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 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	4	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	2	3	1	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	0.7 NE	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	2.1 E	1.3 E	2.1 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	8	10	9	9	10	6	9	8	8	5	6	7	6	7	8	9	7	9	11	10
Energy	243	705	69	1352	800	574	144	224	92	88	57	65	60	514	265	18	27	14	24	667	456	863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.35	2:53AM 1.53		2:28PM 1.45		3:46AM 1.57	3:24PM 1.52		3:59AM 1.65	4:15PM 1.62		4:29AM 1.73	5:10PM 1.84		4:55AM 1.83	5:28PM 1.91		5:09AM 1.94		6:22PM 1.93	6:27AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			7:39PM 0.55	8:49AM 0.97		8:56PM 0.48	9:42AM 0.68		9:39PM 0.57	10:10AM 0.61		11:19PM 0.61	10:47AM 0.38		11:05PM 0.58	11:23AM 0.31		11:25PM 0.68	11:38AM 0.04		12:07AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	9	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	20	20	20	17	21	15	21	23	24	19	20	21	18	15	17	16	22	15	19	17
Low °C	15	18	19	20	19	17	20	14	20	20	22	17	18	20	14	15	16	15	20	14	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	20	20	16	21	13	21	23	24	19	20	21	17	14	17	15	22	13	19	17
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	6:42	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.3 S	0.7 NE	-	2.2 E	1.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 E	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	1.3 E	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	6	8	-	9	9	10	6	9	8	8	8	6	9	9	7	8	8	5	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	-	11	5	7	5	12	12	6	8	9	8	8	5	9	7	7	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	2.0 ESE	-	2.5 E	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.3 NE	-	0.5 NNE	-	2.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	10	-	10	-	-	-	6	-	4	3	5	-	7	6	2	-	4	-	9	-	-

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	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.2 N	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	2.1 E	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.1 NE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.9 E	2.4 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10
Energy	301	261	860	911	554	344	1261	1024	1044	963	961	232	1041	1069	729	749	574	1315	335	281	278	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:15AM 1.39				12:37PM 1.30				2:53AM 1.53				2:31PM 1.53					3:11AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				7:33AM 1.14				7:39PM 0.55								8:55PM 0.60					9:49AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	21	13	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	19	20	20	20	16	17	14	17	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	13	21	13	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	19	20	20	20	16	17	13	17	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.2 N	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SW	1.1 NE	-	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.9 E	2.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	6	-	-	7	10	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	13	13	11	13	5	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.7 N	1.8 E	1.9 E	0.4 NNE	-	2.1 E	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	-	2.4 E	-	-	-	-	2.4 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	9	9	3	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

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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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.2 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	2.4 ENE	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	0.9 N
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8
Energy	298	213	200	194	320	142	132	860	860	945	931	17	31	906	568	551	680	705	757	1699	1171	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)					2:00AM 1.56	2:09AM 1.42										12:41PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)											7:33AM 1.14	8:17AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	21	13	13	15	14	14	12	13	14	15	21	16	17	17	18	17	19	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	13	21	12	12	15	13	13	11	13	14	15	21	15	16	16	18	16	19	16	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.4 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.8 NNW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	0.3 S	2.1 E	2.1 E	0.1 SW	0.9 N
Period (s)	8	6	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	6	9	9	9	6	9	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	-	15	15	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.2 N	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	-	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.0 ESE	0.9 NNE	2.4 E	2.5 E	-
Period (s)	4	8	9	9	4	3	3	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	5	3	5	10	4	9	9	-

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