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

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			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	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tainohama Shikoku	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Takegashima Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.4 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 SE
Period(s)	8	10	10	9	10	9	10	7	8	8	7	7	10	10	7	7	8	9	9	8	9	9
Energy	95	60	81	328	73	205	173	151	258	292	501	572	215	192	445	459	887	2009	851	1037	434	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 1.39	5:46AM 1.29			9:19AM 0.22		10:59PM 1.60	6:17AM 1.31		11:38PM 1.48	9:36AM 1.41		1:06AM 1.47	10:57AM 1.30	12:36PM 1.35	1:24AM 1.39		2:16PM 1.49	2:20AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01PM 0.00	1:26AM 0.90		12:57PM 0.07	12:43AM 0.08	9:50AM 0.22	3:35PM 0.26			2:12PM 0.35		4:49AM 1.22		6:02PM 0.55	6:19AM 1.13			8:33AM 0.85		7:27PM 0.64	7:12AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	37	1	-	11	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	16	21	18	17	19	20	20	20	22	19	20	19	22	23	23	23	24	19	23	21
Low °C	17	18	15	21	16	17	18	20	18	19	21	15	18	17	22	22	23	23	24	19	23	19
Chill °C (?)	21	18	16	21	18	16	19	20	20	20	22	18	20	19	22	23	23	23	24	19	23	21
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 WNW	0.6 N	0.4 N	2.5 E	0.1 SE	2.2 E	1.8 SE	1.5 E	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	10	10	6	10	7	7	7	8	8	10	11	10	7	7	6	8	13	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	5	3	8	6	9	10	10	11	5	11	11	5	10	-	-	-	-	12	10	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	0.8 NE	-	2.2 E	2.2 E	-	3.5 ENE	-	2.1 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	9	6	5	-	-	-	6	7	7	5	-	7	7	-	9	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba
Rating	5	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	0.6 ESE	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SE
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	6	7	6	8	8	7	7
Energy	3122	73	363	234	215	147	199	79	77	69	79	110	103	365	282	303	241	295	306	243	207	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							4:02PM 0.31	8:58PM 1.76			5:13AM 1.42	7:29AM 1.69					9:49PM 1.62			8:17AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:57PM 0.79	1:33AM 0.96													3:38PM 0.25			2:16AM 1.02				1:46PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	14	15	16	22	22	18	17	17	17	17	16	21	22	17	16	16	17	19	22	21
Chill °C (?)	18	15	13	15	16	22	22	18	17	16	16	17	16	21	22	17	16	16	17	19	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.6 ESE	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 NNW	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	6	9	6	7	6	8	8	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 NNE	1.0 WNW	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	10	6	6	7	10	5	6	5	6	6	11	4	5	6	6	10	9	9	7	-	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 NNE	0.6 ENE	-	1.0 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	1.5 E	-	1.5 ESE	0.8 NE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	9	-	6	8	8	-	6	3	3	4	5	5	4	9	-	6	4	6	-	-	-	7

	Mon	Tuesday 05
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba
Rating	5	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	0.5 ESE	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	9	6	6	10	10	5	5	10	10	9	9	10	10	5	10	10	10	10
Energy	1964	57	1235	745	850	2	2	79	70	138	148	73	72	127	127	49	83	100	81	81	66	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	16	16	13	12	15	15	13	14	17	18	16	16	19	20	16	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	11	15	14	11	10	15	15	11	13	17	18	14	15	19	20	14	18	18	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	5	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	6	10	10	7	6	6	4	4	10	7	-	-	7	7	6	6	7	5	3	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	0.2 WNW	3.0 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	1.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	2	9	5	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	5	5	3	4	5	3	3	4	4

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