The best day this week is Thursday 22 Oct, with 15 of 59 spots rated Good or better for intermediate surfers. Updated 20 Oct, 01:03 UTC, from the forecast for 59 spots.
Best: Thursday 22 Oct, 13 spots Good. Pick: Tatado Hama (Yamatoken) (1.5 m, good around 10:00), Uchiboso (1.3 m, good around 16:00).
Kyushu (14 spots)
Best: Saturday 24 Oct, 5 spots Good. Pick: Aoshima (1.2 m, good around 07:00), Kizaki Beach (1.2 m, good around 07:00).
Hokkaido, Tohoku and Sea of Japan (7 spots)
No Good day this week.
Shikoku (6 spots)
Best: Tomorrow, 3 spots Good. Pick: Asakawa (1.2 m, good around 17:00), Dead Man's Land (1.2 m, good around 17:00).
Okinawa (5 spots)
No Good day this week.
Day by day
Today
5 spots Good or better. Swell 1.2 m at 9 s from SE.
Intermediate: Kizaki Beach (1.3 m, good around 14:00), Udo Shrine (1.1 m, good around 16:00), Ozaki (1.1 m, good around 09:00), Kojima (1.1 m, good around 09:00)
Beginners: Aoshima (1.0 m, good around 07:00), Kojima (1.1 m, good around 09:00), Susuki (1.0 m, good around 17:00)
Tomorrow
9 spots Good or better, 1 Epic. Swell 1.3 m at 10 s from SSE.
Intermediate: Kizaki Beach (1.9 m, epic around 11:00), Aoshima (1.7 m, good around 08:00), Udo Shrine (1.5 m, good around 07:00), Asakawa (1.2 m, good around 17:00)
Beginners: Hungry (0.9 m, good around 17:00), Ohara (0.9 m, fair around 16:00), Susuki (1.3 m, fair around 06:00)
5 spots Good or better. Swell 1.4 m at 11 s from S.
Intermediate: Uchiboso (1.2 m, good around 12:00), Omaezaki (1.7 m, good around 06:00), Nagata (1.1 m, good around 07:00), Asakawa (1.0 m, good around 13:00)
9 spots Good or better. Swell 2.1 m at 9 s from SSE.
Intermediate: Uchiboso (1.3 m, good around 06:00), Omaezaki (1.6 m, good around 17:00), Aoshima (1.2 m, good around 07:00), Kizaki Beach (1.2 m, good around 07:00)