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

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Malibu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.6 SW	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	9	6	8	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	94	90	107	134	241	184	183	154	208	386	83	161	180	163	121	476	182	367	335	251	269	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 1.89		10:05PM 1.54	11:46AM 1.78		10:25PM 1.51	8:31AM 1.48		11:23PM 1.39	10:49AM 1.42		1:24AM 1.62	9:11AM 1.02		2:20AM 1.53		1:11PM 1.35	2:37AM 1.58	3:23AM 1.58	3:24PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		2:18PM 0.31		5:56AM 0.95	4:16PM 0.35		3:07AM 1.12	5:19PM 0.50		5:25AM 1.13	5:13PM 0.52		4:43AM 0.90	4:22PM 0.49	7:10PM 0.64	7:49AM 0.95		7:46PM 0.59	9:37AM 0.79		9:20PM 0.66	9:05AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	19	22	20	20	18	16	20	20	19	20	19	16	24	20	22	22	21	20	21
Low °C	16	18	16	19	22	18	20	16	15	19	19	17	19	19	15	23	20	22	20	21	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	19	22	20	20	18	15	20	20	19	20	19	16	24	20	22	22	21	20	21
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	6:51	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	6	8	8	7	8	10	8	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S
Period (s)	4	-	5	10	6	11	10	-	4	10	10	4	5	-	-	12	13	9	11	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 N	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	2	-	-	3	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kudaka Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 NNE	1.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s)	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	6	9	9	9	7	7	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	10
Energy	85	80	200	73	255	94	252	280	258	306	208	272	236	217	174	202	207	202	226	209	211	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									9:17PM 1.49			8:17AM 1.70					10:27PM 1.49				9:10AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		1:45AM 1.02				2:30PM 0.36								1:22PM 0.27	3:59PM 0.44				4:12AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	20	18	20	17	18	21	17	21	17	19	19	20	23	20	19	18	22	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	16	17	20	18	20	17	18	21	17	21	17	19	19	20	23	20	19	18	22	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	0.7 NNE	1.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	4	6	9	9	10	10	9	6	9	9	9	7	7	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 SE	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.1 N	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 N	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	4	10	10	-	6	5	-	6	9	6	8	6	10	10	6	-	11	11	7	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	0.3 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	0.3 N	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	4	10	9	6	-	3	6	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	3	4	6

	Tue		Wednesday 06
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kudaka Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE
Period(s)	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	9	5	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	6
Energy	79	79	173	87	193	87	95	8	96	191	89	90	109	96	178	124	120	120	206	114	113	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				12:02AM 1.66							7:43AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)						2:03AM 1.06												2:40PM 0.26	3:30PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	4	-	10	1	1	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	21	16	21	17	16	20	15	20	17	16	18	18	20	17	17	17	21	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	21	16	21	17	16	20	15	20	16	16	18	18	20	16	16	16	21	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	10	10	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.3 NNW	0.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 NNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	4	6	6	4	6	3	5	6	5	6	5	5	7	11	9	5	5	5	6	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.9 E	-	1.1 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	5	-	4	6	4	6	-	-	6	5	5	3	3	4	6	5	5	6

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