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

7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.8 E	0.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	2.2 SE	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	10
Energy(?)	621	262	511	300	503	742	371	127	236	307	511	452	342	320	549	282	501	517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:08AM		12:58PM 1:11AM	2:47AM	3:09AM	3:03PM		3:52AM	4:15PM		4:38AM	5:07PM	2:48AM	5:13AM 12:57PM		6:04PM
Low Tide / height (m)			6:30PM	7:56AM		7:47PM	9:15AM		9:20PM	10:10AM	7:25AM	10:19PM	10:52AM		8:57PM	11:39AM		11:52PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	4
High °C	15	16	15	16	17	19	22	20	20	24	24	24	26	26	21	25	24	20
Low °C	13	15	14	16	17	18	21	19	18	23	24	23	24	26	17	24	23	18
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	16	16	19	22	20	20	24	24	24	26	26	21	25	24	20
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:27	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	1.5 ENE	-	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	2.2 SE	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	9	9	9	8	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	7	7	-	-	-	-	11	-	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	0.5 N	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.8 E	0.4 SSW	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	3	8	8	8	3	7	8	8	9	-	-	7	-	-	5

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	2.0 E	1.1 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	381	610	670	621	398	262	242	600	511	480	314	300	202	503	175	743	742	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:11AM 1.27			10:43AM 1.16					2:35AM 1.70				1:58PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				6:29AM 1.03				7:08PM 0.50				8:40AM 0.99					9:05PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	9	6	1
Temp. °C	18	13	13	13	15	15	17	14	14	15	15	16	15	17	16	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	11	11	12	14	15	17	13	14	14	14	16	15	16	15	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	-	-	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	9	-	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	0.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 E	2.0 E	0.2 S	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	9	9	4	10	10	10	3	3	9	8	6	8	8	8