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

	Fri	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa
Rating	1	1	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	1.0 E	0.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.4 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	10	9	8	10	10	6	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	86	95	1095	707	640	515	1067	207	238	365	50	509	208	296	203	233	254	546	1045	1526	1082	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:43PM 1.55	11:11AM 1.51		12:43AM 1.50	10:51AM 1.34		1:37AM 1.53		2:51PM 1.41	12:16AM 1.32	3:33AM 1.74	1:23PM 1.06		3:04AM 1.69	3:42PM 1.68		3:42AM 1.72	4:44PM 1.55		3:38AM 1.62	5:17PM 1.60	2:53AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		5:43AM 0.98	5:32PM 0.51		5:39AM 1.05	5:47PM 0.66	6:45PM 0.65	7:56AM 0.83			10:08AM 0.67		8:59PM 0.86	9:47AM 0.53		9:49PM 0.85	10:30AM 0.38		10:14PM 0.90	10:27AM 0.29		9:30PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	29	3	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	37	20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	26	22	21	21	22	21	24	25	20	26	22	21	20	25	23	24	23	23	22	23	22
Low °C	20	24	21	20	20	22	19	23	24	20	26	21	19	20	23	22	24	23	22	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	21	26	22	21	21	22	21	24	25	20	26	22	21	20	25	23	24	23	23	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 E	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	10	8	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	10	10	9	10	15	10	15	14	14	13	13	10	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	-	-	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8

	Fri		Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8
Energy	132	83	86	87	97	95	105	1095	862	645	707	593	723	640	486	515	601	523	1067	519	729	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:43PM 1.55				11:11AM 1.51					12:56AM 1.54			10:51AM 1.34					1:44AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	5:03PM 0.35				5:43AM 0.98				5:32PM 0.51				5:39AM 1.05				5:52PM 0.63					7:56AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	2	1	28	2	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	20	20	25	26	24	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	22	22	20	21	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	23	21	20	20	25	26	24	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	22	22	20	21	21	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 N	0.4 SSE	0.3 NNW	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	6	6	6	5	8	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 NE	0.2 N	-	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	-	1.7 E	-
Period (s)	6	4	3	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	-

	Friday 22								Saturday 23
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	222	130	132	132	80	83	83	74	86	86	425	87	125	126	97	97	95	95	93	106	105	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									11:43PM 1.55												11:11AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	3:47PM 0.22		5:03PM 0.35											4:47AM 1.17	5:43AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	26	6
High °C	19	24	23	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	18	20	21	21	25	25	25	26	25	25	24	24
Chill °C (?)	19	24	23	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	18	20	21	21	25	25	25	26	25	25	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	6	6	6	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.4 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	-	6	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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