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

	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kojima Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	1	1	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.7 E	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 E	0.9 NE	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	7	8
Energy	400	120	92	92	1204	483	1461	637	590	690	235	353	232	236	229	789	146	574	580	394	694	972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:59PM 1.56	11:11AM 1.51		12:51AM 1.61		12:09PM 1.36	1:10AM 1.59		2:51PM 1.41	12:16AM 1.32		4:04PM 1.46			4:47PM 1.54		3:42AM 1.72	4:35PM 1.79		3:20AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		5:03PM 0.35		5:43AM 0.98	5:32PM 0.51		7:02AM 0.99		6:10PM 0.64	7:57AM 0.84			8:51AM 0.68		9:50PM 0.80	9:29AM 0.56		9:23PM 0.83	10:30AM 0.38		10:21PM 0.89	10:17AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	2	5	9	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	1	1	-	4	36	29
High °C	17	24	25	25	21	21	22	24	22	23	27	20	23	26	25	22	27	23	24	24	22	21
Low °C	16	23	23	23	21	20	21	23	21	22	26	20	22	26	25	22	26	22	23	24	21	20
Chill °C (?)	16	24	25	25	21	21	22	24	22	23	27	20	23	26	25	22	27	23	24	24	22	21
Sunrise	4:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:35
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 WSW	-	1.7 E	2.0 E	0.4 SSW	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.1 SE	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.9 W	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.5 S	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	6	-	9	9	7	9	9	9	8	16	10	10	7	7	9	9	9	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	6	-	9	-	8	8	8	7	6	10	10	16	9	10	9	10	6	6	6	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	3.0 ESE	-	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	-	-	1.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	4	5	-	9	-	9	8	9	9	-	-	9	4	4	7	5	7	6	6	7	8

	Friday 22						Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 NE	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E
Period(s)	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy	219	400	327	120	124	94	92	93	97	92	103	1204	1046	103	483	787	1161	1461	519	637	1058	640
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:16AM 1.29					11:59PM 1.56				11:11AM 1.51					12:56AM 1.54			11:09AM 1.31	12:09PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	3:46AM 1.10				5:03PM 0.35				5:43AM 0.98				5:32PM 0.51	6:10PM 0.50				7:02AM 0.99				6:52PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	3	2	5	1	1	2	7	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	21	17	18	24	23	23	24	25	24	23	25	21	21	25	21	20	20	21	23	24	23	21
Chill °C (?)	21	16	18	24	23	23	24	25	24	23	25	21	21	25	21	20	20	21	23	24	23	21
Sunrise	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.2 SE	0.4 SSW	1.9 ESE	2.0 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.7 ESE	0.7 W	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	10	9	-	6	6	9	6	-	-	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 E	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.5 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.1 WSW	-	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 E	-
Period (s)	3	7	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	4	9	9	6	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	-

	Friday 22	Sat
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 NE	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.8 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9
Energy	246	232	219	222	237	400	211	334	327	272	272	120	223	223	124	124	124	94	92	292	92	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							9:10AM 1.57														11:59PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	3:32AM 1.18												3:47PM 0.22		5:03PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	22	23	17	24	18	18	19	19	24	19	19	23	23	23	23	24	18	24	24
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	22	23	16	24	18	18	19	19	24	19	19	23	23	23	23	24	18	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NW	1.3 NE	0.4 NW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 NNE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	3	7	3	6	6	6	6	4	6	7	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	5

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