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

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	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	3	4	5	4	2	5	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	2.0 NE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	1.6 E	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.9 E	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	14	14	14	7	6	14	11	13	16	10	16	16	16	14	15	16	15	13	14
Energy(?)	1005	757	804	1199	1156	1540	178	41	310	688	3666	2458	403	2199	6423	6098	6111	2354	1957	1327	1089	1337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				8:05AM 1.11			5:10AM 1.01			3:36AM 1.04	12:49PM 1.08		3:41AM 1.12	2:44PM 1.07		3:53AM 1.18	2:43PM 1.20		3:57AM 1.30	3:02PM 1.35	10:14PM 2.13	10:47AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 0.33			5:16PM 0.52	6:21PM 0.38			8:03PM 0.30	8:27AM 0.92		9:03PM 0.21	8:56AM 0.81		9:45PM 0.14	9:22AM 0.68		9:27PM 0.27	9:27AM 0.75			4:35AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	10	9	10	6	6	11	12	9	10	11	14	14	15	11	18	18	15	18
Low °C	11	11	11	12	8	5	8	5	2	7	11	8	7	11	14	14	14	10	18	18	13	18
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	11	9	6	8	6	2	10	11	6	7	9	13	14	15	9	18	18	15	18
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	0.4 NW	1.3 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.6 E	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.9 E	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	14	14	6	6	8	11	13	16	10	16	16	16	14	15	16	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 SE	0.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	-	0.5 N	-	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	7	6	13	10	12	11	8	6	14	17	17	9	16	10	-	14	13	13	-	6	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.9 NNE	1.2 NE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NE	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kuminatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	10	8	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	15	16	7	7
Energy(?)	1407	1408	673	448	335	757	669	540	804	865	1430	1199	1121	1828	2229	1281	2004	1120	2043	2154	225	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:25PM 0.99			7:42AM 1.19								8:14AM 1.08								7:23AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		1:19AM 0.90					4:20PM 0.38															2:29PM 1.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	4	6	7	11	11	7	12	7	5	12	9	12	12	9	8	7	5	7	10	11
Chill °C (?)	1	1	1	3	4	11	11	4	11	4	2	11	7	11	11	7	5	3	2	4	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.9 NE	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	8	10	10	12	10	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	15	16	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 E	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	10	7	6	10	6	6	12	13	12	11	10	12	14	14	11	11	11	12	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	4	4	7	7

	Tue		Wednesday 11
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kuminatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	702	604	948	1474	1185	1468	1468	1330	1208	433	442	1005	457	958	923	465	416	551	298	305	4	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:25PM 0.99										7:32AM 1.26	8:03AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)						2:01AM 0.85													3:13PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	5	4	5	11	11	4	11	4	5	11	7	11	11	8	8	7	7	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	2	2	1	0	1	8	9	1	8	1	2	9	4	10	10	6	7	5	4	4	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	3	3
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	6	9	6	7	7	7	6	10	6	6	7	6	6	6	10	12	11	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	-	2.2 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	8	9	8	-	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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