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

	Fri		Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	0.1 SE	2.0 ESE	0.7 NE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 NNE	1.7 NE	1.3 NNE	0.8 E	0.5 ESE	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	8	8	12	8	8	10	9	9	6	6	7	7	8	6	7	8	-	7	7	8	10	9
Energy	202	790	12	562	69	1317	2148	825	370	450	247	87	61	205	267	15	0	322	215	89	54	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:00AM 1.56		12:41PM 1.39	2:56AM 1.63		1:43PM 1.31		3:30AM 1.59	3:17PM 1.46		3:59AM 1.65	4:15PM 1.62		4:25AM 1.69	6:00PM 1.71		4:59AM 1.80	5:55PM 1.75		5:09AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	5:31PM 0.43	6:14PM 0.54	7:54AM 1.16		7:46PM 0.59	9:09AM 0.75		8:55PM 0.60	9:35AM 0.78		9:24PM 0.43	10:10AM 0.61		10:19PM 0.59	10:42AM 0.45		11:53PM 0.64	11:20AM 0.21		11:36PM 0.75	11:38AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	-	-	5	9	3	9	20	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	18	20	20	19	16	15	14	19	22	19	19	20	24	14	15	15	17	19	18
Low °C	14	14	16	18	20	19	19	16	15	13	19	19	18	18	19	23	13	15	15	15	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	18	20	20	19	15	12	13	19	22	19	18	20	24	13	14	15	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:16	-
Sunset	6:47	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.7 NE	-	2.4 E	2.0 E	1.1 SE	1.3 NE	1.3 NNE	0.8 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	6	6	8	-	9	9	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	6	6	8	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	6	12	15	7	-	-	13	12	6	6	12	12	7	7	8	-	8	12	3	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ESE	-	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.7 N	2.1 NNE	1.7 NE	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SW	-	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	8	-	10	9	6	6	6	-	4	6	6	7	5	-	7	7	4	4	-

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	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8
Energy	273	202	241	303	790	943	929	1076	1023	1227	1898	1044	1044	1044	1025	215	261	984	1720	845	825	1098
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 1.34					1:53AM 1.34								2:53AM 1.53				1:50PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				6:14PM 0.54				7:54AM 1.16				7:39PM 0.55					9:41AM 0.94			8:57PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	heavy rain	clear	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	58	-	-	7
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	18	17	17	16	16	15	16	20	20	19	15	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	13	14	15	13	14	18	16	17	16	16	15	16	20	20	19	14	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.1 SW	2.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 E	2.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	9	-	-	-	7	10	10	9	9	11	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	5	11	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	-	0.4 NNW	-	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	1.7 N	2.3 E
Period (s)	3	5	5	4	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	7	-	9	9	6	8

	Friday 24	Saturday 25
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.4 SE	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 E	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s)	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	9	8	8	9
Energy	282	160	179	182	174	202	206	236	192	51	271	183	181	171	200	41	41	46	162	909	1242	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	11	16	14	11	12	12	11	21	20	16	13	17	16	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	15	13	10	11	11	10	21	20	15	12	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.4 SSE	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 E	0.3 SE	1.9 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	9	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	12	6	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.2 NNW	1.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.6 E	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.1 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	7	5	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	-	8	8	-

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