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

	Sat	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	4	2	1	4	1	0	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.3 NE	2.5 NE	1.9 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 NNW	1.4 N	1.4 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	12	12	11	11	7	7	7	9	9	13	13	13	9	15	10	14	14	15	13
Energy(?)	308	685	1428	1059	63	196	214	291	218	359	584	576	188	136	725	3	12	251	587	1219	580	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:20AM 1.88		7:42PM 1.13	8:48AM 1.67	12:09PM 1.76	7:59PM 0.94	7:21AM 1.25		10:15PM 0.95	8:03AM 1.18			8:14AM 1.08			5:10AM 1.01			4:27AM 1.06	12:25PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 0.50		12:50PM 0.21	1:09AM 0.58			12:47AM 0.69		3:13PM 0.35	2:01AM 0.85		4:20PM 0.38			5:20PM 0.38	6:56PM 0.62			7:10PM 0.34	9:33AM 0.88		8:14PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	10	11	12	10	8	16	17	8	12	13	10	9	8	10	2	10	9	11	15	13
Low °C	7	6	10	10	8	9	6	16	17	5	12	13	8	8	8	7	2	10	6	8	13	11
Chill °C (?)	5	4	8	10	12	9	8	15	16	5	11	13	10	9	5	7	-5	8	5	9	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	0.9 ENE	2.5 NE	1.9 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.9 NE	1.5 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.3 NW	0.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	9	13	11	12	12	11	11	8	8	10	9	9	13	13	13	4	8	10	14	14	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 SW	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.8 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	7	8	4	5	13	12	14	7	12	15	4	10	9	15	14	9	9	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.4 N	1.4 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 N	0.7 NW	1.5 NE	0.7 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	5	5	7	7	7	-	-	-	3	6	5	3	4	7	5	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	1	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	12	7	9	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	998	67	612	1413	363	364	427	383	1677	1363	1059	880	734	622	231	62	365	379	214	268	156	144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:35PM 1.84								8:23PM 1.20				7:32AM 1.34								7:21AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				12:48AM 0.47				1:14PM 0.19				1:40AM 0.70								1:55AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	8	7	4	7	7	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	14	12	13	8	12	6	4
Chill °C (?)	11	4	4	-1	4	5	5	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	7	14	10	11	6	10	2	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.6 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.5 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	6	13	12	7	9	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.4 W	1.0 NE	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 W	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.2 NNE	0.4 SW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	4	7	7	8	6	7	5	8	7	7	7	7	10	4	4	7	10	5	5	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	0.4 NW	1.7 NNE	2.0 NE	1.7 NNE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.8 NNE	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 NE	0.4 N
Period (s)	8	3	7	8	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	6	6	5	5	6	3

	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	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	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	1	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.2 E	1.2 N	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.3 NE	2.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	14	12	12	13	9	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	12	11	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	506	110	798	698	24	257	685	664	987	1003	1018	1018	1018	1109	734	194	1398	1340	725	2936	431	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	7:17AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)											1:22AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	11	12	9	7	8	7	12	11	11	11	10	10	4	7	9	9	7	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	10	7	5	5	4	8	6	6	6	5	5	-1	4	4	4	2	4	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.5 NNE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 NE	1.2 N	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.0 ENE	2.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	12	6	12	12	5	9	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	12	11	13	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	1.0 SW	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.5 SSE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.7 NNE	-	0.5 SW	2.5 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	14	8	8	13	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	15	9	-	8	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.0 NNE	1.5 ENE	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	0.3 NNW	1.3 NE	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.3 NE	3.0 NW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	3	4	4	-	-	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	3	7	9	9	11	9	5	5

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