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

	Tue	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31
	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	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	3.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 NE	2.4 ESE	2.0 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	0.9 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	8	5	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	4	7	8	6	10
Energy(?)	2	1136	123	1345	1570	1073	840	835	714	898	295	1018	732	359	433	274	92	12	635	666	62	2617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35PM 1.42	6:50AM 1.42		11:39PM 1.21	9:45AM 1.48	4:13PM 1.53		11:39AM 1.31	12:06PM 1.38		3:51AM 1.52	2:40PM 1.55		4:24AM 1.60	3:36PM 1.57		4:57AM 1.87	4:09PM 1.46		5:22AM 1.93	3:34PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			4:37PM 0.42		4:20AM 1.24		11:32PM 0.63	6:34AM 1.15		8:12PM 0.49	9:25AM 1.12		8:47PM 0.36	10:08AM 0.92		10:23PM 0.41	10:54AM 0.76		9:22PM 0.23	11:25AM 0.58		11:38PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	5	6	7	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	1	1	-
High °C	15	16	13	13	16	13	17	14	15	14	19	17	17	15	15	14	17	18	18	16	14	14
Low °C	11	16	13	13	15	11	15	14	15	13	15	17	17	15	15	13	16	17	16	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	11	16	11	17	12	14	13	19	17	17	14	14	14	17	18	18	15	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.7 S	3.0 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ESE	2.0 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	6	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	18	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 NE	-	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 S	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	6	10	-	8	8	13	-	11	11	10	10	12	5	-	-	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	3.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 NNE	2.5 NE	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	-	0.9 NE
Period (s)	6	8	5	6	9	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	7	8	-	4

	Tue		Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 ESE	1.7 E	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 NNE	2.4 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ESE	2.4 SE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	5	6	6	8	6	8	9	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	10	9	10
Energy(?)	141	200	60	42	60	215	214	862	200	634	1135	1033	1250	4246	1444	1677	1706	1065	1112	1249	1093	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:26PM 1.46									12:35AM 1.51			9:55AM 1.49					2:51AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	3:38PM 0.23				3:16AM 1.10		10:15AM 1.12		4:37PM 0.42				4:08AM 1.02									7:56AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	13	13	14	11	11	16	13	12	12	14	12	15	17	17	17	13	12	16	12	16
Chill °C (?)	15	11	13	13	14	9	9	15	12	10	10	13	10	15	17	17	17	13	10	16	10	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	6:09
Sunset	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	1.4 ENE	0.8 SE	2.5 ESE	-	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	1.8 NE	2.4 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ESE	2.4 SE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	14	6	7	8	-	8	9	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	-	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	8	6	4	14	7	-	7	-	-	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	10	12	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 ESE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	-	1.7 E	0.9 NNE	0.7 N	2.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	3.5 E	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	7	-	3	-	5	6	6	-	6	4	4	8	5	10	-	6	-	-	-	6	11	-

	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	3.0 ESE	1.2 SE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	-	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	5	8
Energy(?)	67	258	69	43	38	2	2	0	60	55	56	351	42	48	51	856	1094	112	199	1271	122	956
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								10:26PM 1.40										8:36AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	3:38PM 0.23					8:53PM 0.38							3:17AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	15	13	13	15	14	16	13	13	13	16	13	13	12	16	16	13	14	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	9	15	13	13	14	12	15	13	13	13	14	13	12	11	14	14	10	12	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:52	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	12	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	6	9	7	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	6	8	6	6	4	-	-	-	6	5	5	-	4	5	5	-	-	12	10	7	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	2.2 ESE	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	3.0 ESE	1.2 SE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	6	6	6	3	3	2	6	-	3	3	7	8	8	8	8	5	8

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