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 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	4	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.4 ESE	2.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.1 SE	1.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	-	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.0 E
Period(s)	8	10	9	8	10	6	7	6	9	10	9	9	10	11	11	-	10	10	10	7	9	9
Energy	1588	57	831	91	60	188	572	143	306	206	118	236	199	172	163	0	210	221	206	427	773	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 1.63	6:47AM 1.68		8:34PM 1.56	8:40AM 1.76		9:53PM 1.67	5:56AM 1.34		9:20PM 1.09		5:52PM 0.29	12:15AM 1.58	10:38AM 1.43		1:24AM 1.62	8:24AM 1.12	12:25PM 1.31	12:24AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		1:02PM -0.03	1:15AM 0.95		1:55PM 0.06	1:45AM 1.02		1:25PM 0.06	2:59AM 1.15		1:37PM 0.29	1:51AM 0.90				5:51AM 1.18	5:56PM 0.54		4:39AM 1.05			8:39AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	29	15	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1
High °C	20	19	17	21	19	20	20	20	21	20	22	19	22	20	17	21	20	18	21	23	23	24
Low °C	19	17	13	17	18	19	20	19	21	20	20	18	21	18	15	20	19	16	20	23	22	24
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	21	19	20	20	20	21	19	22	19	22	20	16	21	20	18	21	23	23	24
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	0.5 S	2.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	1.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	7	9	8	10	10	7	6	9	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	-	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	4	5	6	6	10	6	6	6	11	5	7	-	-	4	6	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.1 SE	-	1.1 SE	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 NE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	8	3	-	3	-	6	7	6	-	6	-	4	-	-	4	5	-	-	2	7	9	9

	Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	1	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 N	2.5 SW	0.5 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.6 E	0.5 SE	1.6 E
Period(s)	8	9	9	8	8	8	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	8
Energy	656	3308	2413	1588	1213	1077	130	1301	56	337	220	206	117	116	63	78	77	76	86	500	52	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:20AM 1.72				7:08PM 1.26			4:59AM 1.42					8:58PM 1.76			5:13AM 1.42	8:27AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.76				1:08PM 0.18							9:54AM 0.22					2:11AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1
Temp. °C	19	20	19	19	19	18	16	19	15	15	13	15	21	23	19	19	19	18	17	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	19	19	17	15	19	15	14	12	14	21	23	19	19	19	18	16	20	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.5 W	1.4 S	0.5 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.2 E	0.5 SE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	7	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	4	10	9	7	6	10	10	7	3	4	5	3	3	3	9	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 N	2.5 SW	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	1.6 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	8	6	9	-	5	5	5	-	2	3	-	3	-	-	7	5	8

	Sun		Monday 04
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	1	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 N	3.0 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	8	9	-	8	7	8	9	9	6	6	7	7	10	10	10	6	9	9
Energy	890	1345	1567	1433	2606	1145	0	985	132	1517	1611	2406	1	1	74	73	57	57	35	136	1360	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)								4:57AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)				12:47AM 0.89									9:37AM 0.21				1:23PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	23	22	20	21	19	21	17	22	21	21	9	10	19	19	18	19	21	16	20	16
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	22	20	21	18	20	16	22	20	20	8	9	18	18	17	19	20	15	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	7:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	9	10	7	9	7	9	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	10	-	9	-	10	-	-	-	6	6	10	10	10	10	-	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 NNW	3.0 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	1.2 N	3.0 SSW	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	9	5	8	-	8	9	9	7	7	3	3	3	3	9	6	9	5

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