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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	16	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	7	6
Energy(?)	6063	5529	2873	2093	1899	1396	1629	1265	1029	572	624	895	765	742	630	305	213	278	224	273	257	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:45AM 1.18	3:32PM 1.20		5:00AM 1.25	4:14PM 1.33		5:18AM 1.31		6:05PM 1.94	4:49AM 1.35	4:52PM 1.43		5:12AM 1.38	5:36PM 1.44	8:08PM 2.03	8:08AM 1.95		6:22PM 1.39	7:41AM 2.04		9:34PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:45PM 0.14	10:03AM 0.68		10:19PM 0.10	10:29AM 0.56		10:51PM 0.11	10:59AM 0.43	12:27PM 0.49	12:19AM 0.14	10:47AM 0.24		11:07PM 0.19	11:20AM 0.11		2:13AM 0.26			12:11AM 0.44		3:05PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	10
High °C	14	13	9	9	18	13	18	19	13	18	21	11	16	21	21	20	21	15	13	22	15	14
Low °C	14	13	8	9	18	12	18	18	12	16	20	10	14	20	21	19	20	14	12	21	15	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	7	8	18	12	18	19	12	17	21	9	16	21	21	20	21	14	12	22	14	12
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	16	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	-	1.6 E	0.1 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 N	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	-	13	11	-	11	5	-	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.8 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	6	6	3	4	3	6	6	6	7	6

	Sun		Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	7	7	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	6029	6154	6063	7259	5947	5529	4634	4195	3033	2032	2093	2091	1864	1563	1495	1684	1642	1128	1104	1093	1415	1265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:45AM 1.18				5:10PM 1.80				4:09AM 1.25				6:00PM 1.89					6:49AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 0.14				10:03AM 0.68				9:30PM 0.12				9:48AM 0.54				10:03PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	18	14	9	9	9	10	12	19	19	12	11	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	14	18	14	8	8	7	9	12	19	19	12	11	15	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 N	1.1 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	13	-	5	6	6	16	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	4	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	7	7	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	12	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	15	15	17	14	13
Energy(?)	6356	6185	6029	5899	6218	6154	6007	5945	2610	1266	2830	2787	2874	2862	2971	2068	2070	3005	3031	1866	2555	2396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													3:53AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)							9:45PM 0.14		11:08PM 0.40										9:22AM 0.68		11:41AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	12	10	10	10	9	8	17	17	8	8	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	18	11	8	8	8	6	5	17	17	4	4	13	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	12	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	15	15	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.3 N	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	7	17	13	13	13	13	13	20	20	14	14	17	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	5	5	6	-	-

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