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

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	5	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.0 SW	1.0 ENE	1.9 N
Period(s) (?)	10	13	16	11	16	13	13	14	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	7	14	7
Energy(?)	2378	3557	2728	502	3712	1364	1926	2440	1862	1491	1872	1822	1422	746	1702	726	745	1003	602	971	441	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:55AM 1.50	3:51PM 1.62		5:19AM 1.60	4:35PM 1.78		5:35AM 1.92	5:15PM 1.93		5:59AM 2.00	5:19PM 1.60		6:23AM 2.05	4:52PM 1.43		5:17AM 1.38			8:08AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	9:42AM 0.97	3:09PM 1.12	9:50PM 0.54	10:27AM 0.91		10:31PM 0.42	10:58AM 0.75		11:05PM 0.32	11:28AM 0.72		10:03PM 0.10	11:56AM 0.55		11:23PM 0.24			11:07PM 0.19	11:29AM 0.18	12:56PM 0.24	11:40PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	10	12	9	10	11	11	18	10	10	18	16	18	19	20	13	18	21	20	21	15	21	22
Low °C	6	11	7	7	10	9	17	10	10	18	16	18	19	20	12	18	21	19	20	14	20	20
Chill °C (?)	8	12	6	7	9	10	18	8	9	18	16	18	19	20	11	18	21	20	21	15	21	22
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 E	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	16	11	16	13	13	14	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	1.5 SE	0.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.9 SSE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	17	-	10	16	10	18	7	-	-	6	-	6	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	19	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.8 NE	1.0 NW	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 N	1.9 N
Period (s)	8	7	8	4	8	5	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	6	7

	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	17	13	11	17	13	16	16	16	13	15	14
Energy(?)	365	652	997	1677	3446	3557	3647	6247	5723	4672	4218	3027	3175	529	1477	2401	2741	3439	3571	1128	3379	2108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:31AM 1.55			2:50PM 1.47					4:52AM 1.71								4:03AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28AM 0.82			10:09AM 1.22				9:51PM 0.56			8:56AM 0.81	10:35AM 1.07								9:22AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	3	6	10	11	13	11	11	11	10	9	14	12	11	14	10	9	8	12	11	18
Chill °C (?)	5	6	0	3	8	11	13	10	11	10	8	7	14	10	11	14	8	7	5	11	9	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.3 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	17	13	11	10	13	16	16	16	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.3 SE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.7 E	1.9 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	17	5	17	18	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	10	16	18	17	19	11	14	14	17	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.8 ENE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.8 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	7	8	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 14
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ESE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 E	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	13	16	16	16	14	16	13
Energy(?)	349	264	802	802	2080	2080	1771	2068	2150	2165	2157	2700	2344	818	2396	3429	2648	2673	2688	2229	2564	4752
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:31AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)												8:27AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	9	7	9	10	10	11	10	11	14	9	16
Chill °C (?)	6	7	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	5	4	6	7	10	8	6	8	13	6	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 E	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	8	5	14	14	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	16	13	16	16	16	14	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SE	-	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	-	1.5 SE	-
Period (s)	17	-	19	19	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	10	17	17	9	-	10	10	10	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.5 ENE	1.7 NNE	0.9 NW	3.0 ENE	1.6 NNE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	10	8	8	8	8	6	8	13

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