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

	Sun		Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 E	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	0.8 E	2.0 E	1.5 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period(s)	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	145	148	501	102	196	310	346	520	238	276	205	325	345	187	610	599	456	230	555	472	609	659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	off	off	on	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:48AM 1.56		2:16PM 1.49	2:56AM 1.74		12:34PM 1.11			4:26PM 1.76		4:19AM 1.78	2:54PM 1.31	2:08AM 1.45		5:52PM 1.73		5:42AM 1.93		6:51PM 1.87	5:53AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		7:41PM 0.62	8:55AM 0.95		8:26PM 0.64	8:24AM 0.75		8:43PM 0.67	7:55AM 0.56		10:27PM 0.63	10:49AM 0.29		8:21PM 0.75	9:01AM 0.18		11:06PM 0.72		12:19PM -0.03	12:30AM 0.67		12:17PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	17	-	-	8	2	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	7
High °C	20	17	23	19	18	23	21	19	25	20	18	22	20	19	23	21	19	23	22	19	20	19
Low °C	20	16	23	18	16	22	20	18	24	19	18	21	19	18	22	20	18	22	21	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	23	19	18	23	21	19	25	20	18	22	20	19	23	21	19	23	22	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	6:59	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 S	1.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 SE	0.1 E	1.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	7	9	6	7	15	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	11	11	11	11	8	8	10	9	7	11	6	-	7	16	9	15	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 E	0.7 S	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	0.8 E	2.0 E	1.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	9	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Sunday 10				Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wed
	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	Turtles Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	10	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	416	254	247	132	149	181	104	147	103	411	370	315	206	237	261	223	652	290	243	248	520	517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:38PM 1.42				1:24AM 1.39			10:50AM 1.02	1:52PM 1.52				12:45AM 1.31					3:32PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				7:18PM 0.61				8:04AM 1.02				8:35PM 0.66									9:33PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	42
Temp. °C	20	21	22	19	18	17	18	19	19	23	23	18	17	17	17	19	19	24	23	23	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	19	18	17	18	19	19	23	23	18	16	17	17	19	19	24	23	23	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	-	14	-	14	9	11	4	11	11	10	11	9	11	10	10	-	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	-	6	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 10	Monday 11
	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	Turtles Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	8	10	10
Energy	398	268	258	131	142	80	121	148	84	495	495	175	90	90	88	148	46	392	392	401	153	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				12:39PM 1.40													1:59AM 1.44	2:29AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)											7:15PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	20	19	22	22	18	18	18	18	16	16	22	22	22	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	20	19	22	22	18	18	18	17	16	16	22	22	22	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	6	10	10	10	9	10	9	13	13	10	9	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	15	15	4	-	6	5	-	11	6	6	4	11	11	11	-	-	6	6	5	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	-	-	6	-	6	9	9	4	6	6	5	-	-	8	8	8	5	5

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