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 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SE	0.3 NE	0.5 ESE	3.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 N	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	7	9	10	10	9	7	9	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	9
Energy	822	2290	2792	437	203	14	48	1524	515	589	1286	88	65	85	11	205	250	232	250	225	150	198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:07PM 1.43		5:31AM 1.75		6:45PM 1.73	5:45AM 1.75		6:16PM 1.26	4:57AM 1.37		6:52PM 1.27	5:13AM 1.36		7:31PM 1.22	7:00AM 1.55		8:00PM 1.24	11:17AM 0.45		10:27PM 1.49	9:10AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		10:32PM 0.79			12:19AM 0.82			11:28PM 0.73		12:02PM 0.00	11:57PM 0.79		12:24PM 0.02	12:29AM 0.83		12:49PM 0.22	12:24AM 1.03	4:27AM 0.13	4:24PM 0.24		4:08AM 1.21	4:18PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	30	3	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	13	-	-	-	9	-
High °C	18	17	18	20	19	15	23	23	18	21	18	18	19	17	22	16	16	17	19	20	25	22
Low °C	15	15	17	18	18	14	22	20	18	20	17	16	18	16	20	15	15	17	19	18	25	21
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	20	19	14	23	23	18	21	16	18	19	17	22	16	16	16	19	20	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	6:45	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SE	0.3 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.2 WSW	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	7	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.6 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	12	9	9	9	4	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	8	9	6	7	11	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.7 S	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	0.5 NNW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.6 SE	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	7	9	10	7	2	4	6	8	5	8	8	-	3	-	-	6	3	3	-	2	-	3

	Friday 01				Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Mon
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Shida Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	8	9	8	8	7	7	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	7	9	9	9	6	7	7	8	9
Energy	1444	1481	417	224	532	591	1255	963	1956	1537	1559	1278	267	239	65	234	134	118	484	766	1023	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							4:02AM 1.36				5:38PM 1.32				5:40AM 1.67					7:44PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 0.20				11:50PM 0.76				11:00AM 0.01				10:58PM 0.68				10:55AM 0.10	2:21PM 0.13				12:38AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	19	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	15	-	1
Temp. °C	13	17	15	14	17	14	16	19	18	18	19	19	17	18	18	19	21	15	15	22	20	21
Chill °C (?)	12	17	14	14	16	13	15	19	18	18	19	19	17	18	18	19	21	14	14	22	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.3 S	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	1.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	0.5 ESE	1.7 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	9	9	5	7	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 NE	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	10	8	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	4	4	7	6	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 NW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	0.3 ENE	-	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	8	6	7	7	-	-	9	9	9	8	-	2	-	7	7	6	7	7	8	9

	Friday 01														Saturday 02
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Shida Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	4.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	7	7	10	10	8
Energy	1320	1453	659	526	830	726	2318	1910	1356	1371	2342	2432	2139	3073	1185	1461	1559	54	36	54	67	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								5:00PM 1.30	5:12PM 1.30												5:36AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		10:26AM 0.20												10:24PM 0.65	11:36PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	20	20	19	21	20	20	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	13	20	20	18	21	19	19	16	16	16	15	14	12	12	12	13	14	13	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.8 SE	1.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.1 NE	1.1 SSE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	3	8	9	8	8	10	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	-	12	12	-	-	9	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	4.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	7	7	4	-	6

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