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 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			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	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.7 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 SE	0.9 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 NNE	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	6	9	8	8	8	6	8	9	9	10	9	9	10
Energy	291	432	1037	450	531	290	217	230	520	578	307	1188	936	835	209	255	100	89	80	75	308	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 2.03	7:51AM 2.14		9:07PM 1.77	8:16AM 1.91		9:31PM 1.67	8:05AM 1.68		10:33PM 1.61	9:03AM 1.55		11:13PM 1.68	9:32AM 1.23		12:15AM 1.67		12:48PM 1.42	12:02AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13PM -0.11	2:26AM 0.91		2:49PM -0.12	2:33AM 0.86		3:13PM 0.03	2:46AM 1.06		3:02PM 0.19		3:46AM 1.10	4:22PM 0.36		4:38AM 1.00			7:13AM 0.92			8:34AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	11	-	2	4	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	24	25	24	24	24	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	19	24	22	25	25	19	25
Low °C	22	23	22	24	24	23	24	24	22	22	21	21	23	22	21	18	23	22	24	25	19	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	24	25	24	24	24	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	19	24	22	25	25	19	25
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.2 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	6	9	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	10	5	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.9 S	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	-	0.3 N	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	10	7	-	10	8	9	6	7	5	-	6	9	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	1.3 SSE	1.7 SE	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 NNE	0.7 E	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	-	-	-	4	4	7	6	6	8	8	8	6	5	-	-	5	5	-	2

	Monday 18						Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Turtles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 SE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	10	10	8
Energy	216	291	432	432	298	291	1037	200	360	450	318	531	329	336	290	920	526	217	222	230	373	643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	4:17AM 1.49	7:29AM 2.11				8:54PM 1.95				7:51AM 2.14					9:07PM 1.77			8:16AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				2:13PM -0.11				1:20AM 0.98				2:49PM -0.12				2:10AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	4	17	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	22	23	23	23	22	22	18	22	24	25	25	25	24	24	21	20	24	24	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	19	22	23	23	23	22	22	18	22	24	25	25	25	24	24	21	20	24	24	24	23	22
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	9	11	11	-	10	10	-	-	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	-	1.6 SE
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	4	4	4	-	8

	Monday 18	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Energy	214	210	216	415	291	291	291	432	432	432	432	432	425	425	298	298	298	291	291	1097	1037	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:42AM 1.57				7:29AM 2.11													8:54PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)												2:13PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8

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