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 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07
	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	Gomoda Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Nunoshima Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Bowls Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	2	4	3	2	2	0	2	3	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SE	0.3 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 NNW	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9
Energy	1035	828	722	3246	625	589	264	13	328	1035	1266	473	1036	470	116	34	201	106	100	149	186	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:19AM 1.85			5:31AM 1.75		6:44PM 1.73	4:28AM 1.48		7:08PM 1.70	6:20AM 1.72		6:54PM 1.22	5:23AM 1.40		7:44PM 1.22	6:21AM 1.45		8:16PM 1.16	6:19AM 1.24		9:20PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29AM 0.61	11:51AM 0.23		11:45PM 0.61		12:08PM 0.06	12:18AM 0.83	11:25AM 0.11	12:37PM 0.15	12:38AM 0.76		1:08PM 0.18	11:57PM 0.78		12:02PM 0.15	12:40AM 0.86		1:46PM 0.04	1:02AM 0.87		2:02PM 0.10	1:51AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	29	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	4	-	-	-	-	16	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	19	17	17	19	18	19	21	23	19	20	19	21	20	18	19	20	20	22	21	18
Low °C	18	12	15	15	16	19	17	18	21	21	18	18	17	18	19	16	19	20	18	20	21	17
Chill °C (?)	20	15	18	15	16	19	18	19	21	23	19	20	18	21	20	18	19	20	20	22	21	18
Sunrise	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SE	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.8 SW	0.5 S	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	-	8	9	9	10	10	9	6	9	10	8	10	10	9	7	8	7	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	9	12	8	9	8	7	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	5	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.7 E	1.1 E	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	8	8	-	8	4	9	-	-	5	-	-

	Thu		Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	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	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Torami Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.8 E	1.3 E	2.5 ESE	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	10	10
Energy	70	353	283	1195	611	1241	1543	1344	439	209	213	286	1092	1541	447	1260	893	605	306	217	210	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					5:07AM 1.74								4:02AM 1.36					6:02PM 1.48			4:31AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)			11:19PM 0.59				11:38AM 0.22				11:49PM 0.76				10:25AM 0.13				10:55PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	6	1	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	18	18	19	20	18	20	15	15	13	14	15	14	19	23	19	19	19	19	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	21	18	18	19	20	18	20	15	14	13	13	14	13	19	23	19	19	19	19	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-
Sunset	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.8 E	1.3 E	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 ESE	1.2 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	-	-	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	7	7	-	-	8	8	-	9	10	9	9	9	9	3	9	11	11	9	8	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 NW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	9	8	6	8	7	-	-	10	9	8	8	-	2	2	7

	Thursday 30	Friday 01
	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	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Torami Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	0.4 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE	3.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSE
Period(s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	53	256	386	615	734	683	1055	16	1454	992	2412	1070	522	645	533	465	1001	1001	1039	1670	1874	1666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	on	off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:28PM 1.91										3:39AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)								10:02PM 0.73	11:19PM 0.71											10:19AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	3	3	1	14	6	5	5	6	3	2
High °C	21	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	18	18	19	20	17	17	17	17	20	20	19	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	21	18	18	17	17	16	17	11	17	17	19	20	16	16	16	16	19	19	18	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.3 SE	1.1 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	-	-	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.1 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	9	7	13	13	13	13	6	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	13	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	13	13	13	-	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	0.4 NNE	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE	3.5 ESE	1.5 SSW	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	8	3	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

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