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			Friday 01
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.1 SE	1.6 ESE	0.7 NE	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 E	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	8	12	9	8	10	8	9	13	5	7	9	8	5	6	6	7	6	10	9	9	7	9
Energy	301	12	409	69	1417	582	637	588	183	137	57	67	89	124	305	49	11	29	36	35	97	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:00AM 1.56			2:45AM 1.53		2:28PM 1.45		3:21AM 1.55	3:36PM 1.57		3:59AM 1.65	4:15PM 1.62		5:24AM 1.74	6:00PM 1.71		4:55AM 1.83	5:36PM 1.74		5:09AM 1.94		6:08PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		7:54AM 1.16	1:05PM 0.98	7:28PM 0.55	8:49AM 0.96		8:55PM 0.60	9:30AM 0.78		9:46PM 0.61	10:10AM 0.61		10:19PM 0.59	11:45AM 0.42		10:59PM 0.52	11:23AM 0.31		11:03PM 0.54	11:38AM 0.04		11:53PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	-	9	-	-	5	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	19	20	20	18	18	20	14	14	22	19	18	23	19	18	14	17	16	19	21	16
Low °C	14	16	18	20	19	17	15	20	14	13	21	18	16	21	19	15	14	16	14	17	21	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	19	20	20	18	17	20	12	14	22	19	18	23	18	17	13	17	16	19	21	16
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.7 NE	-	0.1 SE	2.0 E	1.2 NE	0.9 SE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 NNW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	6	6	8	-	13	9	13	6	7	9	8	5	8	9	7	6	10	9	9	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	0.3 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 NNE	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	12	15	7	-	7	13	7	12	7	5	6	7	13	7	10	8	9	8	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.6 ESE	-	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	-	1.3 SSW	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	9	9	-	10	8	-	6	5	-	-	-	5	6	6	3	-	3	3	3	7	-

	Fri		Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Lena Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	1.0 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	2.5 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.8 E	2.3 E	1.4 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy	241	271	652	229	1042	1101	613	1054	1661	1806	1129	1044	963	242	283	1018	2259	1062	1245	518	985	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	low	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:50AM 1.47								2:53AM 1.53				1:50PM 1.34					3:30AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		6:14PM 0.54	11:21PM 0.64			7:54AM 1.16				7:46PM 0.59					9:41AM 0.94			8:48PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	42	4	9	-	7	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	12	14	14	15	17	17	16	16	15	16	21	21	20	16	15	14	16	14	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	11	13	13	14	16	17	16	16	15	16	21	21	20	15	14	12	16	13	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	0.1 SW	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.1 SE	2.1 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	13	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	13	5	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.8 ENE	0.6 NNE	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.4 N	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	-	-	-	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	-	2.3 E	-
Period (s)	5	4	8	4	9	9	4	9	9	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	-

	Friday 24	Saturday 25
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Lena Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 S	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.4 SE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 ESE	2.4 ENE	1.5 E	2.5 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	7	8	8	12	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	12	9	8	8	9	8	9
Energy	206	236	321	115	48	271	298	51	301	353	228	255	296	58	58	32	412	387	178	1509	337	1743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											1:56AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)																6:39AM 1.12	7:54AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	18	13	13	15	14	16	14	14	12	12	12	20	20	16	14	18	17	16	19	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	18	12	12	14	13	15	13	13	11	11	11	20	20	15	13	18	17	15	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.4 SSE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.3 SE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 ESE	2.0 E	1.5 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	9	8	8	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	12	9	8	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	7	7	13	9	7	6	6	12	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.6 ENE	0.8 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.9 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.2 ENE	0.7 N	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	2.4 ENE	-	2.5 E
Period (s)	5	5	8	4	-	4	4	8	4	4	9	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	9	-	9

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