Japan Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Japan wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Japan region.

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Tue	Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15
	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	Nomozaki Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kenting South	Steps Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.3 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 SW	2.5 SSE	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	8	9	6	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	281	368	231	464	413	62	203	198	160	472	202	207	149	157	141	226	303	570	607	951	1022	734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:27AM 2.40	6:49PM 1.15	2:28AM 1.41	6:16AM 1.91		7:52PM 1.83	6:51AM 2.02		8:22PM 0.52	7:16AM 1.27		9:00PM 1.90	8:17AM 2.03		8:18PM 1.82	7:27AM 1.75		9:01PM 1.83	8:26AM 1.76		9:53PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 1.43			9:28PM 1.07		1:10PM 0.25	1:17AM 0.99		1:45PM 0.18	11:59PM 0.41		2:58PM 0.07	2:31AM 0.88		1:53PM 0.28	1:57AM 0.87		2:22PM 0.17	2:48AM 0.81		3:10PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	4	5	15	31	12	1	12	10	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	11	1	4	4	39
High °C	27	26	26	28	28	29	25	25	29	26	26	26	22	28	29	24	25	26	24	28	28	27
Low °C	27	26	25	28	27	28	25	25	27	25	26	26	21	27	28	23	24	25	23	27	28	27
Chill °C (?)	27	26	26	28	28	29	25	25	29	26	26	26	22	28	29	24	25	26	24	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.8 SE	0.4 SW	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SW	0.1 SE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	11	6	7	11	10	-	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	8	9	9	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 SE	0.2 SSW	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	9	11	11	6	8	-	10	9	10	8	7	7	8	7	10	8	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSE	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SE	-	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.3 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	-	2.3 SW	2.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	8	9	6	-	7	6	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	7	8	-	9	9	-

	Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09								Thursday 10							Friday 11

Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nomozaki Kyu Shu	Nomozaki Kyu Shu	Lightning Bolt North	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kenting South	Kenting South	Kenting South	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	0.4 SE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	314	297	199	46	377	368	351	231	231	496	464	464	452	413	30	62	103	212	203	208	144	198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:30PM 2.52		1:40AM 1.37	5:33AM 1.84					7:23PM 0.53				6:16AM 1.91				6:50PM 1.78			5:43AM 1.91	6:07AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41PM 0.88					12:35PM 0.35			10:31PM 0.46									12:17AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	7	1	3	8	7	6	9	9	8	6	-	-	1	3	3	3	2	6
Temp. °C	29	27	29	26	27	26	26	25	26	28	28	28	26	27	27	29	28	25	25	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	29	27	29	26	27	26	26	25	26	28	28	28	26	27	27	29	28	25	25	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-
Sunset	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	0.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	11	9	7	9	9	12	9	9	12	10	10	10	11	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 W	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 W	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	8	8	12	7	12	8	10	12	12	7	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 S	0.8 SSE	-	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	-	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	6	4	5	-	9	5	5	8	8	8	9	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	7

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of Japan where each view becomes a separate image.

Cambodia	Palau	Taiwan
China	Philippines	Thailand

Chiba	Kanagawa	Shikoku
Fujian	Kyu Shu	Shizuoka
Guangdong	Macau	South Korea
Hong Kong	North Taiwan	South Taiwan
Izu Islands	Okinawa	Taiwan
Japan	Primorsky Krai	Zhangzhou

Japan Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Japan Wavefinder

Explore

Services

Partner sites

Company

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None