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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	7	5	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	4	6	6	6	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 ESE	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	4.0 E	5.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	11	11	9	9	6	6	6	8	7	7	11	11	9	11	10	10	11	8
Energy	1472	1243	6917	4630	1176	998	558	297	192	69	119	438	255	266	1024	766	2247	5987	5250	5091	1249	695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:00PM 1.73	6:34AM 1.67		8:19PM 1.59	6:31AM 1.46		8:58PM 1.55	9:03AM 1.64		9:49PM 1.54	8:56AM 1.51		9:14PM 1.29	7:30AM 1.17		11:37PM 1.69	10:58AM 1.47		12:28AM 1.64	10:21AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)		12:16PM -0.08	1:24AM 1.03		1:32PM 0.21	1:36AM 0.99		1:41PM 0.15	2:17AM 0.99	3:25AM 0.99	3:59PM 0.34		3:31AM 0.99	3:33PM 0.44	2:32AM 0.98		4:37PM 0.50		5:32AM 0.97	5:13PM 0.62		5:05AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	38	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	24	26	27	21	18	20	19	28	28	20	22	23	19	20	24	23	24	25	21	22
Low °C	20	20	22	23	25	20	18	18	19	27	28	20	21	22	18	19	23	20	22	24	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	20	24	26	27	21	18	20	19	28	28	20	22	23	19	20	24	23	24	25	21	22
Sunrise	4:31	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:22
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.4 SSW	2.0 E	1.8 E	-	1.1 S	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	11	11	9	9	8	6	6	8	6	7	11	11	-	9	10	10	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 E	3.5 E	2.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 W	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	9	12	6	9	7	7	14	-	7	-	12	9	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	-	1.0 NW	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	-	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	4.0 E	5.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 E	0.6 WSW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	-	4	3	5	6	6	7	-	7	7	-	-	9	11	10	10	3	3

	Tuesday 02						Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	7	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 N	3.5 S	2.5 S	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	13	13	13	9	13	12	13	13	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	9
Energy	1401	1472	1291	1243	1536	346	6917	3219	10628	4630	2236	1176	2937	1588	998	551	803	558	512	297	61	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:56AM 1.56					8:28PM 1.65				6:34AM 1.67				7:33PM 1.33				6:31AM 1.46				8:22PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)				12:16PM -0.08				1:24AM 1.03				1:32PM 0.21				1:36AM 0.99				1:41PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	5	-
Temp. °C	20	22	20	20	17	26	23	22	23	23	26	27	22	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	20	22	20	20	16	26	23	22	23	23	26	27	22	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	19	17
Sunrise	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 N	3.5 S	2.5 ESE	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	9	13	10	13	13	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 SW	1.3 SSE	3.5 E	2.5 S	3.0 ESE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.2 SE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.2 W	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	10	10	17	8	10	12	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	4	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	1.1 W	0.7 NW	2.1 N	2.5 N	0.4 NW	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	3.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	7	4	7	7	5	-	-	5	4	4	4	-	3	9	5	-	12

	Tuesday 02																				Wed
	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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Oku Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	7	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 N	1.4 N	2.1 NNW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	9	9	9	13	13	13
Energy	1587	1463	1401	1594	1445	1472	1430	1410	1291	1291	1273	1243	1305	2833	1536	750	346	346	785	8443	6917	6917
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:56AM 1.56																8:28PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)										12:16PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	17	25	17	18	26	26	26	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	16	25	16	18	26	26	26	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	6.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 N	1.4 N	2.1 NNW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	9	9	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	4.0 ESE	0.8 SW	0.2 E	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E
Period (s)	10	16	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	10	8	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	8.5 SSE	-	-	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	14	-	-	7	7	7	4	4	4

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