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

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	3.0 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	9	10	11	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	7	5	9	6	9	8	9
Energy(?)	220	263	1114	1542	1677	873	886	761	595	1567	487	805	618	300	229	238	48	2156	361	1416	175	177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:23AM 1.35	5:16AM 2.09	4:13PM 1.53					3:51AM 1.52	2:40PM 1.55		4:05AM 1.45	3:36PM 1.57		4:57AM 1.87	4:41PM 1.83		3:49AM 1.32	5:00PM 1.83		4:11AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 0.40		11:56AM 1.20		11:32PM 0.63	8:13AM 1.29		8:12PM 0.49	9:25AM 1.12		9:24PM 0.41	9:55AM 0.82		10:24PM 0.25	10:54AM 0.76		9:22PM 0.23	9:40AM 0.60		9:55PM 0.25	10:16AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	28	23	42	16	-	4	1
High °C	11	13	12	17	17	17	14	14	13	16	14	17	17	16	15	19	16	17	17	15	16	13
Low °C	11	13	12	13	17	14	13	13	13	16	14	16	16	15	15	17	15	15	16	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	12	10	17	17	17	13	13	11	16	13	17	16	16	14	18	15	17	16	14	16	11
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 SSE	0.2 E	2.4 S	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	1.2 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	9	10	11	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	7	8	9	10	10	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.6 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	-	-	9	8	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	18	17	9	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.9 ESE	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.9 SSE	3.0 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	9	6	9	4	2

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	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SE	1.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 NE	2.5 E	2.5 SE	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 E	2.5 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	93	108	67	220	79	203	979	588	1114	1328	1172	1542	1385	1182	1219	1369	1207	1201	1166	578	1849	761
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	high-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						2:53PM 1.70				12:22AM 1.35			9:15AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			3:16AM 1.10		10:15AM 1.12		4:47PM 0.45				5:01AM 1.34					6:32PM 0.57				7:36AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	13	11	11	12	14	16	12	12	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	11	12	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	9	9	10	13	15	10	10	12	12	11	18	17	16	16	8	10	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.8 NE	2.5 E	2.5 SE	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	6	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	14	-	7	8	-	7	8	9	7	9	10	8	6	-	-	10	10	-	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.5 ENE	0.7 N	1.6 NE	1.4 N	2.0 NNE	0.9 N	0.5 N	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	2.5 E	-
Period (s)	6	8	4	6	4	7	5	6	4	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	9	-

	Tue	Wednesday 25
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 E	2.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.3 ESE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	6	4	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8	8	5	5	8	6	6
Energy(?)	65	35	35	6	2	17	132	315	51	51	1040	54	96	182	1220	1220	730	188	159	809	267	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:28PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)							3:37AM 1.15												3:04PM 0.28	4:41PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	4	-	1	4	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	16	12	12	16	12	13	12	17	17	17	13	13	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	11	11	9	14	14	11	11	14	11	10	11	16	15	16	11	11	14	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 E	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	2.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	8	6	4	6	8	11	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	-	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	11	-	5	5	-	5	12	5	-	7	8	10	12	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	1.4 NE	0.9 SSE	2.0 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 NNE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	6	-	-	6	3	6	5	6	3	3	-	3	5	5	-	-	7	5	5	5	6	6

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