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

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Nagahama Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	158	247	227	208	242	318	1158	1569	2948	2601	2168	1614	1165	1384	1826	2634	2049	2214	1796	3709	1416	1131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					3:09PM 1.24		4:02AM 1.34	4:01PM 1.36		5:16AM 1.82	5:42PM 1.89		6:19AM 1.85		6:59PM 1.89	6:49AM 1.91			6:55AM 1.90		8:23PM 1.82	7:53AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						9:33PM 0.37	9:59AM 0.48		10:12PM 0.40	11:26AM 0.21				12:06PM 0.03	12:54AM 0.39			11:14PM 0.58		1:53PM -0.12	2:03AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	2	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	24	19	25	24	23	23	16	21	20	15	13	23	22	18	17	16	22	18	20	16
Low °C	19	19	23	18	24	23	23	23	15	19	17	11	10	23	22	17	17	15	20	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	24	19	25	24	23	23	16	21	20	13	11	23	22	18	16	16	22	17	20	16
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	10	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 N	0.3 N	1.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	4	6	7	5	5	-	-	-	-	13	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.7 E	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	-	-	1.1 SE	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	5	-	4	5	-	-	-	5	5	8	4	3	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	-

	Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	17	16	16
Energy(?)	329	210	225	243	286	247	272	272	255	218	263	227	234	235	243	299	503	589	1022	1158	1228	1569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						2:09PM 1.11					4:23AM 1.63				4:55PM 1.59				5:09AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)								8:50PM 0.37					10:57AM 0.56								11:30AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	3	2	-
Temp. °C	18	24	25	25	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	24	25	18	25	24	23	16	18	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	18	24	25	25	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	24	25	18	25	24	23	16	18	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	5	5	5	11	11	8	8	8	11	6	4	13	6	5	5	5	17	18	5	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	-	6	3	6	-	-	4	5	-	5	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 13
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	301	206	206	206	291	291	291	165	133	133	140	243	149	167	152	152	270	128	161	153	147	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:26AM 1.19												3:59PM 1.53	4:05PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	24	24	24	18	18	18	19	19	15	15	25	25	16	25	26	25	18	18	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	18	24	24	24	18	18	18	19	19	14	14	25	25	15	25	26	25	18	18	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	6	6	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	14	5	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5

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