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

	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Kojima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Hebara Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Torami Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	3	2	2	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	2.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.5 NE	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 E	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.4 ENE	1.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	1.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	6	8	7	7	6	12	11	8	9	9	10	7	8	11	8	11	7	7	6	5	9	10
Energy	110	889	286	229	179	1119	2264	3051	1126	1243	1118	634	256	89	229	51	66	228	300	67	288	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:51PM 1.53	8:37AM 1.51		9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		11:22PM 1.53	10:26AM 1.13		11:42PM 1.27	10:31AM 1.02	1:20PM 1.43	12:43AM 1.32		12:13PM 1.08	2:31AM 1.83		2:50PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		2:59PM 0.31		3:12AM 1.01	3:33PM 0.44	2:56AM 0.88		4:30PM 0.55		5:17AM 0.86	3:35PM 0.51		5:18AM 0.77		6:09PM 0.71	8:39AM 0.69	5:26PM 0.77	8:30PM 0.98	9:24AM 0.44		9:28PM 1.03	9:12AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	15	1	-	-	-	39	-	80	1	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	25	20	20	23	23	18	20	24	20	22	21	22	23	25	22	24	24	21	23	20	20	22
Low °C	24	20	20	23	22	17	20	21	20	21	21	21	22	24	21	22	21	20	22	19	20	22
Chill °C (?)	25	20	20	23	23	18	20	24	20	22	21	22	23	25	22	24	24	21	23	20	20	22
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:37
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:19	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	1.5 SE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	7	7	7	12	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	5	9	11	7	7	6	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	7	11	11	7	7	8	9	11	10	8	9	6	6	6	8	7	9	15	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	2.4 ENE	3.5 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ENE	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	8	-	7	6	-	11	8	4	-	-	7	5	7	8	6	-	-	6	5	-	2

	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.5 NE
Period(s)	11	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	6	8	12	12	12	11	11	8	8
Energy	75	147	206	110	98	889	502	675	286	226	219	229	213	179	157	1286	1119	1101	941	2264	1093	3051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:36PM 1.84			8:24AM 1.79					9:51PM 1.53			8:37AM 1.51					9:37PM 1.23			7:55AM 1.16	10:23AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:00AM 1.14				2:59PM 0.31					3:30AM 1.05				4:16PM 0.45			2:56AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	58	7
Temp. °C	22	24	23	24	27	20	20	21	20	22	22	23	23	23	23	18	17	17	18	20	23	21
Chill °C (?)	22	24	23	24	27	20	20	21	20	22	22	23	23	23	23	18	17	17	18	20	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 S	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	11	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	6	7	12	7	7	7	11	11	11	13	7	7	7	7	7	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	2.2 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.5 NE
Period (s)	4	6	6	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	8

	Thu	Friday 05
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 SE	2.0 ESE	1.3 SE
Period(s)	11	11	11	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	67	67	75	72	60	147	201	206	206	208	208	110	111	112	98	98	12	889	773	352	502	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:36PM 1.84											8:24AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)						3:00AM 1.14											1:35PM 0.26	2:59PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	25	27	27	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	25	27	27	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	2.0 ESE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.0 SE	-	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	8	8	-	8

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