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

	Tue		Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Katagai Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.7 N	1.5 N	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	6
Energy(?)	132	344	298	124	72	67	102	277	280	830	1693	954	171	216	208	190	186	228	254	303	452	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:57PM 1.51	8:41AM 1.65		9:09PM 1.05	6:33AM 1.30		1:10AM 1.32	11:01AM 1.42		2:40AM 1.51	7:42AM 1.17			3:20AM 1.56	2:29PM 1.15			3:23PM 1.25			4:08PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	3:11PM 0.13		3:03AM 0.99	3:15PM 0.47	12:16AM 1.01		5:39PM 0.63		5:18AM 1.12		6:45PM 0.46	4:46AM 1.15		8:13PM 0.45	9:20AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	16	1	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	19	13	13	15	13	17	22	21	19	18	25	23	25	20	20	20	23	22	23	24
Low °C	16	18	18	12	12	14	13	15	22	21	18	18	25	21	24	20	19	19	22	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	15	18	19	12	13	15	13	17	22	21	18	18	25	23	25	20	20	20	23	22	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	6:02	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 SW	1.5 N	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	6	8	8	11	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	8	10	7	9	6	11	8	-	-	-	10	8	8	7	4	5	5	-	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.7 N	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 SW	-	0.8 SSE	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	4	-	2	-	4	6	6	8	8	9	6	-	6	4	4	4	5	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07				Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Fri
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Susuki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.8 NE	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	12	8	9	9	8	6	6	6
Energy(?)	282	351	545	95	362	374	465	421	569	396	62	51	53	50	67	66	72	102	53	212	277	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									9:40AM 1.67				10:12PM 1.24			8:37AM 1.23						12:31AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			3:06PM 0.14			12:29AM 0.94	3:42AM 1.03				3:54PM 0.27				3:14AM 1.21				4:45PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	9	9	9	18	18	19	20	14	13	12	13	13	14	15	13	16	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	6	7	7	17	17	19	20	14	12	12	13	13	14	15	13	16	15	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	1.6 N	1.4 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	12	8	9	9	8	9	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	0.4 E	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	10	10	6	8	9	7	5	8	6	11	7	11	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.8 NE	1.5 NNE	0.9 NE	1.5 NNE	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.3 NNE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	3	5	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	6	6	6

	Tuesday 07	Wednesday 08
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Susuki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	1.7 N	1.9 NE	1.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.9 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	10	6	8	9	9	8	7	9	8	8	9	8	8	6
Energy(?)	206	260	260	118	139	178	28	28	16	227	572	432	42	779	321	96	183	182	124	120	116	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													9:13PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)							3:56PM 0.41											2:25AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	15	16	16	21	20	20	19	15	11	9	13	11	9	6	6	9	6	5	10
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	14	15	15	21	20	20	18	14	8	4	10	8	8	3	3	7	3	2	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	1.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	8	9	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	7	7	9	8	8	6	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	13	6	6	10	10	9	8	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.5 NNE	-	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.7 N	1.9 NE	0.9 NE	2.0 NW	1.9 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 W	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 E	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	3	2	3	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	4	6	8	7	7	4	4	4	3	3	6

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