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

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	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Maeda Point Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Lena Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.4 ESE	2.0 NNW	1.2 ESE	-	2.3 NNE	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.9 E	3.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	8	8	10	10	8	10	9	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	482	285	384	321	160	600	629	210	761	248	0	865	522	335	1716	1447	683	2723	669	1641	2646	1147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:14PM 1.65		4:23AM 1.64	2:28PM 0.25	7:25PM 0.54	4:00AM 1.37	5:12PM 1.78		4:59AM 1.48	4:19PM 1.53	6:41PM 1.91	6:15AM 1.62		7:40PM 2.02	3:19AM 0.30		8:02PM 2.00	8:37AM 1.81		7:51PM 1.86	9:14AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08AM 0.54		10:18PM 0.75	10:23AM 0.77		1:06AM 0.06	9:36AM 0.70		10:24PM 0.26	10:38AM 0.69		1:09AM 0.19	11:38AM 0.98	1:50PM 0.78	2:16AM 0.25	10:40AM 0.06	2:12PM 0.84	2:43AM 0.25		2:06PM 0.88	2:39AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	16	7	5	5	8	2	9	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	2
High °C	25	18	20	27	26	27	27	17	27	16	17	25	17	21	16	21	22	19	20	20	21	20
Low °C	25	18	16	27	25	27	27	15	25	15	17	25	16	19	13	17	18	18	19	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	25	17	20	27	26	27	27	17	27	16	16	25	16	21	16	21	22	19	20	20	21	20
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.6 ENE	1.3 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.4 ESE	2.0 NNW	1.2 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	-	2.5 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period (s)	11	9	11	8	8	10	10	8	10	9	-	8	10	10	10	10	-	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.8 NNW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 NW	0.7 SE	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	13	9	8	8	8	8	4	8	3	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 E	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	2.5 ENE	2.3 NNE	2.2 E	-	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.9 E	3.0 E	-	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.5 N
Period (s)	4	7	7	-	-	11	3	4	-	3	9	9	9	-	10	10	10	10	-	9	9	6

	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 NE	0.7 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NE	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.8 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	8	8	10	7	6	6	7	8	10	9	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	237	482	423	410	310	394	206	221	290	463	411	299	209	386	600	231	629	629	596	595	597	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:04AM 1.39					6:54PM 0.53			3:35AM 1.49				4:31PM 1.71	6:38PM 1.98		2:21AM 0.26		7:12AM 1.92				6:13PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54AM 0.69				9:09PM 0.53				9:41AM 0.57									12:18PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	6	3	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	3	4	5	8	7	3
Temp. °C	21	25	25	24	17	18	18	19	18	18	20	27	23	26	27	11	27	27	27	26	27	25
Chill °C (?)	21	25	25	24	17	18	18	19	18	18	20	27	23	26	27	11	27	27	27	26	27	25
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.5 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NE	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.8 NNW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	8	7	10	7	11	6	6	8	10	9	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.8 NE	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	-	8	6	13	9	10	10	8	5	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WSW	0.2 WNW	-	1.0 SE	1.5 NE	1.1 E	-	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.7 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	5	8	6	-	6	6	7	-	8	3	11	-	3	3	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 19																				Mon
	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	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.1 SE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 SE	1.3 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.5 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 ESE	1.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	6	7	10	6	10	10	6	8	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	285	548	537	537	1	400	357	55	623	623	324	221	410	68	84	310	136	136	133	155	291	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:04AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					7:42AM 0.13			10:20AM 0.59													11:55PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	25	25	14	19	20	22	21	21	21	28	24	28	28	15	27	27	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	25	13	18	19	22	21	21	21	28	24	28	28	14	27	27	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.5 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	8	-	6	6	13	13	10	8	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.5 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.8 SE	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.5 NE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	9	4	9	9	13	9	7	9	9	-	9	9	9	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 NW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	5	4	4	4	-	7	10	4	10	10	6	-	-	3	3	5	8	8	8	4	8	4

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