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

	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	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	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E
Period(s)	9	9	7	9	10	7	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	7	10	9	9
Energy	241	246	125	220	206	551	713	662	77	138	129	132	112	153	470	300	486	154	520	566	1478	1145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 1.40	9:41AM 1.69		12:15AM 1.58	10:49AM 1.42		1:38AM 1.43	10:57AM 1.30		2:09AM 1.53		2:16PM 1.49			1:56PM 1.12	2:11AM 1.34		2:07PM 1.15		3:45AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		3:44PM 0.35		4:06AM 1.09	4:07PM 0.57		5:25AM 1.13		6:11PM 0.61	6:19AM 1.13		7:15PM 0.62	7:44AM 1.00		8:32PM 0.54	7:38AM 0.75		7:55PM 0.64	7:59AM 0.46		9:09PM 0.63	10:13AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	1	3	2	10	-	-
High °C	23	23	20	24	23	19	17	19	16	18	20	18	19	21	24	23	18	17	21	13	18	20
Low °C	22	23	18	23	21	18	16	19	13	18	19	16	18	20	22	21	18	16	20	13	17	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	20	24	23	18	17	19	14	18	20	18	19	21	24	23	18	17	21	10	17	20
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:41
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	1.4 ESE	-	0.7 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 S	2.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	7	9	10	11	10	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	-	10	7	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 SE	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	-	0.6 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	6	10	8	5	-	-	10	6	6	4	-	5	12	-	9	-	4	9	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 NW	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	1.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	3.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	7	8	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	4	7	9	9	-

	Thursday 07						Friday 08								Saturday 09
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	11	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	7	10
Energy	204	200	200	249	237	202	215	207	221	205	208	231	417	229	211	700	703	1004	1175	662	480	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:36AM 1.62					11:15PM 1.43			8:22AM 1.47								8:06AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)					3:15PM 0.48				4:12AM 1.09				3:51PM 0.49			2:54AM 1.08	4:01AM 1.03				4:41PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	22	23	21	20	23	23	22	21	24	25	20	17	14	18	16	17	17	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	23	21	20	23	23	22	21	24	25	20	17	13	18	16	17	17	19	19	18
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SSW	0.6 SE	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	11	10	10	7	10	7	8	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	5	5	6	4	7	11	5	5	11	-	10	10	10	5	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.5 NE	1.0 N	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	-

	Thursday 07	Fri
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	10	9
Energy	174	170	204	241	262	195	277	241	284	121	197	249	146	198	188	19	222	142	245	250	168	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						8:17AM 1.70	9:07AM 1.61												9:10PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	19	19	22	22	22	21	21	23	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	19	19	22	22	22	21	21	23	21	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	10	10	10	10	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 N	0.7 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	-	6	7	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	6	6	6	6	-	3

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