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 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			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	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Sunabe Seawall Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 NNE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E
Period(s)	8	8	10	9	10	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	6	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	95	91	122	220	101	293	195	184	149	133	168	190	212	225	230	211	532	498	366	185	212	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				7:39AM 0.23	4:33PM 0.31	9:53PM 1.67	11:46AM 1.78		9:00PM 1.20	9:15AM 1.52		12:00AM 1.45	10:38AM 1.59		12:53AM 1.51	11:21AM 1.34	12:39PM 1.40	2:16AM 1.67			12:45AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		12:24PM 0.02	11:57PM 0.07	10:07AM 0.22		2:59AM 1.15	5:56AM 0.95		1:07AM 1.07	3:38AM 1.06	4:36PM 0.45		5:07AM 1.12	4:56PM 0.57		6:21AM 1.08		7:18PM 0.61	8:04AM 1.05	5:57PM 0.44		7:07AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	39	5	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	5
High °C	21	18	20	22	17	17	19	21	19	20	20	17	20	19	17	21	19	21	21	20	19	24
Low °C	17	17	17	21	17	17	19	20	18	19	19	15	19	18	16	19	19	19	21	20	17	24
Chill °C (?)	21	18	20	22	17	16	19	21	19	20	20	17	20	19	17	21	18	21	21	20	19	24
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	7:05	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	10	6	10	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	12	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 NE	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	6	9	5	9	10	-	11	6	-	4	6	-	6	6	-	14	5	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.9 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 W	0.4 NE	1.7 NNE	0.4 NE	-	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	4	5	4	5	3	-	-	-	4	3	5	6	4	-	8	9	9	3	-	-

	Tuesday 05						Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s)	9	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	8
Energy	394	373	133	147	180	79	85	90	88	169	153	250	213	262	223	334	277	314	324	259	298	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:02PM 0.31	8:58PM 1.76		12:02AM 1.66	5:13AM 1.42	8:05AM 1.71					9:28PM 1.58			8:17AM 1.70				9:00PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54AM 0.22										3:38PM 0.25			2:49AM 1.05				1:46PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	21	22	22	19	15	15	17	20	20	21	22	17	17	17	17	19	21	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	13	16	21	22	22	19	15	15	16	20	20	21	22	17	17	17	17	19	21	19	19	19
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	6	7	9	9	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.7 NE	0.2 WNW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.2 W	-	0.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.1 SE
Period (s)	6	7	4	5	6	-	4	-	11	9	9	6	6	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.2 NE	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	6	7	3	5	6	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Tuesday 05																				Wed
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	9	9	-	8	8	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	662	267	0	88	93	69	97	97	93	119	117	140	138	47	81	78	79	79	80	84	63	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:33AM 0.23				10:42AM 1.97										8:58PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)													3:04PM 0.16								11:53PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	13	15	17	18	19	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	10	12	10	12	14	17	18	19	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	4:45	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 S	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	10	8	8	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	7	4	4	-	4	6	6	10	10	10	7	7	6	5	5	-	-	6	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.7 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	6	5	3	3	3	4	-	-	5	4	4	5	5	3	-	3	2	2	3	4	4	4

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