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

	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Corners Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 ESE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	0.4 E	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.0 NNE	1.4 NNE
Period(s)	14	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	11	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	6	9
Energy	1937	508	629	1541	1680	2285	2364	1494	729	1075	2125	3887	721	603	64	293	297	218	194	181	396	373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			6:39PM 1.66	5:34AM 1.69		7:15PM 1.68	6:07AM 1.69		8:28PM 1.65	6:50AM 1.96		8:00PM 1.48	6:53AM 1.56		9:36PM 1.84	8:55AM 1.88		10:41PM 1.68	9:56AM 1.75		2:04AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			12:00AM 0.97		12:24PM 0.17	12:38AM 0.97		12:30PM 0.09	1:41AM 1.00		1:35PM 0.23	1:23AM 0.96		1:41PM 0.15	3:00AM 1.14	3:23AM 1.06	3:59PM 0.34		4:21AM 1.04	4:49PM 0.43	7:17PM 0.55	7:36AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	1	25	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	21	20	23	24	20	20	22	25	29	27	21	22	23	22	27	28	26	28	28	23	26
Low °C	25	17	19	22	21	18	19	22	25	25	25	20	21	22	21	27	28	26	26	28	22	26
Chill °C (?)	26	21	20	23	24	20	20	22	25	29	27	21	22	23	22	27	28	26	28	28	23	26
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	6:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 ESE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 NNE	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	14	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	11	12	10	9	7	8	8	8	9	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	5	10	10	10	12	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 W	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	-	6	10	5	7	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Sunday 31						Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nomozaki Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa
Rating	4	4	3	3	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 NNW
Period(s)	12	14	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	13	13	9
Energy	1177	1937	505	508	185	1020	629	1656	1141	1541	1741	1680	1203	1535	2285	1504	1506	2364	499	1494	1475	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:30AM 1.92			5:43PM 1.37	6:55PM 1.88			5:34AM 1.69					7:14PM 1.77			6:00AM 1.68	6:07AM 1.69				8:28PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)							12:00AM 0.97	12:18AM 0.93				12:24PM 0.17				12:33AM 0.98				12:30PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	9	6	8	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	20	21	23	20	19	21	19	22	21	24	22	20	19	18	18	19	21	22	22	25
Chill °C (?)	23	25	20	21	23	20	19	21	19	22	21	24	22	20	19	18	18	19	21	22	22	25
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	1.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 NNW
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	15	10	11	10	12	11	5	15	14	10	-	10	17	11	10	10	10	12	15	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.6 S	1.3 ESE	-	0.7 E	-	-	1.9 ESE	-	1.1 SE	-	1.1 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 W
Period (s)	4	4	4	6	3	6	-	6	-	-	8	-	5	-	6	-	-	10	3	5	5	7

	Sunday 31																				Mon
	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	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	3	3	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.2 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	988	1126	1177	1495	1333	1937	509	587	505	556	763	508	577	283	185	319	605	1020	1020	1827	629	1058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				6:30AM 1.92											5:43PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)																					12:00AM 0.97	12:17AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	24	24	25	22	20	20	20	21	21	25	23	23	22	20	20	20	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	24	24	25	22	20	20	20	21	21	25	23	23	22	20	20	20	21	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	12	11	11	13	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	15	11	11	10	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	4	4	4	6	-	6	3	3	5	6	6	11	-	-

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