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

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	1.8 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	8	9	6	6	7	7	9	8	8	11	10	11	12	11
Energy(?)	534	148	151	117	133	370	56	68	90	79	156	240	650	403	1136	156	255	177	172	374	507	681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:31PM 1.14	6:22AM 1.34		9:06PM 1.28	9:00AM 1.57		11:18PM 1.43	8:25AM 1.48		12:39AM 1.31	10:36AM 1.37		2:33AM 1.49	6:10AM 1.25		2:23AM 1.17	11:26AM 1.06	3:05PM 1.44		3:28AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 0.04	12:40AM 0.69		1:17PM 0.13	1:48AM 0.97		4:05PM 0.37			4:11PM 0.58		5:19AM 1.13	5:55PM 0.58		10:38AM 1.12	5:53PM 0.50		7:51AM 1.01		10:02PM 0.50	9:21AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	44	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	9	5	1	13	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	21	19	16	15	19	12	14	13	17	18	20	20	17	18	18	17	19	24	18	16	18
Low °C	18	20	14	15	14	18	9	14	12	15	18	19	19	17	17	18	16	17	23	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	21	19	15	13	18	10	13	13	16	18	20	20	16	16	17	16	19	24	18	16	18
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:16	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	6:36	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	8	9	9	8	11	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	13	10	9	6	8	12	9	11	-	11	11	8	8	11	7	6	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	-	0.3 NE	0.7 SW	1.8 N	1.1 NW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	-	1.2 E	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	6	7	5	-	3	6	6	6	7	7	9	-	5	-	5	-	-	3

	Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 N	1.4 S	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 N	1.5 N	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	7	9	9	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1052	501	952	559	260	325	83	87	126	119	95	247	207	221	455	276	380	672	501	408	284	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			5:52AM 1.33						9:01PM 1.67			8:21AM 1.75									9:40AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 0.71				1:19PM 0.05				1:59AM 0.94				2:58PM 0.29		6:14PM 0.41		12:31AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	1	7	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	18	18	19	23	22	18	15	13	15	17	16	17	12	9	9	9	18	19	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	18	18	19	23	22	18	14	13	15	17	16	17	12	6	6	6	17	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 N	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.4 E	1.5 N	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.4 ESE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	9	8	6	6	6	14	6	9	9	9	10	5	8	7	7	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.9 NE	-	1.3 NE	1.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 N	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	-	-	5	5	-	6	6	4	4	6	7	-	6	7	8	8	-	4

	Sun	Monday 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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SW	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	5	8	8	8	5	5	8
Energy(?)	539	451	813	1254	661	775	107	106	119	221	216	123	126	103	143	9	205	294	298	114	96	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											7:17AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				12:19AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	18	17	16	20	20	14	16	17	17	18	18	19	21	18	18	18	23	23	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	17	16	15	20	20	14	16	17	17	18	18	19	21	18	18	18	23	23	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.1 S	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 N	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	13	10	10	14	-	7	7	6	8	7	6	6	6	6	-	8	8	8	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	8	8	5	5	-

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