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

	Sun	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	10	12	18	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	206	158	137	227	174	202	319	1168	2573	3161	2875	2026	1531	2187	3176	3242	3095	2042	2004	1805	2694	2190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:30AM 1.47	2:09PM 1.11					4:02AM 1.34	5:42PM 1.91		3:28AM 1.33					6:25PM 1.92	6:49AM 1.91			4:49AM 1.42		8:23PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	9:37PM 0.48	10:24AM 0.77						9:59AM 0.48		11:53PM 0.33	9:43AM 0.19				12:38PM 0.02	12:23AM 0.39		1:15PM -0.08	11:15PM 0.61	11:37AM -0.03	2:13PM -0.17	2:03AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	18	17	16	18	23	23	24	23	22	20	15	13	13	13	17	17	16	22	18	16
Low °C	24	19	17	16	16	17	22	22	24	22	17	17	12	10	12	12	15	17	14	20	17	15
Chill °C (?)	24	19	18	17	16	18	23	23	24	23	22	20	15	11	11	12	17	17	16	22	18	16
Sunrise	-	5:13	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	6	10	6	11	10	12	18	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	10	11	11	6	7	5	5	-	7	-	8	-	-	12	9	9	9	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 SE	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	-	1.0 NE	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	7	7	-	4	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Sun		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	18
Energy(?)	142	139	329	68	225	243	247	247	242	232	241	200	220	212	233	226	246	300	513	700	1044	1168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								2:09PM 1.11	3:51PM 1.60								4:55PM 1.59				5:21AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)															10:57AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	25	24	18	17	24	24	26	19	24	24	16	16	16	17	25	17	24	23	17	16	23	22
Chill °C (?)	25	24	18	16	24	24	26	19	24	24	16	16	16	17	25	17	24	23	17	16	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	7	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	10	16	5	5	5	11	5	5	6	6	6	6	13	6	5	5	18	17	18	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	6	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	5	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	11	11
Energy(?)	148	148	163	92	170	170	169	305	247	245	144	68	137	133	141	147	146	146	123	134	268	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	18	16	24	24	24	18	24	24	16	17	14	14	24	15	24	24	18	18	25	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	18	15	24	24	24	18	24	24	15	16	14	13	24	15	24	24	18	18	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	5	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 SE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.2 E	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	10	6	6	7	16	5	5	5	4	5	5	10	11	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	4	-	4	4	4	4	-	6	6	5	6	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	5	4	4

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