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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Castles Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	3.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	0.9 N	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.5 SE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 NNW	2.1 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	10	10	10	13	12	8	8	11	10	8	11	13	13	10	8	8	8	13	8
Energy(?)	482	449	320	3208	776	618	724	591	1437	116	290	187	95	718	453	540	294	742	433	557	570	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:40AM 1.29			4:19AM 1.49	1:40PM 1.25		5:02AM 1.71	3:56PM 1.48		5:37AM 1.59	4:42PM 1.79		6:32AM 1.82	3:30PM 1.42		5:02AM 1.36	4:33PM 1.43		4:56AM 1.22	5:14PM 1.43		5:47AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 0.27	9:24AM 1.22		10:33PM 0.18	10:34AM 1.08		10:44PM 0.05	11:09AM 0.71		11:11PM 0.16			10:31PM 0.03	10:31AM 0.67		11:04PM 0.08	10:39AM 0.44		11:34PM 0.15	11:45AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	9
High °C	19	14	14	12	13	11	15	15	13	20	13	14	12	21	11	12	19	19	10	20	9	16
Low °C	19	14	12	10	12	11	13	14	9	20	13	12	12	21	10	11	19	19	10	19	9	15
Chill °C (?)	19	14	14	9	11	10	15	15	13	20	12	13	11	21	9	11	18	18	8	20	6	15
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 N	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.5 SE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 WNW	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	1.2 N	1.0 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	9	9	10	10	10	13	12	9	8	11	10	8	11	13	13	8	9	9	8	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 NNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	6	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	12	12	8	9	10	7	-	14	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	-	3.5 NE	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	1.4 E	-	0.3 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 WNW	2.1 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	2	-	4	5	5	4	8	8	8	8	8

	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 SSE	2.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	3.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	13	13	12
Energy(?)	555	1680	970	1428	589	638	1034	1484	1139	1083	883	246	441	2179	1682	1830	618	527	553	724	614	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:58AM 1.18			11:12AM 1.27	1:09PM 1.55					4:22AM 1.58								4:13AM 1.12			1:45PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)				6:38AM 1.28				8:28PM 0.27					9:36AM 1.17			8:08PM 0.25					9:02AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	14	13	20	15	14	14	14	15	14	19	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	12	20	14	14	14	14	15	14	19	10	10	9	10	11	11	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 E	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW	1.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.3 E	0.7 N	0.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 SE	0.1 E	0.5 N	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	7	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	11	7	8	8	8	8	14	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	2.3 E	-	2.3 ESE	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	-	-	3.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	-	9	-	-	8	11	11	11	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 SE	2.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.2 ESE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.6 SE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	519	1048	1048	515	960	259	342	350	349	392	460	591	535	1751	1705	1660	1552	1513	105	1340	1212	1212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											7:17AM 1.33											6:46PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	12	12	19	13	12	12	12	13	13	19	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	11	11	19	12	10	10	10	12	12	19	3	3	3	5	6	4	5	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.6 SE	2.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	9	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.4 SW	1.1 N	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	15	15	8	8	9	7	7	7	7	13	7	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	5	9	9	3	-	3	6	4	4	4	5	5	-	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10

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