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

	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	2	1	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.9 SE	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.5 S	0.9 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.5 E	2.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 SE	2.3 NE	1.0 E	1.6 S	1.7 ENE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.6 ENE	0.7 S	2.1 ESE
Period(s)	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	8	11	9	8	11	7	8
Energy	533	1474	956	1086	1198	2367	399	1083	1949	2052	505	593	866	1829	258	379	770	227	163	556	60	671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 1.77	5:20AM 1.79		7:07PM 1.74	6:07AM 1.69		8:28PM 1.65	6:50AM 1.96		8:29PM 1.59	6:53AM 1.56		8:04PM 1.23	7:07AM 1.41		8:44PM 1.22	9:56AM 1.75		9:21PM 1.22	10:55AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		12:17AM 0.99		12:14PM -0.01	12:27AM 0.95			1:41AM 1.00		1:35PM 0.23	1:43AM 1.02		1:08PM 0.01	12:40AM 0.98		3:59PM 0.34	1:32AM 0.97	4:21AM 1.04	4:49PM 0.43	2:36AM 0.94	5:22AM 1.03	4:21PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	27	21	23	23	21	21	22	25	26	26	23	23	23	18	21	28	19	28	28	20	27	23
Low °C	24	21	22	22	19	20	21	25	23	26	21	21	21	18	19	28	19	27	27	20	27	22
Chill °C (?)	27	21	23	23	21	21	22	25	26	26	23	23	23	17	21	28	19	28	28	20	27	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	7:08	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.9 SE	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.5 S	0.9 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.5 E	2.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 SE	1.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 ENE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	7	8	11	9	8	11	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	1.1 SSE	0.7 S	2.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.4 SW	1.0 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	14	11	11	11	12	9	8	11	11	10	9	10	9	12	9	9	9	9	7	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.6 W	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	2.3 NE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	10	4	7	-	4	4	4	8	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Sunday 31				Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	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	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.5 E	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	1.9 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.1 N
Period(s)	12	12	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	13	10	10
Energy	502	533	342	710	1474	1492	1696	956	2992	1086	1629	1207	1198	1659	1401	2367	1470	399	939	1471	1083	936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:15PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.78			5:58AM 1.95					8:30PM 1.79			4:56AM 1.56	6:07AM 1.69				7:35PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)						12:18AM 0.93				12:14PM -0.01				12:33AM 0.98								1:41AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	-	4	-	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	20	27	23	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	26	20	19	20	20	21	21	26	19	25	25
Chill °C (?)	20	27	23	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	26	20	19	20	20	21	21	26	19	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	5.0 SSE	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.1 N
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.3 SE	1.6 S	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	2.5 E	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 NNW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	12	15	14	7	7	11	15	11	17	10	11	10	15	12	10	9	9	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	1.5 SSE	-	-	1.3 E	-	1.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.8 SSE	2.3 NW	-	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	-	-	7	-	7	4	5	-	5	-	-	10	-	4	8	-	7	6

	Sunday 31														Monday 01
	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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Takegashima Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	0.9 ESE	1.5 S	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	11	13	11	11	13	13	11	14	14	14
Energy	509	516	502	553	765	533	599	606	342	692	305	710	1107	1402	1474	1474	1492	1492	1155	1046	1696	1706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									5:15PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.78											5:58AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)																12:17AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	20	20	21	27	28	25	23	21	22	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	20	20	21	27	28	25	23	21	22	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	5:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 E	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	15	11	13	14	14	7	7	15	14	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	1.4 S	0.5 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	9	3	-	-	3	-	-	12	3	12	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

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