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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Big Ben Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	2	2	2	4	7	6	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	2.2 NE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	5	7	17	8	11	14	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1253	13	215	196	925	2516	6895	2742	5076	1355	1898	1535	1552	1227	1233	967	1697	673	714	624	823	1147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:07AM 10:38AM 1.16 1.12	12:36PM 1.36		4:12AM 1.26	1:59PM 1.13	8:12PM 1.53	9:29AM 2.14		12:10AM 0.29	4:50AM 1.44	3:58PM 1.37	7:15PM 0.51	5:39AM 1.83	5:17PM 1.76		5:59AM 2.00	5:54PM 2.04		6:23AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	5:20PM 0.38	6:21PM 0.51	8:55AM 1.11		7:22PM 0.30	9:42AM 0.97		2:30AM 0.66		3:39PM 0.94	6:26PM 0.21	10:30AM 0.67		12:42AM 0.16	11:32AM 0.47		11:44PM 0.08	11:56AM 0.55		12:10AM 0.26		12:26PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	10	9	10	9	8	9	12	9	13	14	11	12	15	17	17	14	16	17	20	14	15	14
Low °C	9	8	8	8	4	7	12	8	12	14	10	11	15	17	17	13	16	14	20	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	8	3	8	12	7	11	13	10	12	14	17	17	13	15	17	20	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	5:43	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:36	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	15	11	14	16	16	12	16	16	10	12	16	14	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	-	1.5 SE	2.2 E	0.7 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	5	-	17	19	17	-	10	10	17	10	10	16	16	5	12	4	-	-	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	2.2 NE	1.5 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	7	4	8	8	8	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	6	7

	Thursday 12				Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	2762	102	103	260	1314	105	109	215	263	310	149	769	450	455	1166	1704	2764	6895	6512	6051	5038	3919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							4:07AM 1.16	8:10AM 1.85							4:18AM 1.56			2:50PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)				7:04PM 0.77						2:29PM 1.27		8:16PM 0.43					9:47AM 1.07				9:51PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	10	9	7	7	5	8	10	10	5	9	8	6	4	6	9	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	7	9	9	7	4	4	1	5	8	7	4	8	4	2	1	4	7	12	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	5	5	7	7	8	-	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-
Period (s)	11	3	5	8	11	5	4	-	-	-	6	17	17	-	17	18	-	-	-	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NE	0.4 NNW	-	0.9 NE	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.8 E	0.4 NW	1.8 ENE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	12	4	-	5	-	3	4	7	7	8	-	8	3	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	6

	Thursday 12	Friday 13
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	2.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	11	12	14	14	9	9	9	5	14	14	-	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1968	106	108	170	2918	102	100	7	6	6	44	107	107	0	359	307	455	894	832	869	913	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				4:12AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	8	13	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	10	9	5	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	4	4	5	11	9	9	9	7	6	5	3	8	6	0	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	14	11	12	14	14	9	9	9	5	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	1.3 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	4	4	15	14	3	3	3	8	8	-	5	5	-	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 NE	2.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NE	-	-	1.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	11	4	3	5	12	4	4	6	6	6	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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