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

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu 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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	1	2	2	3	3	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.4 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	17	14	11	12	16	17	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	958	432	796	1156	1190	148	129	226	296	542	2817	2087	4747	4256	3877	4149	3799	1480	2574	1421	985	865
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:42AM 1.25			8:43AM 1.02			4:27AM 1.06	12:25PM 1.00		4:22AM 1.35	3:48PM 1.58		3:59AM 1.28	2:37PM 1.28		5:12AM 1.51	4:39PM 1.49	1:54AM 0.30	5:34AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 0.48			5:16PM 0.52				7:22PM 0.30	9:33AM 0.88		9:03PM 0.21	10:19AM 0.74		9:09PM 0.17	9:20AM 0.86		10:35PM 0.10	10:56AM 0.52		7:55PM 0.16	11:24AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	11	12	10	9	9	11	6	11	12	9	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	14	15	19
Low °C	6	8	11	12	8	6	6	9	3	7	12	9	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	13	13	18
Chill °C (?)	4	6	11	12	8	6	6	9	2	11	10	7	13	13	14	14	13	16	15	13	14	19
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.4 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	14	14	6	7	8	11	12	16	17	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SE	2.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.5 N	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	12	13	14	12	5	14	17	14	17	17	9	9	10	9	14	14	5	13	12	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.7 NNE	1.1 NE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.4 E	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	7	7	7	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	6	3	-

	Wednesday 11						Thursday 12								Friday 13
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Susuki Shizuoka	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	12	13	11	14	14	13	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	17	6	17
Energy(?)	1054	283	456	601	348	540	998	1190	1527	1156	2523	1623	217	245	2227	2312	2338	129	186	226	83	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:58AM 1.33								8:14AM 1.08									10:38AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)					3:31PM 0.49									7:04PM 0.77				8:55AM 1.11				8:16PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	12	9	12	9	10	7	7	6	6	9	11	6	9
Chill °C (?)	1	2	6	6	4	5	4	4	2	12	7	12	7	8	4	3	2	2	6	9	5	7
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	14	10	13	11	14	14	14	13	13	6	6	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	1.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	6	10	11	-	12	8	-	11	14	13	14	5	8	11	15	15	14	14	17	6	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	-	2.2 NE	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	11	-	13	-	5	5	12	12	11	3	4	3	-	-

	Wednesday 11	Thu
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Susuki Shizuoka	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	0.5 E	0.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.3 E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	6	11
Energy(?)	1371	741	1054	735	782	1061	1070	972	456	810	416	757	9	40	436	354	361	49	49	47	9	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					7:22AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	11	8	11	8	13	8	7	7	8	7	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	1	1	3	4	4	6	10	6	10	6	13	6	4	5	4	3	4	5	2
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	11	6	11	10	10	5	5	11	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	7	6	6	10	6	6	10	10	6	12	6	4	11	12	18	18	11	11	5	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	4

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