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

	Fri	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	6	5	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 SW	2.3 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	9	10	9	9	10	5	7	10	8	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	8
Energy(?)	1103	1183	1010	346	237	247	57	69	81	561	3176	1492	1516	210	211	361	267	181	125	107	14	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 1.52			4:10AM 1.09	2:35PM 1.12		4:25AM 1.18	3:38PM 1.25		4:43AM 1.28	4:27PM 1.36		3:49AM 1.42	4:12PM 1.32		5:02AM 1.41	5:05PM 1.36		4:51AM 1.36	5:18PM 1.44	6:45PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		9:14AM 1.07		8:33PM 0.19	9:14AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.20	9:53AM 0.65		10:11PM 0.24	10:28AM 0.52		10:45PM 0.31	9:54AM 0.47		10:57PM 0.30	11:08AM 0.27		10:32PM 0.55	11:14AM 0.10		12:31AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	34	13	16	-	-	6	6	1	-	1	-	3	43
High °C	17	17	17	13	15	16	16	18	18	20	20	17	14	15	18	12	11	13	12	14	15	15
Low °C	16	16	17	13	14	16	15	16	18	18	20	17	11	14	17	11	11	12	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	13	15	16	16	18	18	20	20	15	12	14	17	9	8	12	11	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	18	10	10	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	1.5 E	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	12	10	12	10	11	4	12	-	18	9	16	8	7	7	14	8	8	8	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 SW	2.3 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	-	-	0.5 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	5	7	10	8	4	5	4	7	7	7	-	-	3	4

	Fri		Saturday 28								Sunday 29								Monday 30
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku 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	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	5
Energy(?)	523	318	670	1207	1360	1183	1086	1010	853	738	689	650	625	300	280	242	249	219	182	202	162	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:08AM 1.02			12:44PM 1.01					4:10AM 1.09			2:01PM 1.16					3:14AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55PM 0.41				8:23AM 0.92				8:33PM 0.19				8:21AM 0.96				8:39PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	13	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	12	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 E
Period (s)	12	-	13	13	13	9	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	4	13	12	11	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	3	4	4	4	5

	Friday 27	Saturday 28
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku 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	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	551	382	1550	1223	1195	1199	1104	1118	1103	1103	1207	1207	1322	630	369	402	402	606	513	552	478	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																					11:08AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)					7:16PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	13	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	11	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	11	11	12	12	13	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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