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

	Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 W	1.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.5 ESE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE
Period(s)	10	9	9	8	7	10	10	7	7	8	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Energy	92	126	200	188	156	139	192	667	851	382	78	71	103	98	62	174	367	199	351	142	249	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:33PM 1.52	9:01AM 1.78		10:27PM 1.49	9:39AM 1.52		11:30PM 1.44	10:40AM 1.42		1:19AM 1.38	11:30AM 1.40		2:38AM 1.49	10:42AM 1.07	12:35PM 1.20	2:56AM 1.74	3:10AM 1.61	2:21PM 1.40		3:16AM 1.67	3:30PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		2:45AM 0.99	3:25AM 1.04	3:00PM 0.40		4:04AM 1.05	4:36PM 0.45		5:29AM 1.10	5:48PM 0.56		6:45AM 1.20		7:27PM 0.64	6:16AM 0.93		8:26PM 0.64	9:27AM 0.66		8:46PM 0.70	9:33AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	23	22	19	21	18	19	17	20	16	17	19	16	20	21	23	22	21	18	18	20
Low °C	18	17	22	21	18	20	16	17	15	19	13	16	18	15	19	20	23	22	20	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	23	22	19	21	18	18	15	20	14	16	19	16	20	21	23	22	21	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:20	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:43	-
Sunset	6:55	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.5 ESE	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	10	6	9	8	7	7	10	11	10	8	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.1 N	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.1 SW	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	5	9	6	-	10	10	-	-	-	10	7	-	6	-	12	12	9	9	6	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 W	-	0.8 NW	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	7	-	4	3	-	-	3	5	-	3	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 06				Thursday 07								Friday 08								Sat
	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	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 S	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE
Period(s)	9	5	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	6	10	8	10	6	10	10	11
Energy	157	225	213	102	126	208	208	216	217	207	207	217	212	222	216	210	217	267	288	200	208	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low-flow	low	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					9:37PM 1.56			8:15AM 1.63					10:25PM 1.51			8:11AM 1.38	9:10AM 1.56				11:30PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		2:33PM 0.11	3:38PM 0.25								3:44PM 0.35								3:51PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	18	21	17	19	22	22	19	22	24	24	20	18	23	19	19	21	20	19	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	21	18	21	17	19	22	22	19	22	24	24	20	18	23	18	19	21	20	19	15	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 S	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	6	5	9	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	6	8	10	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	10	6	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	11	8	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	3	4	6	4	3	6

	Wednesday 06	Thursday 07
	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	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s)	9	10	9	5	10	7	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	156	92	248	181	91	63	151	92	130	179	179	161	123	241	139	84	150	126	116	266	241	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)													9:28PM 1.58	10:21PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)							3:03PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	20	18	18	21	21	19	18	22	22	19	17	21	18	17	18	16	16	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	21	18	20	18	18	21	21	19	18	22	22	19	17	21	18	17	18	16	16	18	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	9	5	10	7	7	10	5	9	9	10	10	9	9	6	6	9	6	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	6	10	5	9	9	5	10	6	6	7	5	6	11	9	9	6	9	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	6	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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