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 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	1.1 NNE	0.6 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 ESE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	6	8	7	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	5	10	6
Energy(?)	58	85	48	520	1704	140	1151	846	1530	763	599	300	53	413	424	339	223	189	80	113	413	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 1.06	7:05AM 1.32		12:44AM 1.22	11:15AM 1.42			7:57AM 1.23			4:17AM 1.54	2:10PM 1.31		4:22AM 1.50	3:38PM 1.44		4:51AM 1.69	4:24PM 1.65		5:09AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		2:06PM 0.03	1:30AM 0.85		4:19PM 0.28		5:27AM 1.01	4:26PM 0.36	10:18PM 0.51			8:11PM 0.48	9:43AM 1.10		9:18PM 0.41	10:09AM 0.86		10:21PM 0.39	10:41AM 0.75		10:52PM 0.33	11:09AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	7	4	9	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	23	-	1	3	-
High °C	22	15	13	16	17	12	13	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	16	21	21	21	17	17	16
Low °C	21	14	13	16	15	11	12	14	12	13	15	13	14	15	12	15	21	20	19	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	22	14	12	14	16	10	12	12	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	16	21	21	21	17	15	16
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	8	11	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	9	11	10	-	-	11	11	10	8	6	-	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.1 NNE	0.2 ENE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	2.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.6 NNE	-	0.9 SE	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	2	6	3	7	8	4	4	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	5	6	5	6	6

	Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kudaka Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	324	297	278	219	111	58	55	200	93	207	52	50	70	1704	571	523	544	353	1040	1151	1405	785
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:41AM 1.38									10:14AM 1.75				11:48PM 1.28	12:35AM 1.44			9:55AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:07AM 0.73					4:26PM 0.16			12:53AM 1.00	3:17AM 0.89				4:40PM 0.34				4:23AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	11	13	22	22	12	13	12	13	13	21	17	15	15	14	12	12	12	15	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	9	12	22	22	11	13	10	13	12	21	16	14	14	13	10	11	10	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.9 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	1.6 SE	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	5	8	7	6	5	8	-	8	14	5	11	-	-	5	8	8	9	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	1.0 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.8 WSW	2.5 ESE	0.4 NW	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	4	4	6	3	4	3	4	-	6	4	4	4	4	8	2	6	7	5	6	4	-	4

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	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kudaka Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSE	1.3 NNE	1.2 SSE	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	12	12	8	6	8	5	7	12	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	301	300	324	249	120	65	65	258	136	284	65	38	64	5	5	5	5	57	72	48	57	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										6:25AM 1.47		8:28AM 1.73	9:31AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)							3:33AM 0.68												3:30PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	13	11	20	20	9	10	9	11	14	22	18	18	17	18	16	15	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	11	8	20	20	6	8	6	10	14	22	18	18	16	18	16	15	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.3 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	8	-	8	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	6	6	10	-	10	6	7	12	12	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 NW	-	-	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.3 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	5	6	6	5	5	2	6	6	6	6	4	-	4	4	4

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