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

	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	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	Torami Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	4	1	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	13	13	13	11	12	11	14	11	6	10	12	13	12	13	13	13	9	9	13
Energy(?)	694	26	779	623	1569	1806	263	262	231	28	169	311	228	172	524	586	750	318	243	499	350	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:50AM 1.86		8:41PM 1.63	8:20AM 1.76		7:27PM 1.20	8:42AM 1.74		9:10PM 1.18	6:54AM 1.37		9:03PM 0.85	7:07AM 1.20			8:14AM 1.08			5:10AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55PM 0.53		2:08PM 0.15	2:28AM 0.56		12:57PM 0.33	12:41AM 0.76		3:32PM 0.22	2:10AM 0.80		2:33PM 0.27	12:46AM 0.78		3:36PM 0.34				6:21PM 0.38			7:07PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	8	10	10	9	9	9	17	8	17	9	18	9	10	10	11	11	10	12	9
Low °C	13	8	11	5	9	9	7	7	9	16	6	17	6	17	9	9	10	10	6	9	11	7
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	5	6	8	7	8	9	16	5	16	7	18	8	9	9	9	8	8	11	6
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:34	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	8	8	13	13	13	11	12	11	8	11	12	7	8	13	12	13	8	9	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 NNE	-	2.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	13	12	7	-	8	3	4	4	14	5	8	10	12	7	5	8	13	13	13	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 NE	1.7 N	3.5 NW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.2 N	0.7 NE	1.2 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	0.8 N	-	1.3 NW	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	5	2	4	7	9	-	-	4	-	5	4	6	-	5	6	5	4	-	5	3	4	6

	Fri		Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	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	Torami Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.4 W	1.6 ENE	2.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	13	8	8	14	14	8	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	982	65	60	70	71	1054	1657	47	57	705	1031	2370	547	534	449	1806	1475	1207	992	772	234	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:45PM 1.88								7:30PM 1.41				6:06AM 1.29				8:23PM 1.20				6:44AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)				2:04AM 0.39				2:08PM 0.15				12:48AM 0.47				1:55PM 0.32				1:40AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	10	8	7	14	15	13	11	11	6	5	5	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	7	7
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	5	4	12	14	12	8	10	3	1	2	2	5	6	8	9	9	8	6	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.4 W	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	4	8	13	13	12	8	14	14	8	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	1.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.3 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.1 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	7	8	4	8	8	-	12	5	8	12	7	8	7	6	5	8	7	7	7	7	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	-	0.4 NE	3.0 WNW	1.6 NE	2.3 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	4	2	-	3	3	8	8	-	5	8	7	12	6	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	4

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	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	Torami Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	-	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1108	70	70	100	91	852	834	61	79	0	733	753	895	967	1160	1269	1182	1118	1100	1100	1400	1645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:50PM 1.85												7:03AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)										12:55AM 0.37												12:36PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	11	11	11	13	13	10	9	16	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	10	15
Chill °C (?)	13	8	10	10	9	11	11	8	6	14	12	12	11	11	12	15	12	11	10	10	6	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.1 SSE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	4	4	4	13	12	12	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	8	13	4	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	1.7 ENE	2.5 SW
Period (s)	7	-	3	3	-	4	4	-	2	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	8

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