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

	Tue	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14
	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	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 N	1.8 N	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.6 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	0.7 S	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	12	9	9	6	7	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	10	6	10
Energy(?)	370	433	129	78	59	84	260	439	994	995	868	730	232	250	157	152	190	156	245	346	73	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:36PM 1.60			9:20PM 1.05	6:41AM 1.30		12:48AM 1.27	11:01AM 1.42		2:00AM 1.16	7:42AM 1.17	1:04PM 1.35		3:06AM 1.37			3:29AM 1.38	3:23PM 1.25		4:09AM 1.54	4:19PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	2:45AM 1.13	9:04AM 1.18	1:38PM 0.34	12:40AM 0.98		5:36PM 0.48		5:18AM 1.12			4:46AM 1.15		8:13PM 0.45	8:54AM 0.88			9:46AM 0.61			10:13AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	19	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-
High °C	19	19	13	10	15	14	17	20	22	19	18	20	22	25	20	17	17	17	22	16	17	16
Low °C	18	18	13	9	14	13	15	19	21	18	17	19	21	24	20	16	16	17	21	15	17	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	12	10	15	14	17	20	22	18	18	19	22	25	20	17	17	16	22	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:29	-	-	7:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	1.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	0.7 S	0.7 SE
Period (s)	7	10	7	12	9	9	8	-	8	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	10	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	7	16	5	-	6	-	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.8 N	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.6 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 NW
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	3	3	6	7	8	8	8	8	3	-	4	-	4	4	6	5	5	4

	Tue		Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Susuki Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.8 N	1.6 N	1.3 N	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.6 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	12	9	11	9	8	8	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	355	87	370	632	315	433	331	203	56	50	49	102	67	59	71	82	58	58	260	382	392	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							9:40AM 1.67				9:08PM 1.12									12:55AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 0.57		12:31AM 0.93					3:54PM 0.27				3:53AM 1.18				4:45PM 0.39				5:04AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	3	12
Temp. °C	17	9	9	9	9	18	19	20	14	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	16	16	15	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	7	7	7	7	17	19	20	14	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	16	16	15	15	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:16	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	1.6 N	1.3 N	0.5 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	-	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	8	10	8	8	9	8	8	7	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 ESE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	9	7	8	7	10	10	5	8	5	9	6	12	11	11	7	10	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	-	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.8 N	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.6 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	6	7	8	8	5	5	-	-	-	7	-	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	7	7

	Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Susuki Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.6 NE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 S	1.0 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	6	9	7	7	7	8	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	5	8	8
Energy(?)	89	74	100	151	452	326	342	352	411	498	443	263	218	128	104	104	59	59	90	96	103	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)								10:29PM 1.45									7:54AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)										12:29AM 0.96		2:58AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	12	17	14	13	19	19	19	12	10	9	11	11	5	5	7	10	10	12	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	20	10	16	12	11	18	18	18	9	8	7	8	8	2	2	4	10	9	12	10	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	6	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.2 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	12	6	8	8	8	8	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 NE	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	-	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.2 NNW	1.0 NNE	0.7 NE	-
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	4	7	7	7	8	6	-	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	3	5	5	-

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