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.

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Californias Okinawa	Katagai Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	4	2	4	4	1	3	1	1	4	3	3	4	2	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 N	2.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 NE	1.0 E	1.7 NE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 N	0.6 ENE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	9	12	12	9	12	14	13	8	8	8	13	12	12	11	11	6	11	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1437	2229	415	973	856	89	1094	67	88	1381	1571	943	996	274	918	160	437	165	195	505	299	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 0.59	8:24AM 1.86	5:32PM 1.44	8:35PM 1.86	5:30AM 1.39	5:57PM 1.21		5:20AM 0.25		6:35PM 1.13	6:15AM 1.47		7:34PM 1.19	6:25AM 1.28		10:05PM 1.46	10:03AM 1.61		9:21PM 1.00	7:13AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.35	2:32AM 0.06			2:44AM 0.21	11:44AM 0.37		11:50PM 0.39	11:13AM 0.13	12:17PM 0.22	12:13AM 0.50		1:09PM 0.33	12:46AM 0.75		3:29PM 0.23		4:00AM 0.93	2:24PM 0.42	12:51AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	9	4	10	13	12	10	12	10	14	11	11	10	11	12	8	14	9	9	11	9	13
Low °C	18	8	3	7	12	12	10	12	7	14	11	7	9	9	12	8	14	6	6	11	5	13
Chill °C (?)	20	6	2	7	12	12	8	9	7	12	6	7	7	10	9	5	13	6	6	9	7	12
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	5:36	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	2.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.7 NE	1.0 E	1.7 NE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	0.5 W	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 E	1.5 NE
Period (s)	9	13	9	12	12	9	12	8	5	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	6	11	8	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.3 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 S	1.4 NE	-	0.3 NNE	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.8 WNW	-	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	9	-	8	8	5	7	14	13	-	8	13	-	4	7	3	6	-	13	11	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 W	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.5 N	1.0 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	4	-	4	3	-	-	4	3	8	8	8	9	-	-	3	-	6	6	8	8	-

	Wednesday 04						Thursday 05								Friday 06
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Californias Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Katagai Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Torami Chiba
Rating	3	4	2	3	4	2	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.4 NE	2.1 N	2.4 ENE	1.7 N	1.8 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	12	9	14	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	857	1098	287	812	1907	541	1391	1392	997	266	1054	1218	921	1042	1147	1548	69	70	509	964	866	749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:57AM 1.81			4:54PM 1.45	8:01PM 1.91			5:12AM 1.25				5:22PM 1.47					7:25AM 1.89				6:02PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				2:01PM 0.26			11:02PM 0.31				11:12AM 0.34				11:47PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	11	11	9	20	9	18	7	6	6	5	10	12	12	11	10	8	12	14	20	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	20	7	17	3	2	2	5	7	10	10	10	9	5	12	13	20	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	2.1 N	2.4 ENE	1.7 N	1.8 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	9	10	12	9	14	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	7	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	-	0.4 ESE	1.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	9	12	9	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	14	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.6 E	0.6 N	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	-	6	-	9	3	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	4

	Wednesday 04	Thu
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Californias Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Katagai Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Torami Chiba
Rating	3	4	2	3	4	2	4	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NE	3.0 N	3.0 SE	2.5 N	2.5 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	4.0 NE	0.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	13	13	13
Energy(?)	840	813	1118	1517	2409	1437	2017	531	451	559	284	217	2361	3190	4576	90	369	369	539	4722	4556	4556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														4:59PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)								10:39AM 0.44													11:14PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	6	17	5	18	7	7	7	5	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	18	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	9	9	3	16	-1	17	2	1	1	3	5	4	5	5	6	4	10	10	17	3	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 ESE	3.0 SE	0.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.5 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 N	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.1 NE	1.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.4 E	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	-	14	13	14	14	9	9	-	9	9	13	13	13	-	17	17	9	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NE	3.0 N	2.0 NNE	2.5 N	0.6 NW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	-	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	4.0 NE	3.0 ENE	-	2.5 NNE	1.5 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	8	7	9	10	6	10	4	13	13	-	13	13	10	10	10	13	-	7	8	13	13	13

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None