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

	Tue		Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Shida Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	3	2	1	2	4	3	3	2	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.2 E	0.5 NE	3.0 ESE	2.3 E	3.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	8	6	6	13	6	8	9	9	7	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	8
Energy(?)	490	368	398	338	301	243	83	105	148	259	765	324	292	91	1278	899	1289	999	850	159	89	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 1.23	9:24AM 1.87		9:20PM 1.22	6:25AM 1.42		12:23AM 1.47	10:26AM 1.47		1:30AM 1.37	10:05AM 1.10		1:31AM 1.17	7:45AM 2.14			8:33AM 2.15			3:59AM 1.64	4:26PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58AM 0.91	3:44AM 0.94	4:54PM 0.14	12:59AM 1.11				5:40AM 1.26	5:30PM 0.48		5:38AM 1.03				2:03PM 0.83	7:52PM 0.45		2:47PM 0.67	9:39PM 0.57	10:10AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	1	12	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	14	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	21	18	14	15	14	13	15	19	14	19	15	20	16	17	14	15	15	17	23	24
Low °C	17	17	19	18	13	14	13	13	14	18	11	17	15	17	16	17	13	15	14	17	22	22
Chill °C (?)	16	19	21	18	12	14	12	11	13	19	13	19	14	20	15	16	12	14	13	17	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 S	1.2 E	0.4 S	1.2 E	0.6 N	0.1 SE	2.3 E	3.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	8	14	7	13	6	8	7	10	7	8	7	13	9	9	9	9	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	0.7 ESE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.3 SE	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	5	14	10	-	13	-	9	7	12	7	12	13	10	-	5	-	10	12	6	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	6	6	6	3	5	9	9	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	6	5	3	5

	Tuesday 21				Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	8	7	6	7	6	14	7	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	608	700	411	239	918	546	215	334	321	398	278	554	216	200	266	243	452	227	277	909	536	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								8:30AM 1.75					10:20PM 1.45		3:42AM 2.30			2:58PM 1.63				12:30AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		1:05PM -0.11	3:45PM -0.01			12:22AM 1.05	3:58AM 0.93				3:05PM 0.16			1:05AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	23	22	16	16	22	18	19	19	18	20	18	16	14	14	14	17	17	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	23	22	15	15	22	18	19	19	18	20	18	16	12	12	14	16	16	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	7	8	7	6	14	7	9	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 N	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	6	5	15	14	6	6	15	14	14	10	9	9	10	14	13	14	7	7	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.6 N	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	6	6	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	6	-	7	7	7	6	6

	Tuesday 21														Wednesday 22
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	11
Energy(?)	488	679	375	333	543	490	231	502	425	378	246	471	208	573	6	6	503	6	6	322	308	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													9:13PM 1.57					2:31AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)							3:59PM -0.03										1:31AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	23	23	18	17	23	19	18	18	16	20	15	16	16	16	18	15	16	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	23	23	17	16	23	18	18	18	14	20	13	15	15	15	16	14	15	11	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	5	5	7	12	12	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	15	5	5	6	6	5	15	15	12	15	14	15	6	12	12	14	5	5	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.3 NE	1.0 NNE	1.4 NE	1.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.2 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 N
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	3	3	-	7	5	7	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	4	4

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