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

	Thu	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	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	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.1 S	1.8 ENE	0.9 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSE	0.3 E	0.8 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	8	9	6	8	7	7	9	8	5	6	7	8	5	9	6
Energy	569	306	434	155	403	417	336	829	971	158	380	239	110	58	63	60	67	326	187	60	17	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:34PM 1.41	5:11AM 2.17	4:38PM 1.54		11:45AM 1.23		2:27AM 1.30		1:52PM 1.26		8:33AM 2.15		8:56PM 1.96	3:59AM 1.65	5:04PM 1.61		4:30AM 1.80	5:08PM 1.76		4:49AM 1.73	5:42PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		11:45AM 1.08		11:21PM 0.64	7:24AM 1.10	1:05PM 0.98	6:52PM 0.39	8:40AM 0.92		8:55PM 0.60		2:47PM 0.67	2:54AM 0.62	10:10AM 0.61		10:27PM 0.63	10:54AM 0.44		10:54PM 0.63	11:11AM 0.32		11:03PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	15	26	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	18	13	17	19	16	17	16	15	20	15	17	23	24	18	18	20	18	21	16	17
Low °C	14	14	17	12	15	18	15	16	15	12	18	14	16	22	22	16	17	18	12	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	13	17	13	17	19	16	16	15	13	20	13	17	23	24	18	18	20	17	21	15	16
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	1.6 E	0.3 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	1.6 E	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	1.3 SW	0.6 NE	0.3 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	7	7	9	9	6	6	-	-	13	8	7	7	9	8	5	11	8	8	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	13	7	6	15	8	-	-	-	5	12	6	8	12	7	7	11	8	7	4	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.4 NW	1.8 ENE	-	0.7 N	1.6 E	1.4 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.0 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	3	8	-	4	9	10	8	9	6	-	5	-	-	3	5	6	7	5	5	3	6

	Thu		Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 N	1.7 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 E	1.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	8
Energy	615	539	569	1149	361	468	391	235	201	317	500	528	510	522	207	451	1358	670	885	943	1476	595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)																12:41PM 1.39				2:53AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	4:18PM 0.34		9:56PM 0.51		4:43AM 1.19				5:31PM 0.43	6:14PM 0.54	11:21PM 0.64			7:33AM 1.14				7:46PM 0.59				8:13AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	2	-
Temp. °C	20	16	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	13	14	13	13	17	21	16	14	15	15	15	18	15
Chill °C (?)	20	15	14	14	13	15	15	14	15	12	12	11	11	17	21	16	13	15	15	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 N	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	9	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	7	7	7	8	13	7	8	7	6	12	12	12	7	6	6	15	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.4 NW	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	-	-	2.2 E	-	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 E	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	3	8	7	-	-	5	8	8	8	8	-	-	9	-	9	10	10	8

	Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 E	2.0 ENE	0.3 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.7 S
Period(s)	8	7	8	8	7	8	12	7	7	10	8	8	8	8	10	7	8	8	8	8	12	8
Energy	580	414	458	481	373	539	23	390	367	171	506	1149	1099	247	60	124	122	116	194	146	66	134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									11:51PM 1.37	12:30AM 1.53										10:13AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)															5:47AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	6	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	17	16	14	16	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	21	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	15	16	15	12	15	11	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	21	14	14	14	15	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.9 E	0.5 S	0.3 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.8 S	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	8	7	7	9	7	-	7	7	10	7	7	7	8	10	9	8	8	7	7	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 NNE	-	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 NW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.3 NE	1.1 N
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	-	8	6	3	3	6	-	8	8	4	5	6	6	6	-	-	7	5

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