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. Read More

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Japan Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Sat
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 W	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.9 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	12	7	6	7	6	8	7	6	9	9	9	9	10	7	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	222	207	231	261	67	308	253	115	244	91	51	230	77	86	115	57	98	366	558	527	56	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (ft)	9:58AM	NaN		10:36AM			4:00AM	2:20PM		5:00AM	4:23PM		5:27AM	3:50PM		4:24AM	3:39PM			2:56PM	2:57AM NaN
Low Tide / height (ft)		4:02PM		6:13AM		8:25PM	9:36AM	NaN	9:15PM	10:49AM		10:57PM	11:24AM		10:08PM	10:26AM		9:23PM	8:46AM		9:02PM	8:52AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds
Rain (in)	-	-	0.1	0.0	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	2.0	-	-
High °F	61	66	63	63	70	57	59	63	61	61	68	61	59	57	59	68	63	64	55	59	68	66
Low °F	59	66	57	61	63	55	59	57	57	57	68	54	55	57	57	64	61	59	55	57	66	63
Chill °F (?)	59	66	61	63	70	55	55	61	59	61	68	57	59	55	57	68	61	64	52	59	68	66
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 W	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.9 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.0 SE
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	5	7	7	6	8	8	7	6	7	9	9	9	10	7	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.9 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	12	7	10	7	6	7	11	9	9	5	6	-	8	9	9	8	11	7
Wind waves (ft) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	-	1.7 SW	0.6 NE	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 S	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.5 SE	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	5	7	6	7	6	7	-	6	4	-	3	4	5	-	3	4	3	-

	Saturday 05	Sunday 06	Monday 07
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	395	548	274	222	222	207	201	222	231	326	265	261	253	67	188	253	308	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (ft)					9:17AM 4.99						3:11AM 4.49							2:39AM 3.77
Low Tide / height (ft)		1:38AM 3.05						6:07PM 1.44				7:55AM 4.04				6:56PM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	0.0	0.1	-	0.0
Temp. °F	55	50	50	59	61	66	66	61	59	63	61	61	63	70	59	55	57	57
Chill °F (?)	55	46	48	57	59	66	66	61	57	61	61	61	63	70	57	54	55	57
Sunrise	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.5 SE	0.1 W	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (ft) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.0 NE	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	6	-	3	3	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	5	6	7	7	7