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 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	2.1 E	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	230	323	318	1106	1992	2164	2205	1951	1872	883	3104	3504	1739	2151	1614	1163	3864	2565	1792	1430	1373	640
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:09PM 1.24		4:50AM 1.73	5:39PM 1.74		5:51AM 1.78					6:59PM 1.89	6:49AM 1.91	5:37PM 1.42	6:39PM 1.80			6:29PM 1.38			9:34PM 1.80	8:44AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 0.66		9:33PM 0.37	10:53AM 0.42		11:17PM 0.39		12:03PM 0.17			12:38PM 0.02	12:54AM 0.39			12:23AM 0.65			11:50PM 0.69		2:57PM -0.13		3:03AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	6	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	24	16	17	22	22	21	17	13	11	12	18	17	16	20	18	17	21	21	19	20
Low °C	18	19	23	15	17	21	21	17	16	10	11	11	15	16	15	18	17	16	20	20	17	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	24	16	17	22	22	21	17	11	8	12	18	17	16	20	18	17	21	21	19	19
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:58
Sunset	-	6:40	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	2.1 E	1.6 SE
Period (s)	6	11	12	12	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SSE	-	0.6 W	-	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	1.7 ENE	0.5 SE	1.4 E	0.2 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	5	6	16	-	5	-	10	9	8	-	11	6	11	12	-	10	15	10	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 NNE	1.2 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	4	7	5	5	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	4

	Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	16	16
Energy(?)	255	247	267	224	233	463	243	301	675	695	520	1170	1289	1712	1538	2035	2251	1737	1624	2205	2354	2588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:43AM 1.26				4:55PM 1.59				5:23AM 1.69				4:23PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					10:57AM 0.56								11:30AM 0.36									12:10PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	-	3	2	12	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	18	25	18	25	24	19	19	23	23	22	15	17	17	17	15	15	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	18	25	18	25	24	19	19	23	23	22	14	17	17	17	14	14	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	8	14	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 E	0.3 SE	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	13	5	6	6	7	19	5	5	7	7	6	-	-	14	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.5 W	1.6 SE	-	-	1.1 E	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	7	5	5	-	5	-	-	5	7	-	-	6	-	5	7	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 14
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	10	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	260	255	255	224	149	225	148	148	298	298	157	192	188	169	182	229	271	190	286	343	374	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:56AM 1.58										2:20PM 1.17		4:51PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	18	23	18	23	23	18	18	24	25	25	19	18	20	20	19	19	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	18	23	18	23	23	18	18	24	25	25	19	18	20	20	19	19	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	10	6	10	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	10	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.3 NW	0.9 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	5	11	5	4	11	11	4	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	6	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	6	-	4	4	5

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