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

	Mon		Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	8	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 E	2.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 SE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	12	18	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	247	181	202	238	318	1168	1676	2292	2584	3415	2066	2084	3850	1630	2628	2663	2004	1516	2767	1289	919	1521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:43AM 1.26	3:09PM 1.24		4:50AM 1.73			5:51AM 1.78	5:42PM 1.89	6:19PM 1.84	6:02AM 1.87	4:53PM 1.42	7:13PM 2.06	4:30AM 1.55		7:40PM 1.88	7:20AM 1.93		8:23PM 1.82	6:37AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		8:50PM 0.37	9:26AM 0.66		9:33PM 0.37	10:53AM 0.42					12:20AM 0.34			1:10AM 0.41	11:08AM 0.06	1:15PM -0.08	1:28AM 0.48			2:03AM 0.59		1:26PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	18	18	23	23	18	23	22	23	14	13	17	22	17	17	18	20	19	20	20	16
Low °C	19	17	18	17	22	23	17	22	19	19	11	11	16	22	17	17	17	20	18	20	19	16
Chill °C (?)	20	17	18	18	23	23	18	23	22	23	12	11	16	22	17	17	18	20	19	20	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 E	-	1.8 E	1.6 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	12	18	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	-	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.7 ESE	0.1 E	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	5	6	7	5	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	11	-	5	-	6	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 NE	1.3 ENE	2.1 E	1.7 ENE	3.0 ESE	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	2.5 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	8	9	10	-	-	8	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Monday 13				Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	286	247	270	265	255	217	277	219	234	249	243	582	557	777	721	1168	1299	1432	2087	1849	1882	1859
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:09PM 1.11									4:55PM 1.59				3:22AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				8:50PM 0.37					10:57AM 0.56								11:30AM 0.36				10:32PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	4
Temp. °C	19	20	19	20	20	18	17	18	25	18	25	18	17	23	16	23	23	23	16	22	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	20	20	18	17	18	25	18	25	18	17	23	16	23	23	23	16	22	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	6	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	8	11	6	6	13	6	6	5	19	19	17	5	5	7	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	5	6	-	5	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-

	Monday 13														Tuesday 14
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	159	286	286	247	247	176	181	144	149	162	144	160	194	233	27	143	146	146	172	148	185	185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				4:56AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)														10:24PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	20	18	17	17	25	18	24	17	17	24	17	24	24	23	16	23	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	20	18	17	17	25	18	24	17	17	24	17	24	24	23	16	23	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	11	10	5	10	10	10	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.2 N	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.8 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	-	4	5	5	10	5	5	5	5	11	5	5	5	-	4	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	-	-	1.1 ESE	-	0.7 SW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	5	-	-	6	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-

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