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

	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Ikei Island Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	2	3	4	6	7	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.1 SE	2.2 NE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	1.5 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	16	8	11	14	14	11	16	13	13	13	13	16	14	12	13	13	13	14	12	13	14
Energy(?)	118	15	1158	2780	5145	6638	594	2708	1261	1926	1391	840	2164	1817	1253	686	1022	1619	1744	628	140	832
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:28PM 1.40	4:12AM 1.26	12:22PM 1.15	8:12PM 1.53	4:49AM 1.53	3:36PM 1.49		5:19AM 1.60	4:35PM 1.78		5:35AM 1.92	5:15PM 1.93		5:59AM 2.00	5:54PM 2.04		6:23AM 2.05	6:00PM 1.67		5:12AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 1.27	1:28AM 0.82	9:42AM 0.97		2:30AM 0.66	10:20AM 1.01		10:35PM 0.13	10:58AM 0.75		11:05PM 0.32	11:28AM 0.72		11:38PM 0.26	11:56AM 0.55		12:10AM 0.26			11:53PM 0.32	11:20AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	2	-
High °C	8	9	7	10	12	12	10	11	11	18	11	18	18	16	13	16	15	17	16	22	16	22
Low °C	6	7	5	6	12	10	7	11	8	17	11	17	18	16	12	15	14	16	16	21	14	22
Chill °C (?)	5	6	2	8	12	12	8	9	10	18	10	18	18	15	12	16	13	15	15	22	15	22
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	1.5 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	13	14	11	14	14	11	16	13	13	13	13	16	14	12	13	13	13	14	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 NNW	1.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 SE
Period (s)	14	11	19	18	-	-	16	10	17	7	15	16	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.4 NE	2.2 NE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.0 NW	1.2 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	3	7	8	8	7	7	4	8	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	7	3	6	7

	Friday 13						Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Onjuku Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	0.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	7	18	8	9	11	10	10	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	11	17	16
Energy(?)	2702	228	217	271	12	303	503	646	1212	2029	5768	5145	6970	6775	6638	5705	4838	3831	3503	584	1568	3339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		8:10AM 1.85				6:28PM 1.40			4:18AM 1.56			2:50PM 1.47					4:52AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)											10:09AM 1.22				9:51PM 0.56				10:35AM 1.07			8:56PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	9	10	10	9	9	4	4	4	6	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	14	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	2	6	8	8	5	6	1	1	1	3	8	12	12	12	12	10	8	10	14	10	11	8
Sunrise	5:52	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 NW	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	5	7	18	5	9	11	10	10	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	11	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	1.1 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	15	-	8	17	10	-	18	17	18	18	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	-	16	18	17	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	2.3 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.4 NE
Period (s)	11	7	7	4	3	8	5	4	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	8

	Friday 13	Sat
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Onjuku Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 E	1.5 ENE	-	0.1 SE	1.5 E	1.5 E	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	1.6 ESE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	14	18	7	-	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	16
Energy(?)	2791	132	197	105	12	228	0	5	541	760	1920	1903	1903	1891	1891	1891	2370	2069	2204	442	1068	2387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:49AM 1.20	8:10AM 1.85				12:27PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)																		8:54PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	8	6	6	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	2	7	5	3	2	6	8	9	7	7	9	8	9	7	6	4	5	3	2	5	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ESE	0.1 SE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	6	14	15	6	8	13	9	9	14	15	15	10	10	10	14	14	14	8	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	15	8	-	4	18	-	14	11	14	14	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	10	10	17	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	1.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	0.4 NW	3.0 ENE	2.2 NE
Period (s)	12	7	7	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	3	7	7

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