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

	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	9	8	8	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	16	15	16	16	14
Energy(?)	153	54	599	756	360	1038	654	481	240	213	114	182	235	225	339	648	604	2529	3241	1767	1830	2178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			12:20AM 1.28	10:06AM 1.09		2:07AM 1.26				3:20AM 1.29	2:29PM 1.15		3:50AM 1.50	3:30PM 1.46			2:40PM 1.28					4:01AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 0.39		6:15AM 1.02	5:16PM 0.39		7:33AM 1.04		7:52PM 0.44	9:09AM 0.87		8:46PM 0.45	9:36AM 0.77						8:44AM 0.42			10:17AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	55	14	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	16	16	19	22	18	19	17	21	23	25	19	17	18	14	23	24	23	23	23	23	17	17
Low °C	15	16	17	20	17	18	16	21	21	24	19	15	17	14	22	23	22	22	22	23	14	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	22	18	18	17	21	23	25	19	17	18	14	23	24	23	23	23	23	17	16
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	11	8	11	10	10	8	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	16	15	16	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 N	1.7 SSE	1.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	-	-	-	11	11	8	6	5	7	6	5	6	14	18	6	-	8	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	4	7	7	7	9	8	8	3	3	5	4	5	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Katahama Shizuoka	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Shida Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	9	8	8	8	9	7	5	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	61	65	65	65	86	94	103	118	91	1017	340	1543	1437	1101	2786	2114	1433	1279	1402	1424	1166	1353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 1.12			8:37AM 1.23				6:20PM 0.28		12:21AM 1.14			9:41AM 1.34					2:33AM 1.34		7:42AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)							4:43PM 0.34								5:40PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	2	9	8	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	11	14	16	16	16	10	14	17	16	18	20	21	21	19	18	18	17	20	20	18
Chill °C (?)	13	14	10	14	15	16	16	8	14	17	16	18	20	21	21	19	18	18	17	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSE	0.3 ESE	2.2 S	2.1 S	-	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 SW
Period (s)	8	6	9	8	8	8	9	7	8	7	11	8	8	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	5	9	6	8	8	8	11	-	10	11	-	10	9	-	-	-	9	7	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.5 SE	0.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	4	4	4	8	5	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8

	Wed	Thursday 09
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Katahama Shizuoka	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Shida Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.3 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	12	8	8	8	12	6	8	12	8	10	10	12	11	11	4	9	5	8	8	7
Energy(?)	63	63	78	41	112	112	69	8	50	76	66	68	77	41	70	73	58	74	109	48	48	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 1.12											8:57AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)						2:26AM 1.07	3:35AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	12	14	14	11	11	12	13	13	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	12	13	13	10	9	12	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	7	12	8	8	8	12	6	8	12	8	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	5	9	7	8	8	8	7	6	8	4	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	3	3	2	3	-	4	-	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4

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