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

	Thu		Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 SSE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	7	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	10	8	10
Energy	112	215	180	192	705	390	227	82	116	142	132	125	198	455	321	235	56	192	219	162	204	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:04PM 1.48	8:44AM 1.58		11:24PM 1.31	10:38AM 1.59		1:38AM 1.43	10:57AM 1.30		1:59AM 1.44		1:21PM 1.43	12:45AM 1.31		1:38PM 1.05	1:35AM 1.21		3:27PM 1.54		3:45AM 1.89	5:51PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	3:44PM 0.35		3:32AM 1.23	4:07PM 0.57		5:07AM 1.12	4:56PM 0.57	6:11PM 0.61	6:19AM 1.13		7:05PM 0.59	8:33AM 0.85			7:12AM 0.64		7:01PM 0.50	7:55AM 0.46		9:38PM 0.71	10:13AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	23	23	19	20	19	16	19	19	18	19	21	23	23	22	19	23	23	18	20	20
Low °C	19	22	22	20	16	18	19	13	18	19	17	19	20	22	23	22	18	22	23	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	23	23	23	18	20	19	14	19	19	18	19	21	23	23	22	19	23	23	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:35	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 SSE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	6	9	10	10	10	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	7	9	9	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	-	0.1 N	0.6 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	6	6	-	11	10	5	7	5	-	-	5	-	-	9	8	-	8	8	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	-	0.7 NW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 ESE	-	0.6 SW	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	7	8	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 07				Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sun
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	6	9	10	9	10	10	6	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	9
Energy	200	249	251	217	293	207	211	221	279	319	505	212	231	1293	576	879	1019	224	152	212	206	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					10:10PM 1.33								11:39PM 1.55			7:47AM 1.14						1:36AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			3:15PM 0.48				3:07AM 1.14				4:18PM 0.42			2:25AM 1.09					4:56PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	22	24	21	20	18	23	19	23	23	23	19	17	16	17	16	17	19	21	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	22	24	21	20	18	23	19	23	23	23	19	17	15	16	16	17	19	21	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	0.6 SE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	9	10	9	10	10	6	10	10	8	8	10	8	8	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	10	5	6	7	5	6	11	5	5	10	10	-	10	10	-	4	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 NE	0.5 W	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	5	5	6	5	4	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9

	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 N
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	6	7	6	6	7	7	10	10	5
Energy	200	241	282	275	111	249	146	245	152	149	146	173	217	268	328	280	326	459	111	150	150	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								4:13PM 0.44									1:42AM 0.91		3:07AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	21	21	20	24	21	23	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	23
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	21	20	24	21	23	20	20	19	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 S	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.1 N	0.7 SE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	10	6	7	6	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	7	-	3	3	-

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