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

	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Izumi Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	7	5	8	9	9	7	9	8	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	13
Energy(?)	34	104	7	36	1281	1326	1025	187	123	532	101	127	100	230	233	259	480	486	605	1763	1340	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:18PM 1.43	6:31AM 1.34		11:45PM 1.10	8:58AM 1.37		2:07AM 1.26	11:07AM 1.27				2:09PM 1.40		3:29AM 1.38	3:24PM 1.42		4:09AM 1.54				3:43PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			2:36PM 0.41	12:36AM 1.10	3:47AM 1.24			7:45AM 1.23		7:52PM 0.44	5:35AM 0.09		9:20PM 0.34	9:46AM 0.61			10:13AM 0.45					9:13PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	22	34	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	9	14	22	20	19	22	19	18	18	19	16	18	18	23	16	24	24	24	19	24
Low °C	11	16	8	13	21	20	17	18	19	15	17	18	16	18	18	22	15	23	23	24	19	22
Chill °C (?)	13	16	8	14	22	20	18	22	19	18	18	19	15	18	18	23	16	24	24	24	19	24
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	7	4	8	8	10	7	9	8	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 W	1.4 E	0.2 N
Period (s)	8	7	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	11	5	3	4	7	6	-	7	20	16	6	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 SSE	0.2 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	1.2 E	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	1.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	5	8	9	9	3	-	-	3	-	4	3	-	5	7	6	6	-	7	-

	Wed		Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	7	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	56	63	58	55	65	65	94	74	110	87	142	310	447	152	1149	2114	2544	1822	1214	1153	1742	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:08PM 1.12			8:37AM 1.23						12:31AM 1.39			9:41AM 1.34					2:33AM 1.34		7:27AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)	3:54PM 0.27			12:46AM 1.03					3:47PM 0.30					6:15AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	12	15	4	14	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	14	11	13	16	17	15	14	11	19	18	14	19	21	19	19	18	19	16	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	13	10	13	15	17	14	14	9	19	18	13	19	21	19	19	18	19	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	1.9 S	-	2.1 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	4	8	8	8	11	8	-	9	9	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	5	8	8	6	8	8	11	10	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	9	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	-	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.4 S	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	4	8	4	-	6	7	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8

	Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	12	9	8	7	8	8	6	6	10	8	10	8	7	9	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	84	56	56	55	54	39	113	51	109	41	7	94	75	30	46	53	70	82	92	72	119	81
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								10:24PM 1.33										8:25AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	3:54PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	12	13	12	11	13	12	11	14	13	14	16	15	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	12	10	13	13	11	13	12	9	13	12	11	13	13	13	15	15	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	6	5	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	7	5	8	10	8	8	6	9	10	8	7	9	12	12	6	7	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.2 W	0.6 SSE	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	6	6	3	4	-	7	7	3	3	8	4

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