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

	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Oku Okinawa
Rating	4	5	7	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	1.4 ESE	2.3 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 E	1.1 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	14	14	11	13	14	13	14	16	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	5	12	14
Energy(?)	802	2253	4744	6023	501	2156	2625	1915	2245	1133	1247	1738	1137	1129	1194	1708	1699	745	826	92	86	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:58AM 2.00	1:59PM 1.13	11:07PM 0.28	4:48AM 1.67	3:48PM 1.47		5:13AM 1.82	4:35PM 1.78		5:35AM 1.92	5:17PM 1.76		5:59AM 2.00			4:47AM 1.42		6:42PM 1.96	5:12AM 1.38		8:08PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					10:29AM 0.84		10:31PM 0.42	11:01AM 0.90		11:05PM 0.32	11:28AM 0.72		11:38PM 0.26	11:56AM 0.55	12:19PM 0.30	11:40PM 0.09	10:46AM 0.43	12:26PM 0.38	12:49AM 0.24	11:20AM 0.11	1:02PM 0.10	2:13AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	12	12	10	15	18	18	11	18	12	16	12	13	14	17	16	21	21	15	18	21
Low °C	4	6	11	10	7	14	17	18	10	17	11	16	10	12	13	16	16	21	19	13	18	20
Chill °C (?)	3	8	12	12	7	14	17	18	10	18	10	16	10	12	12	15	15	21	21	14	17	21
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	1.4 ESE	2.3 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	14	14	11	13	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	9	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	-	1.1 NNE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 NNW	1.2 ENE	-	1.1 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SW	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	19	17	-	7	16	16	7	16	-	16	11	13	11	11	10	9	4	-	-	12	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	1.7 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	1.0 NW	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	4	-	7	6	-	6	-	-	4	5	6	4	4	3	4	5	6	5

	Fri		Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa
Rating	1	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	9	10	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	16	12	13	16	12	13
Energy(?)	223	270	365	320	1011	1823	3501	4744	6082	6028	6023	3024	4204	3946	2662	510	2184	2199	2263	2799	1246	1915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 1.40			4:18AM 1.56			2:50PM 1.47					4:52AM 1.71								5:19AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)							10:09AM 1.22				9:51PM 0.56				10:43AM 0.82				10:35PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	9	8	2	4	6	10	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	15	12	11	14	13	10	12	18
Chill °C (?)	3	7	6	0	1	3	8	11	12	12	10	9	8	11	15	11	9	14	13	8	11	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	1.3 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	5	8	9	10	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	16	12	13	16	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	1.4 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.5 E	1.1 SE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	-	17	-	17	18	-	-	7	7	7	6	7	6	16	18	10	16	17	13	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NW	-	2.3 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.2 NE	-	0.8 NNE	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 N
Period (s)	6	8	3	-	7	8	8	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	5	-	5	6

	Friday 13	Saturday 14
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa
Rating	1	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.6 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	17	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	18	9	17	10	10	16	13	11
Energy(?)	218	311	285	121	937	782	1954	2136	2177	2177	2066	1930	2164	2202	236	633	2178	2253	1169	2671	2579	1893
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														4:31AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)						8:48PM 0.54													9:50AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	4	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	3	5	9	6	7	10	10	17
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	3	4	6	8	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 NW	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	7	6	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	9	10	10	10	9	17	10	10	16	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 SSE	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	8	17	5	15	11	10	18	18	18	15	17	15	17	18	17	9	17	18	10	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.1 NW	2.2 NE	1.7 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	11

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