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

	Fri		Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa
Rating	3	2	2	1	4	3	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 E	2.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 ENE	1.9 SW	0.8 S	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	7	12	12	11	10	11	9	11	10	7	6	8	7	7	5	9	8	7	8	8
Energy	825	337	205	86	1264	939	1496	1360	602	1920	225	750	211	528	80	77	78	694	731	543	108	348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:01PM 1.63	8:37AM 1.52		9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		11:22PM 1.53	11:43AM 1.12		10:35PM 1.32	11:20AM 1.01	1:25PM 1.39	1:22AM 1.46		3:00PM 1.60	1:33AM 1.57		4:20PM 1.69	1:46AM 1.34		5:11PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			3:12AM 1.02	2:23PM 0.40	2:56AM 0.88		5:03PM 0.63		6:15AM 0.78	4:50PM 0.63		5:47AM 0.73		6:46PM 0.81	7:24AM 0.69		7:11PM 0.84	9:32AM 0.49		8:25PM 0.95	9:12AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	2	-	28	-	-	-	-	28	33	-	-	3
High °C	20	22	23	21	18	20	23	20	22	23	21	25	25	22	22	23	22	23	22	23	23	24
Low °C	20	21	22	20	17	19	23	19	21	22	20	23	25	20	20	22	21	22	22	20	22	24
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	21	18	20	23	20	22	23	21	25	25	22	22	23	22	23	22	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:37	-
Sunset	7:07	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.4 E	0.6 S	0.5 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.7 SW	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	7	12	12	11	10	11	9	11	10	8	11	8	7	7	5	9	10	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	11	8	7	7	8	7	12	4	7	9	5	8	9	10	7	11	-	-	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.4 NNE	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 S	1.8 SW	0.3 NW	0.6 S	-	1.2 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 SW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	4	11	7	7	6	8	3	7	-	6	8	7	3	-

	Friday 05				Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nomozaki Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	12	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	11	10
Energy	98	825	554	573	337	279	253	205	68	86	93	1261	1264	1116	1087	939	228	1496	1017	653	1360	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					10:01PM 1.63			8:37AM 1.52					9:37PM 1.23			7:55AM 1.16	11:56AM 2.21				11:22PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		2:59PM 0.31					3:30AM 1.05			2:23PM 0.40	3:49PM 0.46			2:56AM 0.88					4:37PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	26	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	22	18	17	18	18	19	23	23	23	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	26	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	22	18	17	18	18	19	23	23	23	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SE
Period (s)	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	7	12	7	7	7	11	11	8	11	7	7	7	7	7	13	8	8	8	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	0.7 SE	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.2 N	0.8 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	4	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	5	5

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	99	98	98	98	88	825	714	662	554	513	593	573	514	344	337	239	684	279	280	253	253	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													9:49PM 1.54	10:01PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)						2:59PM 0.31													3:30AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	26	25	26	20	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	20	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	25	26	26	25	26	20	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	20	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	4	4	4	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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