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

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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	Kudaka Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Green Pole Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s)	9	5	9	10	8	8	10	9	7	8	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9
Energy	218	103	132	128	237	170	147	165	780	352	214	74	181	240	379	574	417	229	284	307	367	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:19PM 1.54	8:56AM 1.72		10:31PM 1.39	6:17AM 1.31		12:15AM 1.58	10:38AM 1.43		11:24PM 1.22			1:51AM 1.64		2:09PM 1.38	2:56AM 1.74		2:06PM 1.30	2:55AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		3:19PM 0.34		3:10AM 1.04	4:13PM 0.44			4:07PM 0.57		5:51AM 1.18			6:45AM 1.13		6:31PM 0.70	8:39AM 0.98		8:26PM 0.64	9:19AM 0.64		8:27PM 0.64	9:18AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	18	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	18	20	21	20	20	17	17	20	19	16	20	21	23	24	23	17	20	19	18	19
Low °C	20	17	17	18	21	18	19	15	14	18	18	13	19	21	22	23	22	15	19	19	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	17	18	20	21	20	20	16	15	20	18	14	20	21	23	24	23	17	20	19	18	19
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:41	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:39
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.5 N	0.4 SSE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	6	9	6	6	8	8	6	9	11	8	7	11	10	6	13	9	9	6	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	11	9	10	6	11	10	-	-	10	10	6	6	13	6	12	11	9	10	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	1.0 SSE	0.3 N	0.1 NE	-	0.5 SW	-	0.6 W	2.5 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.1 NE	1.1 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	6	5	3	7	-	3	-	4	7	3	3	4	5	10	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	4

	Wednesday 06						Thursday 07								Friday 08
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kudaka Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	11	11
Energy	200	218	246	216	220	282	223	212	206	323	244	210	178	234	204	210	221	203	215	259	298	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 1.80								8:17AM 1.70	9:07AM 1.61				10:27PM 1.58				9:10AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					3:30PM 0.35			2:42AM 1.16				1:22PM 0.27	3:59PM 0.44				4:12AM 1.09				3:51PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	9	8	16	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	20	20	21	17	17	18	17	19	22	20	23	20	19	22	22	20	20	20	18	15
Chill °C (?)	20	21	20	20	21	17	17	18	17	19	22	20	23	20	19	22	22	20	20	20	18	14
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.1 N	-	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	9	6	6	4	10	9	8	8	7	6	10	6	-	11	6	6	10	10	10	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	3	3	7	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	4	7	6	6

	Wednesday 06																				Thu
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kudaka Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	5	10	10	10	9	5	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	6
Energy	184	200	208	203	194	78	99	135	111	112	183	103	190	130	159	220	220	99	107	87	115	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			9:53PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)													3:16PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	3	4	4	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	20	16	18	17	16	16	20	17	20	17	18	21	21	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	20	15	17	16	15	15	20	16	20	16	17	21	21	18	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	10	9	5	10	10	6	9	9	5	10	9	9	5	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNW	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	9	7	11	10	5	5	9	11	6	10	-	4	4	9	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	1.0 SSE	-	0.5 NE	1.1 E	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	5	5	-	5	-	3	5	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

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