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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	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.4 N	2.0 NE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.9 N	2.1 NE	1.7 NE	1.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	1.5 S	1.4 SW	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	-	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	6	11	5	8	10	16	16	13
Energy(?)	0	179	626	93	98	245	168	108	74	6	161	573	1020	775	263	81	1	454	474	178	290	458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:52AM 1.69		9:41PM 1.78	11:30AM 1.64		10:52PM 1.61			9:24PM 1.30	11:30AM 1.31		9:42PM 1.03	11:26AM 1.29	12:13PM 1.36	11:49PM 1.00		12:54PM 1.41		4:11AM 1.38	3:23PM 1.54		4:30AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 1.00		4:40AM 0.31	2:18PM 0.98		5:40AM 0.36	3:58PM 1.03		4:35AM 0.60	5:09PM 0.84		4:30AM 0.65			6:18AM 0.86		9:45PM 0.63	9:31AM 0.95		10:24PM 0.43	9:42AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	2	2	22	-	-	3	-	-	2	-
High °C	20	20	15	11	13	21	22	16	16	9	13	21	13	14	15	8	3	12	12	12	11	10
Low °C	20	19	14	10	12	21	22	15	13	6	12	20	12	13	12	8	2	8	11	11	8	7
Chill °C (?)	20	20	14	10	13	21	22	16	15	7	10	21	12	14	14	5	-2	8	11	10	10	8
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:34	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.0 NE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.3 NNW	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 NW	0.8 ESE	1.9 N	2.1 NE	1.7 NE	1.3 ESE	0.5 E	1.3 NNE	1.5 S	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	9	8	8	6	9	6	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	6	11	6	8	10	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 E	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	5	7	6	11	6	9	8	10	8	7	10	11	5	14	10	9	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	1.4 N	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NE	3.0 WNW	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.5 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	-	8	-	4	4	5	9	7	-	-	5	3	6	7	3	3	-	-

	Tuesday 09						Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.5 N	1.0 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.4 NNE	1.1 E	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	7	9	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	74	70	187	171	73	269	310	624	477	388	101	98	153	203	107	217	203	205	217	147	265	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:38AM 1.70				9:55PM 1.77				9:19AM 1.31			8:12PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)								2:52AM 0.23				1:54PM 0.99					3:44AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	12	12	20	20	11	20	20	15	14	14	12	13	12	15	12	15	15	22	22	22	22	16
Chill °C (?)	10	11	20	20	9	20	20	14	12	12	11	13	12	13	12	14	14	22	22	22	22	15
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 ESE	0.9 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 N	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	6	9	7	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	8	8	7	8	10	10	9	6	5	10	6	10	6	10	6	6	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	1.0 NNE	1.0 NE	1.4 NNE	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	6	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	2

	Tuesday 09																				Wed
	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	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	0.5 ESE	-	-	1.4 NE	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	0.5 ESE	1.5 NNE	1.0 NE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.7 E	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	-	-	7	-	-	9	9	9	9	5	9	8	5	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	210	81	0	0	200	0	0	80	79	79	52	100	67	336	97	375	447	210	204	336	415	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)															5:56PM 1.41		7:13PM 1.45		9:36PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)											1:21PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	21	21	11	21	21	15	15	15	11	11	11	15	11	15	14	20	20	20	20	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	21	21	8	21	21	13	13	13	9	8	9	13	8	13	12	20	20	20	20	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	1.0 WNW	0.5 SE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	6	6	9	9	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.1 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	6	-	-	12	12	12	8	11	8	8	11	9	9	7	7	7	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.4 NE	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.5 NNE	1.0 NE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 E	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	6	8	5	8	8	5	5	8	8	-

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