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

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Bowls Okinawa	Hebara Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NNW	1.0 NE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.9 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.3 E	1.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	15	14	13	14	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	174	175	442	162	537	1459	999	242	2178	1526	757	1026	1131	2217	819	1306	1409	1126	1057	1667	1797	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:06AM 2.20		6:41PM 2.11	5:07AM 1.59	4:05PM 1.65		8:21AM 2.04		7:46PM 2.17	9:11AM 1.95		6:47PM 1.84	8:51AM 1.68		7:53PM 1.92	9:37AM 1.74		8:28PM 1.67	10:32AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 0.06	9:56PM 0.23		12:50PM 0.59	1:13AM -0.03	10:34AM 0.83		10:54PM -0.09		1:55PM 0.76	2:31AM -0.10		1:17PM 0.96	1:50AM -0.02		2:06PM 1.03			2:57PM 1.11		3:29AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	25	15	24	17	19	17	21	17	15	17	20	20	21	20	25	26	23	22	22	26	25	14
Low °C	23	15	23	17	18	16	19	16	13	17	20	19	19	18	24	25	23	21	20	25	25	11
Chill °C (?)	25	14	24	17	19	16	21	16	14	16	20	20	21	20	25	26	23	22	22	26	25	12
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	4:42	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:42	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	1.0 NE	0.6 NNW	1.3 ESE	-	2.1 ESE	0.1 S	1.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.6 SE	1.9 E	1.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	-	8	12	7	11	11	10	11	16	11	15	14	10	8	9	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.8 SE
Period (s)	10	9	7	-	-	-	12	10	-	12	9	19	-	15	11	12	10	14	13	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	1.9 ENE	0.2 NNE	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.2 N	1.8 NNE	-	-	-	2.0 E	2.3 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW
Period (s)	4	-	7	3	7	8	9	5	7	-	-	-	11	11	12	11	8	-	-	-	-	5

	Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	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	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Big Ben Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NNE	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	7	9	8	8	8	7	9	6	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	737	314	223	315	135	163	142	111	215	240	467	692	623	873	824	961	1504	1918	1119	1432	702	1034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:54AM 1.48	8:18AM 2.12			3:04PM 1.56					6:48AM 2.13			5:03PM 1.89					6:19AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		12:02AM 0.05				12:11PM 0.55			9:37PM 0.15	12:22AM 0.04							11:41PM -0.03					12:30PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	10	7	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	14	25	25	15	15	16	24	24	24	25	17	17	17	17	18	17	19	18	21
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	14	25	25	15	15	16	24	24	24	25	17	17	17	17	18	17	19	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.4 NNE	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 E	0.1 S	2.0 ESE	2.1 E	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	9	9	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	9	12	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	10	7	15	13	7	-	-	-	-	13	15	14	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.8 E	2.2 E	-	2.2 E	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	0.9 NNE	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	4	7	-	-	-	6	8	8	-	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	4	9

	Mon	Tuesday 04
	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	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Big Ben Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NNE	2.1 NE	0.5 SE	2.0 NNE	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10
Energy(?)	963	1153	71	673	302	302	207	198	231	132	130	130	130	35	35	34	53	141	49	64	92	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:22AM 1.50													4:37PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)														10:36AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	12	13	22	22	12	12	13	23	23	23	24	16	16	17	17	19	19	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	12	22	22	10	10	11	23	23	23	24	16	16	17	17	19	19	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	2.1 NE	0.5 SE	2.0 NNE	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.4 E	0.1 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	10	6	10	10	10	9	11	10	10	9	10	4	4	4	4	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NNE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.2 E	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	6	-	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	6	6	4	-	6

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