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

	Sat		Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	2	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 ESE	1.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	0.3 E	0.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	10	8	9	10	6	9	8	7	4	6	6	9	6	6	9	10	7	8	8	8
Energy	1473	1143	1264	648	587	139	192	89	63	51	35	100	329	17	14	145	35	53	206	795	695	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:56AM 1.63	3:07AM 1.49	2:14PM 1.42		3:30AM 1.59	3:24PM 1.52		3:58AM 1.64	4:29PM 1.75		4:35AM 1.72	4:56PM 1.65		4:41AM 1.89	5:56PM 1.76	6:23PM 1.70	6:04AM 1.81	5:46PM 1.41		3:32AM 1.46	5:15PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 0.59	8:50AM 0.88		8:55PM 0.60	9:35AM 0.78		9:39PM 0.57	10:11AM 0.58		10:26PM 0.63	10:59AM 0.36		10:46PM 0.66	11:05AM 0.18		12:09AM 0.58			10:18PM 0.65	10:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	7	4	1	-	-
High °C	17	16	20	17	19	21	14	21	22	22	19	24	20	19	14	15	17	13	14	16	17	21
Low °C	17	16	20	16	17	20	14	20	19	21	19	22	19	15	14	15	14	13	13	16	17	20
Chill °C (?)	17	16	20	16	19	21	12	21	22	22	18	24	19	18	13	14	17	12	12	13	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	6:49	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	-	2.5 E	0.1 SE	1.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	-	10	13	9	10	6	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	6	6	9	10	-	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	7	5	12	12	5	12	12	7	13	11	8	8	9	8	8	4	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.5 ESE	-	2.3 ESE	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 NE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	8	-	5	5	-	-	3	4	6	6	5	-	6	3	3	7	8	8	-

	Saturday 25				Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tue
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	7	9	8	10	10	12	6	6	6
Energy	1139	1473	1330	1145	2122	1245	1219	1101	980	1069	1021	658	1225	736	343	255	144	103	277	202	245	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						2:53AM 1.53				2:31PM 1.53					3:11AM 1.68							2:05AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				7:39PM 0.55				8:49AM 0.97				8:54PM 0.49					10:14AM 0.65			7:48PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	5	3	1	18	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	17	17	16	16	17	20	21	18	19	15	15	17	19	21	21	19	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	20	21	18	19	14	14	17	19	21	21	19	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	-	2.2 E	-	-	0.1 SW	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	-	10	-	-	7	10	10	9	9	8	7	9	8	10	10	12	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	-	13	13	13	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-

	Saturday 25	Sunday 26
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	0.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.7 N	0.7 N	2.1 E	1.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	15	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	6	14	14
Energy	448	502	329	1116	1487	705	775	1008	4	1145	785	1936	858	858	2057	2228	77	86	1101	331	317	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											7:45PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	17	19	17	19	19	19	18	18	17	19	16	16	18	19	20	20	17	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	19	17	19	19	19	17	17	17	19	15	15	18	19	20	20	16	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.1 SW	2.1 E	2.1 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	2.1 E	2.2 E	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	6	6	6	15	7	10	9	7	7	10	10	7	7	16	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	6	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	12	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 N	0.3 NNE	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	-	2.1 E	1.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	3	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	8	6	-	-

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