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			Thursday 14
	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	Castles Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nunoshima Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Malibu Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 NNE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.4 NE	1.7 SE	3.5 ESE	4.0 E	4.5 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	8	7	10	11	10	-	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	8	10	11	11
Energy	215	220	179	242	379	323	87	71	132	0	108	209	521	1032	342	220	274	22	390	2367	4130	8821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:27PM 1.58	8:44AM 1.58		12:00AM 1.45	10:49AM 1.42		12:53AM 1.51			2:16AM 1.67			12:59AM 1.19		12:48PM 1.04	1:31AM 1.24		4:59PM 1.72		5:03AM 1.86	2:54PM 1.31	2:08AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:32AM 1.23	5:03PM 0.46		5:25AM 1.13			6:35AM 1.08		7:18PM 0.61	7:49AM 0.95	5:34PM 0.55		8:54AM 0.85		6:59PM 0.49	9:18AM 0.60		10:58PM 0.62	11:29AM 0.31		8:21PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	24	16	19	16	18	20	19	21	19	21	23	24	23	23	24	24	18	19	18	17
Low °C	23	24	20	15	18	16	16	18	19	20	19	20	23	24	23	22	23	23	17	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	23	24	24	14	19	14	18	20	19	21	19	21	23	24	23	23	24	24	17	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	4:41	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	4:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 SW	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 N	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.7 SE	3.5 ESE	4.0 E	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	8	10	10	11	10	6	10	9	12	9	9	9	10	10	8	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.9 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.6 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	-	6	10	7	6	-	4	6	6	12	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	-	1.7 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.5 N	-	1.9 ESE	-	0.6 SE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.5 SW	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.9 NE	0.9 NNW	3.5 NNE	4.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	-	7	4	3	-	8	-	5	9	9	3	-	4	4	4	5	9	11

	Thu		Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.0 ESE	2.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	10	10	8	8	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	251	217	207	207	221	221	205	230	241	254	219	1236	579	220	942	214	125	393	369	297	108	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			11:04PM 1.48								11:30PM 1.44									1:36AM 1.49		8:24AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	3:15PM 0.48				4:12AM 1.09				3:51PM 0.49			2:25AM 1.09					4:56PM 0.57	6:18PM 0.55			4:39AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	23	23	23	23	24	24	20	16	15	17	16	17	18	21	18	17	18	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	23	23	23	23	24	24	20	16	14	16	16	17	18	21	18	16	18	18	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-
Sunset	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.0 ESE	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	6	10	10	8	8	10	8	8	10	7	7	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 W	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.7 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	5	7	4	7	11	6	6	10	10	8	10	10	4	10	7	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.2 WSW	2.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.7 NE	2.3 WSW	-	-	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	8	5	5	8	-	-	10	10	10	6	6

	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	8	9	7	7	10	6	6	10	5	5	5	7	7
Energy	245	251	244	244	245	204	173	244	125	178	173	261	516	150	236	249	196	1	1	1	232	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																6:56AM 1.17			9:57AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	3:15PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	24	24	23	23	19	24	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	24	24	25	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	24	24	23	23	19	24	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	20	21	24	24	25	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 SE	1.4 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	8	9	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	5	5	-	6	10	11	11	11	10	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	0.6 W	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	3	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	7

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