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

	Sun		Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	4	2	3	4	3	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	2	3	1	0	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	2.5 NNE	2.0 SE	1.9 NE	3.0 W	1.7 ENE	2.4 NE	2.0 ENE	0.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	5	6	10	8	8	9	13	9	12	13	13	14	12	5	6	8	9	12	10
Energy(?)	795	752	619	120	339	937	455	1279	625	1864	1396	991	2301	1219	178	767	125	125	1278	811	361	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:35AM 1.32	5:30PM 1.72		4:41AM 1.32			10:18AM 1.94	5:54PM 1.44		7:01AM 1.89		7:22PM 1.94			7:45PM 1.77			8:21PM 1.68	6:10AM 0.23
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25PM 0.15	9:52AM 0.82		11:16PM -0.04	10:09AM 0.69	3:38PM 0.23	11:49PM 0.07	4:09AM -0.03		12:18AM 0.20		1:18PM 0.41	1:31AM 0.41	6:51AM 0.36	1:47PM 0.37	1:42AM 0.54	7:25AM 0.55	2:06PM 0.37	2:09AM 0.66	11:27AM 0.16	2:56PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	13	15	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	13	14	11	4	14	11	8	11	11	13	9	19	12	11	14	13	10	12	9
Low °C	17	16	16	13	13	10	4	11	10	8	10	10	11	6	19	12	6	14	11	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	12	13	10	-1	12	11	4	8	8	11	6	19	10	9	11	10	7	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:17	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 NE	2.0 SE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.0 ENE	0.5 NE	1.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	1.1 NE	1.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	10	8	8	9	13	13	12	9	13	14	12	8	10	12	9	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 NE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.6 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 ESE	0.1 E	1.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	2.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	8	8	15	11	11	7	8	9	15	9	8	8	13	8	9	7	11	14	-	12	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 WNW	1.3 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 NE	1.8 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.4 W	0.8 NW	3.0 W	0.4 N	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	-	0.4 NW	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	3	5	5	6	10	8	8	6	5	9	3	-	-	6	-	5	6	8	-	2	10

	Sunday 01				Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wed
	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	Amatu Chiba	Shida Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Katagai Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	1	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 E	1.8 NE	0.8 E	1.7 NNE	1.2 NE	2.1 NNE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 ENE	2.0 SE	3.5 SE	2.1 ENE	2.3 SE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	10	15	8	10	8	14	14	6	6	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	364	389	342	304	752	381	562	619	879	1006	1229	182	339	1441	1229	527	1914	1148	826	663	692	1063
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)									9:20AM 1.78		4:28PM 1.32					6:26AM 1.92			5:58PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39AM 0.81				10:36PM -0.08		3:01AM -0.00							12:01AM 0.14	4:59AM 0.07							12:38AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	6	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	15	16	13	10	16	11	16	16	16	13	14	9	15	17	12	11	10	4	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	14	15	13	8	15	9	16	16	16	12	13	7	15	17	10	8	7	1	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.8 NE	0.8 E	1.3 NNE	1.2 NE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	2.3 SE	2.5 ENE	2.0 SE	3.5 SE	1.7 ENE	2.3 SE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	10	15	8	10	8	14	14	6	11	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.8 NE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	12	8	8	-	15	-	8	8	9	11	5	7	-	-	7	-	6	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 E	0.4 SSE	-	1.7 NNE	0.4 WNW	2.1 NNE	-	-	1.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 NE	1.0 N	-	2.1 ENE	0.9 NW	1.0 NNW	0.9 N	2.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	3	-	8	5	8	-	-	6	6	8	10	4	-	9	4	4	7	8

	Sunday 01	Monday 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	Amatu Chiba	Shida Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Katagai Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	1	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.8 NE	1.0 E	1.8 NNE	1.8 NE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 E	0.5 SE	0.6 E	3.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 SE	3.0 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 NE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	9	10	11	7	10	7	10	10	7	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	9
Energy(?)	353	413	424	56	781	288	344	795	387	741	742	118	82	116	997	126	66	1048	73	74	121	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																						6:07AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	15	17	13	11	16	10	17	17	15	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	5	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	14	17	12	8	15	7	16	16	15	12	12	8	12	8	7	11	11	1	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.8 NE	1.0 E	-	1.8 NE	-	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 E	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 NNE	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	10	11	9	10	11	-	10	-	10	10	7	9	8	12	9	8	12	8	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.7 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	13	8	9	-	8	-	8	8	9	6	9	-	9	12	-	12	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	-	1.8 NNE	-	1.9 NNE	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	3.0 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NNE	3.0 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 NE	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	7	-	7	-	3	-	4	4	8	4	3	8	3	3	7	5

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