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 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10
Energy	218	266	601	267	276	685	208	399	637	529	479	589	559	466	985	1879	715	554	295	370	245	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 1.75	2:57AM 1.38	3:19AM 1.61	3:59PM 1.45	2:35AM 1.34		5:13PM 1.81		5:22AM 1.90		6:13PM 2.01	5:31AM 2.05		7:07PM 1.95	6:05AM 1.99		7:49PM 1.91	6:37AM 1.95		8:33PM 1.85	6:56AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	9:05AM 0.55		8:43PM 0.64	9:44AM 0.35		8:49PM 0.63	9:20AM 0.07		11:19PM 0.64	12:00PM 0.04		11:53PM 0.83		12:35PM -0.02	12:34AM 0.94		12:46PM -0.04	1:10AM 1.01		1:34PM -0.07	1:49AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	20	20	17	18	22	20	23	23	20	22	24	21	23	24	22	23	24	21	23
Low °C	19	20	20	19	20	16	17	21	18	22	21	18	21	22	19	22	22	20	22	23	19	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	20	20	16	18	22	20	23	23	20	22	24	21	23	24	22	23	24	21	23
Sunrise	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:45
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.3 SE	1.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.7 E	0.1 SE	-	1.6 ESE	2.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	11	8	15	15	8	14	-	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	10	7	-	-	10	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	9	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	1.6 E	1.0 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.1 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	1.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	5	9	6	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13						Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	225	218	385	266	272	565	601	273	289	267	415	276	231	227	685	715	229	208	417	399	344	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:57AM 1.65				3:40PM 1.64				3:19AM 1.61				5:07PM 1.67			2:35AM 1.34	4:16AM 1.88				5:27PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)						7:54PM 0.54													9:20AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	19	20	20	18	21	17	17	19	20	20	20	21	17	16	17	17	18	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	20	20	18	21	17	16	19	20	20	20	21	16	15	17	16	18	22	20	20
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 NE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	12	8	8	10	10	7	7	7	10	-	7	7	-	-	7	10	12	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 NE	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.3 NNE	1.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	5	3	-	9	10	3	6	9	9	8	-

	Wednesday 13	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	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	231	231	225	238	239	218	218	302	385	385	206	266	266	260	272	260	554	565	565	556	601	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:57AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)							9:05AM 0.55										7:54PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
High °C	22	22	22	18	18	19	19	21	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	18	18	19	19	21	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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