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 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa
Rating	4	2	1	2	1	1	4	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.8 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.0 E	1.2 ESE	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	8	8	6	7	8	7	7	8
Energy	1002	211	128	292	130	121	1143	248	1281	718	516	262	254	221	240	239	396	567	524	324	263	975
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:10PM 1.55	9:10AM 1.57		2:56AM 1.60	11:11AM 1.51		11:12PM 1.20		12:24PM 1.40	1:37AM 1.53		2:51PM 1.41	12:16AM 1.32		1:23PM 1.06	12:58AM 1.29		3:42PM 1.68			4:55PM 1.66	2:07AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		3:50AM 1.09	5:03PM 0.35	8:21PM 0.50	5:43AM 0.98			6:47AM 0.96		6:45PM 0.65	7:57AM 0.84			8:51AM 0.67		6:39PM 0.75	9:19AM 0.52		9:49PM 0.85	8:56AM 0.34		8:37PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	7	-	5	-	31	2	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	7	1	8
High °C	22	26	24	18	23	25	19	21	21	21	24	27	20	25	22	21	23	24	23	19	23	22
Low °C	19	24	24	18	23	24	18	21	21	20	23	26	20	24	21	20	23	23	22	19	23	19
Chill °C (?)	22	26	24	17	23	25	19	21	21	21	24	27	20	25	22	21	23	24	23	19	23	22
Sunrise	-	5:00	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.1 W	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.2 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.2 S	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	6	8	10	9	7	7	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 W	0.1 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.1 SW	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	6	6	6	6	7	-	6	7	16	9	8	16	11	6	10	8	9	13	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	1.8 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 E	0.3 N	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.4 SW	-	1.2 ESE	-	1.1 SE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	3	4	7	5	3	9	3	9	8	8	6	-	9	-	8	6	7	8	7	7	8

	Thu		Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.8 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	2.0 E	1.2 E	1.8 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1502	572	1002	281	219	211	279	128	120	120	292	95	92	130	111	121	107	444	1143	256	677	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 1.55												11:11AM 1.51				11:12PM 1.20	12:56AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)					3:46AM 1.10				5:03PM 0.35				5:43AM 0.98								4:25AM 0.98	6:47AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	4	1	-	-	1	3	2	4	-	2	3	10	21	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	24	22	22	21	24	18	24	24	24	18	24	23	23	23	24	25	19	19	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	20	24	22	22	21	24	17	24	24	24	18	24	23	23	23	24	25	19	19	20	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-
Sunset	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.2 E	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.7 ESE	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	9	6	6	6	7	-	7	5	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NW	1.0 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NNE	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	2.0 E	-	1.8 ESE	0.3 N
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	3	3	6	4	4	3	7	4	5	5	-	3	6	-	9	-	9	3

	Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	1180	1440	1502	595	662	572	547	627	1002	963	925	281	342	255	219	224	237	211	211	327	279	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																			9:10AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)													3:50AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	20	23	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	22	21	22	23	24	25	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	23	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	22	21	22	23	24	25	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 S	0.8 ESE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	-	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6

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