	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.6 W	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	2.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	9	-	7	8	7	-	-

	Monday 01						Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	8	5	9	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 NNW	2.1 N	1.9 N	4.5 E	3.5 E	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	9	10	10	11	11	13	12	11	10	13
Energy	1684	1256	932	1090	1397	1845	1200	1533	1282	1537	1470	1449	334	928	753	7835	3823	9497	3819	1632	1111	3830
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:52AM 1.86					7:15PM 1.65			5:55AM 1.79					8:28PM 1.65				6:35AM 1.67				8:00PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				12:14PM -0.01				12:27AM 0.95				12:30PM 0.09				1:24AM 1.03				1:32PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	24	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	26	26	25	22	21	24	25	26	24	21
Chill °C (?)	21	23	24	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	26	26	25	22	21	24	25	26	24	21
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 NNW	2.1 N	1.9 N	4.5 E	3.5 E	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SE	1.5 SE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	9	10	10	11	11	13	12	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	3.0 S	1.8 S	3.5 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	11	11	17	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SE	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.6 W	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.7 NNE	0.9 WNW	-	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	5	-	5	5	10	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	7	8	4	-	6	-

	Monday 01	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	8	5	9	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	0.7 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	3.0 ENE	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	11	14	14	14	13	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1680	1482	1684	1688	1256	1256	863	524	932	255	1773	1090	1074	1070	1397	1470	1511	1845	1685	1593	1200	1745
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:52AM 1.86														7:15PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)																						12:33AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	25	24	23	22	22	21	26	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	25	24	23	22	22	21	26	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.8 S	1.6 S	0.7 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	7.0 SSE	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	11	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	3.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	15	7	7	7	6	6	6	16	11	9	10	11	11	11	17	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	6.5 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	13	5	-	-	5	5	5

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