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

	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	1	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	1.1 ESE	2.3 NE	2.2 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	14	7	9	12	14	13	16	17	16	16	12	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1196	104	6	123	248	996	1496	5872	4471	4297	5422	4255	3640	904	1358	1366	1490	1803	972	1031	1053	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:00AM 1.17			4:12AM 1.26	1:26PM 1.10		3:50AM 1.22		9:00PM 1.72	9:55AM 2.28	3:58PM 1.37		10:21AM 2.39	4:39PM 1.49		5:57AM 1.95			6:09AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.52	6:21PM 0.38			8:03PM 0.30	9:42AM 0.97		9:19PM 0.30	8:54AM 0.98	3:39PM 0.94		3:16AM 0.49		10:55PM 0.28	3:57AM 0.33		11:27PM 0.22	11:55AM 0.53	12:08PM 0.34	11:59PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	9	9	10	8	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	19	18	12	13	15	15	15	13	15
Low °C	11	10	8	6	9	4	9	13	11	13	13	13	14	19	17	12	12	15	12	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	10	9	7	7	10	3	12	11	12	11	13	14	13	19	18	11	12	15	15	15	12	15
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	0.5 E	0.6 NW	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	2.2 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	10	14	6	6	7	15	12	14	13	16	17	16	16	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	4	8	14	17	19	17	-	-	10	10	10	10	17	16	13	13	-	-	8	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	-	2.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	0.5 WSW	-	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	3	5	4	-	9	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-	5	4	3

	Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	13	14	12	14	14	14	13	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	10	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1003	1760	1060	1072	1060	1875	98	188	107	2703	243	272	310	248	295	348	440	545	1753	1645	1624	1698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)				7:42AM 1.25								8:10AM 1.85				6:28PM 1.40			4:31AM 1.55			2:25PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)								6:08PM 0.47													9:54AM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	11	6	9	12	11	9	7	7	8	9	10	10	7	9	8	4	3	6	14	13
Chill °C (?)	5	4	9	2	7	10	9	6	3	3	5	6	7	10	4	6	4	0	0	3	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	2.0 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E
Period (s)	13	12	9	13	14	12	14	14	14	13	6	6	5	7	8	5	8	10	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	1.4 ENE	0.1 SE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	0.3 E	-	0.4 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	12	-	14	16	11	14	5	-	5	15	-	-	-	17	13	-	17	17	17	18	17	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 NW	2.2 NE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	-	0.8 N	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	12	7	7	8	-	7	8	-	4	8	7	-	6

	Wed		Thursday 12
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	12	9	9	9	14	15	9	14	6	11	16	10	6
Energy(?)	1316	1003	796	982	929	884	97	183	97	1457	3	3	3	106	102	3	105	40	183	233	4	356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																12:47PM 1.39						6:44PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	10	7	7	10	5	8	5	6	8	9	10	7	12	11	9	12	12	12	10	9
Chill °C (?)	6	5	10	5	5	9	0	6	0	2	6	7	9	3	12	10	7	12	10	9	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	13	10	13	14	10	13	14	13	12	5	5	5	14	5	5	14	14	11	16	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 W	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	18	12	13	12	12	13	5	4	5	8	9	9	9	4	15	-	4	10	15	11	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.4 NE	-	1.4 NE	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.7 NW	1.6 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.2 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.6 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	12	9	-	9	-	-	4	-	4	11	-	-	-	4	6	3	3	6	5	5	6	6

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