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

	Tue		Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Malibu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 E	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	12	17	16	16	15	16	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	243	318	1329	1611	2447	2340	1738	1149	1150	1541	2316	2053	2002	1535	1349	3151	2990	1901	1232	1248	578	770
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:55PM 1.59		4:52AM 1.85	4:53PM 1.86		5:16AM 1.82		6:19PM 1.84	6:19AM 1.85			5:37AM 1.75		7:59PM 2.03	7:34AM 2.07		8:45PM 1.94	8:08AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 0.36	11:03AM 0.31			11:26AM 0.21	12:03PM 0.17	12:20AM 0.34			11:46PM 0.52			1:48AM 0.52		2:13PM -0.17	2:25AM 0.65		1:26PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	24	17	16	22	22	21	14	13	23	23	15	17	15	23	17	16	21	21	19	23	20
Low °C	24	23	17	16	21	21	18	12	11	22	23	15	17	14	22	16	16	20	20	18	22	18
Chill °C (?)	26	24	17	16	22	22	21	13	12	23	23	14	16	14	23	16	16	21	21	19	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	6:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 E	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	12	17	16	16	15	16	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.9 SE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 NW	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	6	5	16	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	6	11	11	5	10	10	11	11	10	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	1.2 NE	0.5 NNE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	5	8	3	7	5	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14				Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	10	12	10	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	233	461	587	520	515	529	523	1185	1289	1787	1561	1650	1550	2168	1969	2340	2325	2295	1554	1530	1530	1579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)			4:32PM 1.77				5:23AM 1.69				4:23PM 1.56				5:54AM 1.90				5:08PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:57AM 0.56								11:30AM 0.36									12:10PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	7	5	5	-	1	1	1	1	-	2	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	18	18	18	24	19	23	23	23	17	16	15	16	21	21	21	22	22	20	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	25	18	18	18	24	19	23	23	23	17	16	14	16	21	21	21	22	22	20	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	12	10	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 W	0.2 NNE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	5	5	12	19	12	18	5	7	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	4	7	6	6	6	-	6	8	5	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Tuesday 14														Wednesday 15
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	188	277	274	315	273	456	206	222	243	305	257	260	229	471	471	503	671	778	452	629	635	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:55PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		10:31AM 0.50													11:10PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	2	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	18	17	17	26	18	25	25	25	17	18	17	17	23	23	23	23	23	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	25	18	17	17	26	18	25	25	25	17	17	16	17	23	23	23	23	23	15	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	4	7	7	7	13	5	-	6	6	6	18	18	17	6	6	6	19	19	19	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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