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

	Sun	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10
	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	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ikei Island Okinawa
Rating	4	2	4	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 NNE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 E	0.6 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SW	1.5 NE
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	9	6	7	9	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	5	6
Energy	1216	512	1771	2490	85	47	81	362	272	187	265	78	212	207	168	199	177	204	295	228	146	337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:33AM 1.95		7:49PM 1.63	6:47AM 1.68		8:47PM 1.55	7:14AM 1.63		8:52PM 1.30	6:19AM 1.24		9:58PM 1.26	6:48AM 1.30		11:30PM 1.44	10:38AM 1.43		12:41AM 1.42	8:24AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 0.89		1:23PM -0.07	1:11AM 0.85		1:55PM 0.06	1:56AM 0.96		2:18PM 0.31	1:17AM 1.06		2:59PM 0.28	2:45AM 1.00		2:24PM 0.22		5:51AM 1.18	5:56PM 0.54		4:39AM 1.05	4:22PM 0.49	10:12PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	21	18	18	19	15	21	20	19	22	21	20	21	19	19	19	20	23	24	19	23
Low °C	17	19	19	15	17	17	14	21	19	16	22	21	18	19	19	16	19	20	22	23	19	22
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	17	18	19	15	21	20	19	22	21	20	21	19	19	18	20	23	24	18	23
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	2.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 E	0.6 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	6	9	7	9	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	6	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.1 W	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	-	0.8 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 N	0.8 ESE	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	6	6	3	6	6	9	5	9	11	10	-	6	11	4	6	10	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	1.4 WNW	-	1.4 NE	0.7 NNE	1.4 SW	1.5 NE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	2	2	3	5	6	6	-	5	5	5	6

	Sun		Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu
Rating	0	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 NNE
Period(s)	5	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	143	1023	644	2657	2193	1237	320	330	183	1514	1028	357	472	223	254	85	62	84	52	72	79	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:28PM 1.92				6:27AM 1.75				7:09PM 1.41								8:58PM 1.76			5:13AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				12:38AM 0.76				1:08PM 0.18			11:57PM 0.78	12:34AM 0.84				2:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	18	20	18	18	19	18	16	18	16	11	14	16	16	19	19	18	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	21	18	20	18	18	19	17	15	17	16	9	13	15	15	19	19	18	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.8 S	1.4 S	2.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.2 ESE	2.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	10	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SE	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	10	6	4	10	10	-	11	8	10	7	10	5	5	3	6	6	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 NW	2.5 WSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 NW	0.5 NNE	0.8 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	9	9	8	6	8	3	9	10	8	6	3	5	5	3	3	-	5	-	-

	Sunday 03								Monday 04
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu
Rating	0	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	7
Energy	68	247	296	563	775	906	990	1279	1453	400	630	507	1077	1477	2193	140	93	78	458	35	35	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					7:19PM 1.69									4:40AM 1.52		6:46AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)																					11:28AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	5	7	2	2	3	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	23	19	20	21	21	21	21	17	18	18	20	22	22	16
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	21	21	20	22	23	23	18	19	20	20	20	20	16	17	17	20	22	22	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	7	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	4	3	3	8	9	9	7

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