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

	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa
Rating	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	9	8	12	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	151	71	463	132	122	78	94	110	1360	133	472	799	123	80	235	230	179	171	193	245	371	455
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:24PM 1.44	8:01AM 1.57		11:10PM 1.40	9:24AM 1.53		12:20AM 1.28	7:40AM 1.09		1:22AM 0.99	7:42AM 1.17						3:58AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		3:01PM 0.14	2:24AM 1.04		3:58PM 0.26		3:53AM 1.11	4:11PM 0.58			4:18PM 0.34		4:46AM 1.15		8:13PM 0.45	7:29AM 1.05			9:58AM 0.71		9:51PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	12	11	12	13	10	16	19	17	22	18	19	22	22	24	25	18	19	23	24	22	24
Low °C	17	12	8	9	13	10	14	18	16	20	17	17	19	21	24	24	17	17	22	23	20	23
Chill °C (?)	17	10	8	10	12	9	16	19	16	22	17	18	22	22	24	25	18	19	23	24	22	24
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:20	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	6:25	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	8	12	9	9	8	8	11	11	8	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.2 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	7	7	7	9	-	-	-	-	11	5	8	7	6	4	5	-	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	1.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 SE	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	2	5	5	5	-	-	4	5	8	6	7	7	8	-	7	4	-	4	3	4	6	-

	Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	2.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NNE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	6	9	8	7	9	9	7	7	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	12	9	9	9
Energy(?)	130	126	225	286	213	293	660	95	103	692	557	207	294	109	64	54	61	59	124	75	73	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 1.67			7:39AM 1.64					9:24PM 1.44			6:39AM 1.24					9:08PM 1.12			8:25AM 1.48	9:06AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		2:21AM 0.89					3:06PM 0.14			1:05AM 0.76					3:54PM 0.27			12:46AM 1.03	3:53AM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	16	17	17	18	16	9	7	8	8	11	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	18	15	15	17	17	18	16	6	4	5	6	9	12	14	13	12	13	13	14	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.1 NE	0.8 S	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	12	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.0 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	6	6	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	8	8	6	8	5	4	6	7	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	4	6	7	6	5	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	3	4

	Mon		Tuesday 07
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SE	1.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 NE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	6	9	8	8	9	6	6	6	9
Energy(?)	137	130	112	112	170	133	133	168	225	216	228	251	75	390	181	66	69	71	316	219	222	102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 1.67									6:15AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)						2:27AM 0.85										12:59PM 0.26			3:01PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	17	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	16	14	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	16	9	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	4	6	6	14	14	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 NE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 NE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	3	6	6	6	4	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	4

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