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	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	2	2	4	6	7	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	1.1 E	3.0 NNE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	6	8	11	14	14	12	16	13	14	15	15	16	14	13	14	14	12	13	13	8	13
Energy(?)	118	100	2157	2767	5966	3622	803	3244	1302	2139	2398	2198	1899	1828	1650	1579	1304	131	812	558	1402	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:28PM 1.40	8:58AM 2.00			4:49AM 1.54		12:10AM 0.29	5:07AM 1.65	4:45PM 1.76		5:35AM 1.92	5:15PM 1.93		5:59AM 2.00	5:54PM 2.04		6:23AM 2.05		6:33PM 2.11	6:33AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			1:28AM 0.82		3:09PM 1.12	9:19PM 0.30	10:20AM 1.02	3:39PM 0.94	6:26PM 0.21	10:47AM 0.87		11:11PM 0.14	11:28AM 0.72		11:38PM 0.26	11:56AM 0.55		12:10AM 0.26		12:29PM 0.23	12:43AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	1	-
High °C	8	6	7	9	12	12	12	12	11	18	11	13	18	15	15	20	20	11	21	20	17	21
Low °C	6	5	4	6	12	10	9	11	8	17	10	12	18	14	14	19	20	11	20	20	16	20
Chill °C (?)	5	4	2	7	12	12	11	11	10	18	9	12	18	14	14	20	20	9	21	20	15	21
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.1 E	2.2 NE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	9	11	14	14	12	16	13	14	15	15	16	14	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 NNE	0.6 E	-	-	1.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SE	0.6 E	0.3 NNW	1.5 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.3 N	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	6	15	-	-	6	16	10	18	7	13	13	-	-	4	-	6	6	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	3.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.5 NNE	-	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	3	-	8	8	8	-	5	7	5	6	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	3	4	8	5

	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima 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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	6	6	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 NE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	11	10	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	2416	104	235	289	263	251	248	348	226	564	1317	2149	5955	5966	7147	6836	6118	5090	4425	3095	3319	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				8:10AM 1.85				6:28PM 1.40	9:49PM 0.28		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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	8	9	10	10	7	9	2	5	4	6	9	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	6	8	9	3	6	-1	1	0	4	7	12	12	12	10	10	9	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	14	6	6	5	7	8	5	8	11	10	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	0.1 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.2 NNE	-	1.1 NNE	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	4	-	8	-	17	13	-	5	17	18	18	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	0.4 NW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.3 NE	1.7 ENE	-	0.8 N	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NNE	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE
Period (s)	11	3	7	7	7	-	7	8	-	4	8	8	8	8	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	5

	Thu	Friday 13
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima 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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	6	6	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NNE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	13	14	5	5	6	14	6	7	5	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2048	103	13	13	48	104	211	132	20	5	870	942	1632	1625	1656	1720	1726	1835	1835	961	1941	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																12:40PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			11:55PM 0.91						5:39AM 0.10			8:04AM 1.20	9:26AM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	8	4	5	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	5
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	7	7	5	1	5	0	1	3	3	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	14	6	6	6	14	14	6	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	5	5	5	8	4	8	8	-	11	14	14	8	11	11	11	-	-	-	14	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	0.4 NW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NW	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE
Period (s)	12	3	5	5	6	3	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6

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