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

	Sat		Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Takegashima Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	1	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	8	12	6	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	7
Energy	102	656	1237	988	821	290	224	414	200	229	305	289	261	697	217	945	673	221	387	343	573	785
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:11PM 1.16		12:01PM 1.33	1:31AM 1.54		12:46PM 1.35	12:16AM 1.32		4:04PM 1.46	12:48AM 1.35	3:58AM 1.64	3:26PM 1.51		3:20AM 1.85	3:14PM 1.24		4:01AM 1.64	5:25PM 1.61	2:53AM 1.42		4:51PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			7:02AM 0.99		6:35PM 0.64	7:45AM 0.83			7:23AM 0.53		6:29PM 0.76	10:38AM 0.51		9:48PM 0.89	10:01AM 0.33		10:14PM 0.90	10:44AM 0.30		9:30PM 0.93	9:40AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	2	14	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	18	22	23	20	21	23	20	22	25	21	27	22	23	26	23	24	26	27	23	21	25
Low °C	25	18	21	22	20	20	22	19	21	24	20	26	22	22	24	23	24	24	25	22	21	23
Chill °C (?)	26	17	22	23	20	21	23	20	22	25	21	27	22	23	26	23	24	26	27	23	21	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:31	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:28	-
Sunset	7:09	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.1 SW	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SE	2.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	12	6	8	7	8	7	7	8	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	6	7	8	9	16	10	11	9	10	10	10	6	6	11	9	6	10	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.8 S	1.5 ESE	-	-	1.9 ESE	1.8 S	-	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	6	10	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	-	-	8	7	-	7	7	8	7

	Saturday 23				Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tue
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Takegashima Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	4	1	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.2 ESE	1.8 E	2.1 E	1.0 SE	2.2 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	8	10	9	10	10
Energy	116	102	1023	743	656	666	892	1237	112	988	517	1078	821	1141	1002	290	239	224	516	356	414	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 1.53				11:11PM 1.16	12:43AM 1.51			10:09AM 1.11	12:01PM 1.33				1:10AM 1.59				12:46PM 1.35				12:16AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)			5:32PM 0.51					7:02AM 0.99				6:45PM 0.65				7:45AM 0.83			5:38PM 0.66	8:01PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	21	20	18	21	20	21	18	23	22	21	20	22	21	20	25	23	21	22	20	19
Chill °C (?)	23	25	21	20	18	21	20	21	18	23	22	21	20	22	21	20	25	23	21	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SW	-	1.5 ESE	1.8 E	0.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	7	-	9	9	6	8	6	8	8	9	9	8	10	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	1.2 E	0.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	7	-	8	8	6	7	9	10	16	10	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	-	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.2 ESE	1.8 E	2.1 E	1.0 SE	2.2 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 E	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	9	10	8	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 23	Sunday 24
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	4	1	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	10	9	9
Energy	112	116	116	116	116	102	102	1023	1023	1023	1832	743	809	436	656	1035	678	666	662	543	892	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 1.53														11:11PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)									5:32PM 0.51											4:51AM 0.84		6:47AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	23	23	23	23	24	25	26	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	18	19	21	21	21	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	24	25	26	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	18	19	21	21	21	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	5:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	1.6 E	0.1 SW	1.6 E	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	-	9	7	9	-	-	-	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	-	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	10	9	8	8	8	10	9	9

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