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

	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Choshi Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	2	1	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	0.9 NE	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.7 S	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	10	9	8	11	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	14	14	13	14	16
Energy	511	238	361	219	211	295	200	256	253	543	285	313	622	895	1272	237	105	713	1450	1091	1821	3861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 1.41	2:27AM 1.66	3:20AM 1.60	4:04PM 1.46	2:53AM 1.69		5:01PM 1.52	1:18AM 1.37	3:30AM 1.62	4:35PM 1.79			3:58PM 1.09	2:44AM 1.37			6:11PM 1.76	5:11AM 1.77		6:39PM 1.66	5:58AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01PM 0.78	9:54AM 0.65		8:36PM 0.79	8:59AM 0.49		7:24PM 0.84	10:10AM 0.40		9:59PM 0.91	9:44AM 0.13		9:19PM 0.84	9:56AM 0.06	12:30PM 0.24	11:44PM 0.97			12:00AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	9	1	5	1	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	22	26	26	22	24	26	23	26	26	21	24	24	23	22	24	21	25	26	20	24
Low °C	23	23	21	25	26	22	23	26	22	23	25	21	24	24	20	22	24	19	24	23	19	23
Chill °C (?)	24	25	22	26	26	22	24	26	23	26	26	21	24	24	23	22	24	21	25	26	20	24
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.9 NE	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSE	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.7 S	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	6	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	13	14	14	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 N	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	10	16	9	9	7	15	10	10	6	10	8	12	12	11	11	6	9	11	17	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	4	4	9	8	4	-	7	7	-	7	8	8	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 25						Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Usami Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	0.9 NE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	12	11	11	7
Energy	1034	511	593	238	298	202	361	838	335	219	203	211	226	200	295	245	249	200	294	256	241	270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:51PM 1.41				2:06AM 1.63								12:48AM 1.35					5:01PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		7:30AM 0.91				7:42PM 0.74					9:54AM 0.65			6:56PM 0.68				8:59AM 0.49	10:38AM 0.51			7:44PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	23	24	25	22	20	21	21	20	26	25	26	22	21	22	21	21	23	27	26	26	22
Chill °C (?)	20	23	24	25	22	20	21	21	20	26	25	26	22	21	22	21	21	23	27	26	26	22
Sunrise	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.1 SW	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	9	10	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	10	8	8	11	12	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	7	10	7	7	16	11	6	9	9	9	15	10	7	9	10	15	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	-	1.2 ESE	-	-	1.7 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 ESE	-	1.3 E	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	8	-	-	9	8	4	4	4	8	-	9	-	-	8	4	4	4	-

	Monday 25																				Tue
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Lena Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10
Energy	1037	1027	1034	506	712	511	950	611	593	606	238	238	827	823	298	298	201	202	356	361	361	437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										12:46PM 1.35		2:51PM 1.41										12:16AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)					7:56AM 0.83												7:03PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	22	22	22	21	21	20	22	22	21	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	22	22	22	21	21	20	22	22	21	20
Sunrise	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.1 SW	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	10	10	16	6	7	7	7	7	16	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	-	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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