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

	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating	2	3	2	4	4	4	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SE	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	-	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE
Period(s)	7	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	9	7	8	9	9	4	6	4	7	7	-	7	7	9
Energy	140	209	137	212	875	869	1555	2940	1046	216	355	88	62	68	105	58	33	38	0	122	219	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 1.34	4:38PM 1.54	1:30AM 1.37	11:45AM 1.23		2:56AM 1.63		2:28PM 1.45		3:34AM 1.69	3:36PM 1.57		4:04AM 1.75	4:36PM 1.63		4:25AM 1.69	4:58PM 1.70		5:07AM 1.65	5:34PM 1.71		5:31AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				7:24AM 1.10		7:46PM 0.59	9:05AM 0.97		8:55PM 0.60	9:48AM 0.77		9:50PM 0.48	10:23AM 0.59		10:33PM 0.45	10:42AM 0.45		10:59PM 0.52	11:33AM 0.17		11:19PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	6	2	-	5	7	1	-	29	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	15	14	13	14	17	15	16	18	17	14	21	21	23	19	20	23	14	17	23	16	21	22
Low °C	14	14	13	13	16	15	16	17	17	13	21	21	22	19	19	23	14	13	19	15	20	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	14	17	14	15	17	16	12	21	21	23	19	19	23	14	15	23	15	21	22
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	6:47	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.1 SE	-	3.0 E	2.5 E	0.2 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	15	-	10	10	11	7	8	9	9	7	7	8	7	7	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	5	8	12	-	11	6	-	3	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.3 N	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	6	5	-	2	8	10	-	10	9	5	-	-	-	4	6	4	-	-	-	7	7	9

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	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Okuragahama Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 E
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10
Energy	920	1176	327	307	270	209	271	302	729	897	378	212	583	1518	2097	1310	1219	2056	3030	2278	2008	3512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	11:51PM 1.37				9:26AM 1.34					2:00AM 1.56				12:37PM 1.30				2:31AM 1.46				2:38PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			4:43AM 1.19					6:14PM 0.54				7:28AM 1.05				7:39PM 0.55				8:49AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	4	-	-	1	4	2	1	6
Temp. °C	14	15	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	18	16	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	15	14	15	15	17	15	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	2.3 ESE	-	-	-	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 E
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 NNE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 E
Period (s)	7	8	3	3	3	5	5	4	8	8	4	2	4	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10

	Thu	Friday 24
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Okuragahama Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.5 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 S	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 E
Period(s)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	12	8	9	9	8
Energy	341	548	920	915	396	134	134	133	132	131	140	111	158	113	140	130	230	60	163	95	95	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:51PM 1.37											10:15AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)									5:40AM 1.26												5:57PM 0.49	6:17PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	13	16	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	14	11	13	13	12	15	12	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	0.5 S	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.6 S	0.8 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.3 E
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	12	7	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	0.2 NNW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 N	0.4 NE	1.6 ENE	0.2 N	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	8	7	7	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	4	5	7	3	7	-	4	4	5

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