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 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NNE	0.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.8 NE	2.4 ESE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 NE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	5	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	10	9	10	9	10	9	7	8	10	8
Energy(?)	85	41	1281	77	430	680	879	1052	576	527	738	1224	919	600	599	386	228	102	462	2360	3778	952
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:05PM 1.35	10:11AM 1.56			7:19AM 1.34		1:49AM 1.21	7:09AM 2.11			3:51AM 1.52	1:54PM 1.23		4:24AM 1.60	3:51PM 1.69		3:37AM 1.22	4:09PM 1.46		3:45AM 1.30	5:23PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 0.16		4:16AM 0.86	2:56PM 0.29	8:33PM 0.42		5:40PM 0.37				7:52PM 0.48	9:25AM 1.12		9:24PM 0.41	10:08AM 0.92		10:14PM 0.35	9:18AM 0.62		10:29PM 0.24	9:36AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	21	1	4	1	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	6	15	3	3	2	-
High °C	15	14	16	12	16	14	14	13	15	15	14	16	16	17	17	16	21	18	20	17	17	15
Low °C	14	12	16	11	15	12	14	12	14	15	14	16	16	16	17	16	21	17	19	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	10	15	12	12	12	14	15	13	16	16	17	17	16	21	18	20	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 NE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	2.5 S	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	8	13	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	10	8	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 S	0.7 SW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSE	-	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	6	-	5	7	-	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	8	5	-	9	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	0.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.8 NE	2.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	6	4	8	5	7	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	8	10	8

	Tuesday 24				Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 NE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.4 SE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	6	9	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	10
Energy(?)	57	58	55	219	98	205	65	104	72	973	643	532	603	1102	4410	2161	1251	1119	1267	2267	1052	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:29AM 1.68							8:59AM 1.47					11:55PM 1.15	12:22AM 1.34			9:55AM 1.49					2:51AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			4:26PM 0.16			12:53AM 1.00	3:17AM 0.89		10:15AM 1.12		4:40PM 0.34				4:22AM 1.22				5:50PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	12	14	12	14	13	11	16	16	12	13	13	13	15	17	14	14	13	12	17
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	11	14	10	14	13	9	15	15	10	11	12	12	14	17	12	14	12	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	0.5 SSW	2.4 ESE	2.4 SE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	6	9	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	8	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.9 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	8	-	8	14	8	7	7	7	-	13	9	9	-	8	13	8	8	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 NNE	-	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 N	-	1.3 NNE	1.7 E	1.2 NNE	0.4 NE	3.5 E	2.5 NE	-	1.7 E	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	-	0.7 N
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	6	-	5	5	4	-	5	7	5	6	10	9	-	8	10	9	-	6

	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	3.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	6	8	8	8	3	7	6	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	73	57	57	218	145	266	54	48	5	70	105	51	36	48	50	228	49	144	69	66	135	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:29AM 1.68													10:26PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)							3:24PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	21	22	22	12	15	12	15	15	15	15	16	14	12	14	14	16	13	13	13	13	12	16
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	10	14	10	15	15	14	14	16	14	12	14	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	6:13
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 N	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.8 E	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	6	8	8	8	-	7	11	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SE	-
Period (s)	12	6	6	10	-	13	6	6	5	11	9	6	4	6	6	-	5	7	6	6	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.1 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.2 ESE	0.3 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.8 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	6	3	3	5	6	8	4	4	3	5	6	4	-	4	4	6	2	8	5	5	4	7

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