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

	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.0 N	0.5 ENE	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.6 SW	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	13	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	5
Energy(?)	332	456	351	283	177	325	157	222	144	190	2398	3197	2085	299	420	418	145	96	78	221	55	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 1.59	8:04AM 1.29		11:51PM 1.37	6:52AM 1.16		2:27AM 1.05			2:52AM 1.52			8:02PM 1.77	3:08AM 1.48	3:07PM 1.36	8:56PM 1.96	9:10AM 2.14	4:26PM 1.67		4:30AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				2:35PM 0.24					7:33AM 1.14	1:05PM 0.98	7:39PM 0.54	9:05AM 0.97	2:03PM 0.83	1:57AM 0.66	9:22AM 0.72		2:54AM 0.62			10:27PM 0.63	10:54AM 0.44	3:55PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	9	-	3	3	-	-	67	2	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	19	20	16	17	14	18	13	14	21	14	20	17	21	14	20	17	18	23	19	18	21	18
Low °C	18	20	15	17	13	17	13	13	20	14	18	16	18	14	20	17	16	19	19	17	20	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	16	12	18	12	13	21	13	19	16	21	13	20	16	18	23	19	17	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-
Sunset	6:27	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.4 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.0 N	1.0 E	-	3.0 E	2.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 NNE	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	6	-	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.8 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	1.1 E	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	14	12	13	7	7	13	7	6	6	13	-	-	-	13	8	8	12	12	10	8	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.1 W	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 NW	1.6 ENE	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SW	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	6	7	7	3	8	5	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	-	-	3	4	6	6	-	3

	Wednesday 22				Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	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	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	2.0 SSW	0.8 NE	2.3 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 E	0.8 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	6	7	7	6	14	6	7	7	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	424	301	254	214	200	234	646	389	630	283	534	229	554	528	218	208	272	236	204	227	222	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					10:20PM 1.45			7:30AM 1.29		2:58PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)						1:05AM 1.00	3:56AM 1.13				4:34PM 0.38		9:56PM 0.51		4:43AM 1.19		11:45AM 1.08			6:14PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	1	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	18	18	17	16	17	15	17	15	15	15	14	13	14	18	19	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	18	18	17	15	17	14	16	15	14	14	13	11	13	18	19	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.5 SE	0.5 S	1.6 E	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	7	6	7	7	10	7	13	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 S	0.8 NE	0.5 E	0.5 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	14	10	10	10	10	6	14	10	7	8	10	5	13	8	7	13	13	6	6	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	0.5 SW	2.3 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	-	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	6	7	6	6	8	8	4	3	8	8	5	4	-	7

	Wednesday 22														Thursday 23
	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	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 E	1.0 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	10	8	10	10	7	10	14	10	10	6	6	7	7	6	7	10	6	10	7
Energy(?)	404	324	342	735	389	459	374	600	203	16	196	299	310	320	200	182	344	334	370	393	439	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							3:43PM 0.11												3:53AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	3	-
High °C	18	20	19	18	18	18	20	20	18	13	18	16	13	14	18	18	14	14	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	17	20	19	17	18	17	20	20	18	10	18	16	10	12	18	18	12	12	13	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	12	10	10	13	14	7	7	14	14	10	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	14	12	14	13	14	14	13	14	15	15	10	10	-	-	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	7	10	8	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	-	-	6	7	5	6	6	7

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