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

	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yona Bay Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	4	4	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 SW	1.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 NE	1.7 N	0.8 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 NNW	0.5 SE	0.6 E	2.0 SSE	3.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	6	7	8	9	12	6	9	9	6	8	9	9	8	11	12
Energy(?)	2728	1194	1290	293	85	134	100	231	318	126	71	53	19	73	113	322	1501	638	685	279	187	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 1.54	7:04AM 1.61		8:31PM 1.45	7:25AM 1.55		8:17PM 1.05	6:30AM 1.27		9:16PM 1.06	8:26AM 1.48		12:28AM 1.16	8:07AM 1.21		2:31AM 1.35			2:45AM 1.09	3:17AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		12:19PM 0.18	1:22AM 0.74		1:46PM 0.20	1:48AM 0.85		1:17PM 0.13	1:05AM 0.76		2:45PM 0.20	12:39AM 1.00		5:01PM 0.48		4:09AM 1.15	5:20PM 0.51		8:05AM 1.10		6:25PM 0.34	8:57AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	11	23	7	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	23	17	14	18	20	12	15	11	21	17	17	17	20	20	20	20	18	21
Low °C	16	18	16	16	22	14	14	18	19	10	15	10	20	15	15	15	19	18	20	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	17	23	17	14	18	20	10	15	10	21	17	16	17	20	20	19	20	18	21
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:13	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 SE	0.6 E	-	1.1 SE	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	8	6	9	9	-	8	9	9	8	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.6 N
Period (s)	11	15	13	8	6	6	6	9	9	9	5	7	8	11	11	-	-	9	8	11	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 SW	0.5 NE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	-	1.4 NE	1.7 N	1.1 NW	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	10	4	6	7	-	6	7	4	-	-	10	3	5	6	8	-	-	4	-	6

	Sunday 05						Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.6 NNE	1.9 S	2.2 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	8	9	8	6	8	7
Energy(?)	1352	1443	1285	1194	822	1133	1027	1296	1057	888	388	393	230	87	92	282	113	74	241	260	541	744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						7:54PM 1.54			5:52AM 1.33						9:15PM 1.45			7:39AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				1:15PM 0.15				12:06AM 0.74				12:31PM 0.21				1:19AM 0.85				2:35PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	9	1	-	6	-
Temp. °C	17	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	17	18	18	18	22	22	16	16	14	17	17	12	16
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	17	18	18	18	22	22	15	15	14	17	17	10	16
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	2.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	0.9 NE	1.9 S	1.3 NE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	9	9	8	8	9	8	5	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	10	15	15	9	9	8	14	9	8	8	7	9	6	6	8	7	6	6	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	-	0.2 NNE	1.5 NE	1.6 NNE	-	2.2 NNE
Period (s)	3	10	-	-	-	9	9	10	9	9	-	8	7	5	5	7	-	2	6	6	-	7

	Sunday 05	Mon
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	2.1 S	0.7 NW	0.6 E	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 E	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	7	8	10	9	8	9	8	10	8
Energy(?)	1994	1517	2407	2224	2885	2728	2332	2624	1855	2350	1299	2945	960	92	79	1563	1168	646	132	508	1468	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:44AM 1.64													7:54PM 1.54	8:04PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)										12:13PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	17	17	16	17	18	20	19	18	19	19	20	20	16	17	16	14	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	16	15	16	17	20	18	18	18	19	20	20	15	17	16	13	16	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 S	0.1 NE	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.1 S	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 S	1.6 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	8	8	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	-	-	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	2.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	15	15	9	10	4	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 S	1.3 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	11	9	9	-	-	10	9	8	3	8	10	4

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