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			Wednesday 29
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	3.5 E	4.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	10	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8
Energy	210	339	176	195	158	213	640	1074	628	2608	2578	287	473	347	515	559	80	101	158	72	777	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30PM 1.54	8:23AM 1.49		12:11AM 1.38	7:53AM 1.18		2:00AM 1.56	6:39AM 2.14	12:24PM 1.35	6:42PM 1.60		1:52PM 1.26		3:08AM 1.48	3:07PM 1.36		4:04AM 1.75	2:44PM 1.21		4:30AM 1.80	5:08PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		3:09AM 1.14	2:35PM 0.24			5:30PM 0.48	6:14PM 0.54			12:46AM 0.68	7:58AM 0.93		8:17PM 0.53	9:22AM 0.72		9:46PM 0.61	10:23AM 0.59		10:27PM 0.63	10:54AM 0.44		10:51PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	38	1	7	11	2	3	3	1	1	38	14	4	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-
High °C	17	15	14	13	14	13	14	15	19	20	17	14	15	17	14	15	23	19	19	21	18	17
Low °C	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	18	18	16	14	14	16	14	14	19	19	18	19	16	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	12	11	13	12	14	14	19	20	15	11	14	16	12	15	23	19	18	21	18	16
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	15	-	-	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	8	13	7	7	7	6	12	-	-	-	11	13	6	12	8	12	7	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.4 NW	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.7 ENE	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	3.5 E	4.0 ESE	1.9 E	0.7 NNE	-	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	7	4	4	6	5	8	8	8	10	9	6	4	-	6	8	3	6	4	6	8	3

	Wed		Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	0.8 E	1.1 SE	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 E
Period(s)	10	7	6	10	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	360	224	213	242	212	645	337	361	552	451	236	255	232	216	209	213	233	506	640	705	884	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:20PM 1.22				9:06AM 1.62	2:58PM 1.63			11:20PM 1.34				9:26AM 1.34					2:00AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16PM 0.19								4:34PM 0.38				4:43AM 1.19									7:09AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	10	-	13	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	17	18	18	14	17	16	16	16	14	16	13	13	13	14	15	13	12	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	13	17	16	16	15	13	15	12	11	11	13	15	12	11	13	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-
Sunset	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	0.8 E	1.1 SE	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	1.7 E	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	10	7	6	10	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	10	10	13	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	6	8	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	1.7 WSW	1.1 NE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	7	6	7	7	8	6	4	3	3	-	5	4	7	8	8	8	8

	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 SE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.8 E	1.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SE	0.7 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	10	8	10	10	6	10	10	15	10	6	10	7	7	7	7	10	10	6	10	7	7	7
Energy	268	302	295	299	278	422	298	15	196	266	134	158	150	150	150	355	293	155	297	360	337	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			9:06AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16PM 0.19												3:09AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	17	18	15	15	14	16	14	16	17	17	17	17	14	14	18	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	17	18	14	14	12	16	12	16	17	17	17	17	12	13	18	14	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SE	0.7 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	10	13	10	14	10	14	10	7	7	7	7	10	10	6	10	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	15	10	12	14	12	13	13	15	13	-	13	10	10	10	10	13	6	9	6	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SE	-	1.2 SE	1.2 E	-	1.8 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	6	10	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	6	6	6

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