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

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	13	16	17	17	16	17	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1866	1267	166	109	181	207	98	178	200	195	293	572	749	2765	4157	3538	3539	2811	1188	2757	3623	3270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:03AM 1.27		2:26AM 1.24	11:16AM 1.05		2:57AM 1.27		1:19PM 1.06	3:00AM 1.33		2:20PM 1.17			5:01PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			6:05PM 0.54	7:44AM 1.01		7:49PM 0.41	8:40AM 0.68		8:33PM 0.40	8:44AM 0.58		11:08PM 0.34			10:32PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	12	3
High °C	18	20	22	18	26	24	18	20	17	24	24	23	23	24	24	20	17	22	14	20	18	15
Low °C	17	19	22	18	25	24	17	19	17	23	24	22	23	24	23	18	17	21	12	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	18	20	22	18	26	24	18	20	17	24	24	23	23	24	24	20	17	22	13	20	18	14
Sunrise	5:15	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	13	16	17	17	16	17	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.7 SSE	-	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	8	6	4	6	16	4	5	-	7	14	16	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 E	0.3 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.1 NE	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	4	3	4	4	5	4	-	3	4	-	5	-	-	5	7	-	3	-	-	-

	Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Monday 13
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1470	378	966	1628	1244	1267	503	1407	1544	1039	222	154	131	99	64	206	207	211	224	238	240	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	ebb	high	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:31AM 1.35		7:27AM 1.13						2:15AM 1.07				2:06PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	18	21	20	20	18	17	18	16	14	24	20	19	18	24	24	24	24	25	25	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	21	20	20	18	17	18	15	13	24	20	19	18	24	24	24	24	25	25	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.9 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	7	11	11	10	11	8	11	11	11	11	7	3	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 NE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	5	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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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	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1931	1658	739	1079	945	1302	1156	1088	976	1381	860	105	64	124	350	140	140	144	144	275	275	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						2:07AM 1.18										12:57PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)								4:55AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	20	20	18	19	19	17	18	20	22	18	18	18	22	22	22	22	22	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	19	19	17	18	18	16	17	20	22	18	18	17	22	22	22	22	22	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.0 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 S
Period (s)	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	9	11	8	7	7	7	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	-	0.6 W	0.4 NNE	0.7 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	4	3	4	2	2	-	-	2	2	8

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