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 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			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	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	8	8	11	11	6	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	16	15	14	15	16	14	15
Energy(?)	577	1429	1405	206	960	77	63	41	96	237	172	178	263	447	396	1059	1159	1196	1659	1648	982	2542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:06AM 1.09		2:27AM 1.16	7:37AM 1.14	1:04PM 1.35		3:13AM 1.45				1:38PM 1.17						3:49PM 1.47		3:37AM 1.31			5:10AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				6:27AM 1.14		8:18PM 0.38							8:09AM 0.60					11:08PM 0.33	9:49AM 0.22			11:26AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	20	21	19	17	15	18	17	25	19	23	15	24	23	22	23	22	17	19	17	21
Low °C	22	21	19	18	19	12	11	18	15	24	18	22	14	24	22	22	23	21	16	18	16	19
Chill °C (?)	24	22	19	21	18	17	14	18	17	25	19	23	15	24	23	22	23	22	17	19	16	21
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	1.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	10	8	11	8	7	7	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	16	15	14	15	16	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.5 W	1.1 ESE	-	0.3 NNW	-	1.0 SE	0.7 S	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	11	11	8	8	6	7	6	5	8	6	12	-	7	-	12	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SW	0.6 ENE	1.0 NW	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 NW	0.6 WSW	0.5 E	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.4 W	-	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 E
Period (s)	7	9	9	-	8	3	4	-	6	4	3	5	4	6	-	-	4	-	5	6	7	8

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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	Katahama Shizuoka	Takegashima Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Ozaki Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	0	0	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	0.7 ESE	2.5 WSW	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	0.8 NE	1.0 E	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	11	8	10	8	8	10	11
Energy(?)	89	346	212	285	394	1078	3014	1959	1351	1027	938	1462	888	428	876	206	1246	110	319	137	218	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:25AM 1.25		7:19AM 1.25	10:35AM 1.39					2:31AM 1.35		7:42AM 1.17										1:22PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)							5:40PM 0.65								5:33PM 0.49	7:28PM 0.64				7:29AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	1	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	17	17	22	23	21	19	18	17	17	20	19	21	22	18	16	17	13	13	25	18
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	16	22	23	21	19	18	17	17	20	19	21	22	18	16	17	11	13	25	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.4 S	0.7 ESE	2.0 SW	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	0.8 NE	1.0 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	-	11	11	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	11	8	10	8	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	7	7	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	6	11	11	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	-	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	3	4	-	3	-

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	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Takegashima Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Ozaki Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	0	0	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	-	2.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	0.9 ESE	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	5	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	7	-	7	9	8	8	10	9
Energy(?)	78	58	75	93	364	492	346	604	604	752	260	481	427	1594	393	0	698	62	1117	979	174	1841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				12:17AM 1.09	1:15AM 1.42						7:20AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				12:43AM 1.09			3:47AM 1.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	3	4	4	2	-	-	4	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	17	16	16	20	18	18	19	19	20	17	18	18	22	18	22	17	22	18	19	24	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	14	20	18	17	19	18	20	16	17	16	22	17	22	15	22	16	18	24	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	0.5 ESE	1.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	9	9	-	8	8	8	11	-	-	8	-	-	9	7	9	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	11	12	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.3 SW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	5	5	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	7	9	7	8	8	8	5	9

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