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 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	6	3	6	9	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	1.2 SSW	3.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 SW	1.7 NNW	2.3 E
Period(s)	6	6	8	7	7	10	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	15	14	15	15	16	10	10
Energy	235	217	467	789	465	58	210	237	1042	1556	812	1654	1415	3214	3301	5488	702	5962	10423	3595	606	1315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 1.54	2:46AM 1.48		4:38PM 1.39		3:37AM 1.51	4:49PM 1.29	7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:09AM 1.65		7:15PM 1.65	6:06AM 1.68		7:51PM 1.64	6:40AM 1.67		9:02PM 1.64	7:31AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01AM 0.33		9:09PM 0.84	9:27AM 0.17		10:52PM 0.93	10:51AM 0.20		12:50AM 0.96			12:00AM 0.97		12:24PM 0.17	12:33AM 0.98			1:11AM 0.98		12:49PM -0.04	2:16AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	6	-	-
High °C	28	22	22	24	23	23	23	23	23	26	25	21	24	26	20	24	23	23	23	22	25	31
Low °C	25	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	24	24	21	23	24	20	23	22	21	23	21	25	28
Chill °C (?)	28	22	22	24	23	23	23	23	23	26	25	21	24	26	20	24	23	23	23	22	25	31
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	1.2 SSW	3.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 SW	1.7 NNW	2.3 E
Period (s)	8	6	9	7	10	10	7	11	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	15	14	15	15	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 E	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	-	0.6 E	0.4 SE	1.1 S
Period (s)	6	7	10	9	11	5	11	6	10	10	17	17	16	10	11	10	9	12	-	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	-	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	-	0.7 NW	-	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 S	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	-	8	7	7	-	6	-	4	4	-	-	-	10	6	6	3	-	12	5	-	4

	Thursday 28						Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Steps Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	1.6 SW	1.3 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period(s)	8	6	8	6	8	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	222	235	256	217	241	115	467	276	533	789	758	465	66	227	58	227	273	210	211	237	242	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:20AM 1.85				4:36PM 1.54			1:47AM 1.39					5:25PM 1.61				3:37AM 1.51				5:24PM 1.44	7:17PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)							9:09PM 0.84				9:17AM 0.22				10:52PM 0.93				10:51AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	23	21	22	24	22	22	22	24	24	23	25	21	22	23	22	22	23	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	24	25	23	21	22	24	22	22	22	24	24	23	25	21	22	23	22	22	23	23	22	23
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 E	0.5 S	1.0 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	7	9	9	9	10	7	7	10	6	9	10	11	11	7	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.8 S	0.3 NE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	6	10	7	6	6	10	16	12	9	10	11	10	7	5	6	6	11	7	6	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	-	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	7	6	-	-	-	4	8	7	7	7	7	7	4	5	-	7	7	6	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 28	Fri
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	8	7	9	9	9	8	8	7
Energy	326	222	222	222	237	235	240	255	256	274	390	217	235	220	241	471	287	115	114	92	467	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:23AM 1.62													4:36PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)																				10:09PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	24	24	24	25	26	22	23	22	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	23	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	22	24	24	24	24	25	26	22	23	22	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	23	23	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	11	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	6	6	6	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	8	4	4	4	8	7

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