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

	Thu	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Shida Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	3	5	4	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	9	7	8	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	14	15
Energy(?)	540	1148	2570	1519	258	1279	329	95	107	206	165	221	177	239	203	274	865	1869	691	1363	1004	1124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 1.25	10:06AM 1.09		2:08AM 1.29	7:37AM 1.14			3:11AM 1.38				1:38PM 1.17			3:09PM 1.31		3:09AM 1.35	3:46PM 1.35		4:26AM 1.40	5:42PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		6:15AM 1.02		6:13PM 0.43	6:27AM 1.14		8:13PM 0.45	9:03AM 0.83					8:12PM 0.46	8:09AM 0.60			9:16AM 0.53		9:28PM 0.34	10:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	22	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	21	19	22	19	17	17	19	24	15	19	16	16	24	22	23	24	16	16	23	22
Low °C	17	21	20	18	18	18	15	13	17	23	14	19	14	16	23	22	22	23	14	15	23	21
Chill °C (?)	17	22	21	18	22	18	16	16	19	24	15	19	16	16	24	22	23	24	15	15	23	22
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.1 SE	-	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	11	8	-	9	7	11	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.5 W	0.8 SE	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	9	7	9	7	6	5	4	6	7	6	6	5	17	-	12	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	0.5 W	3.0 SW	0.7 NE	1.0 NW	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	3	8	4	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	7

	Thu		Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Takegashima Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Choshi Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	0	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.4 S	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.7 ESE	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	0.7 ESE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	5	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	11	8	9	8	7	10	7
Energy(?)	103	71	97	352	250	727	890	3166	2844	1603	1277	1136	795	848	598	201	1096	825	1419	682	111	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:25AM 1.25			10:35AM 1.39					2:26AM 1.16		7:51AM 1.01	9:39AM 1.11					2:56AM 1.24	3:17AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	4:43PM 0.34								5:40PM 0.65								5:53PM 0.50	6:38PM 0.38				7:29AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	4	1	4	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	18	16	18	22	21	20	18	19	17	16	19	17	22	19	17	16	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	17	14	18	22	21	20	18	19	16	16	19	17	22	19	17	15	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SE	2.0 WSW	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	11	10	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	7	8	9	8	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 SE
Period (s)	11	10	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	7	11	11	11	11	11	9	-	11	7	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.4 S	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.6 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	0.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	4	4	5	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	3	8	9	8	7	4	7

	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Takegashima Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Choshi Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	0	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	4	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	1.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	0.3 SE	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	0.6 ESE	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	9	5	6	6	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	8	9	7
Energy(?)	77	51	51	74	59	392	276	24	241	280	388	146	175	250	299	893	383	426	501	948	64	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)										12:20AM 1.28							7:05AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	2	2	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	17	16	18	19	17	17	17	18	15	15	16	17	20	17	17	17	19	22	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	14	17	18	16	16	16	17	14	14	14	15	20	15	15	15	18	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.6 S	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	11	9	8	8	11	11	10	11	8	9	-	9	9	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	11	4	4	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	8	8	7

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