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

	Mon		Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Maeda Point Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Susuki Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	1.6 N	1.9 ENE	2.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.6 NE	0.8 E	2.0 E	1.4 ENE	2.1 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	8	10	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	7	14	12	16	14	13	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	465	95	4	337	632	868	359	768	1317	1766	2048	155	262	616	1129	1553	1762	831	1453	1380	2277	1102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:29PM 1.09	7:21AM 1.25		10:15PM 0.95	8:03AM 1.18		1:33AM 1.34	11:26AM 1.46			4:45AM 1.21	1:06PM 1.29		3:36AM 1.04	12:25PM 1.00		4:33AM 1.12	2:44PM 1.07		3:53AM 1.18	2:43PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		1:16AM 0.78		2:33PM 0.27	2:01AM 0.85		5:11PM 0.57		5:14AM 1.22		8:07PM 0.73	8:28AM 1.16		7:22PM 0.30	8:27AM 0.92		8:14PM 0.25	9:42AM 0.79		8:56PM 0.17	9:22AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	16	7	11	8	12	9	13	13	8	5	9	11	12	11	10	14	14	10	15
Low °C	12	8	7	16	4	11	7	12	7	13	12	7	4	5	8	11	9	7	14	12	10	15
Chill °C (?)	10	6	8	14	3	10	7	12	6	12	13	6	2	4	11	11	11	8	13	14	8	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	5:43	-	-	6:34	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	2.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.6 NE	0.8 E	2.0 E	1.6 NE	2.1 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	-	8	7	10	11	9	14	11	14	14	7	14	12	8	14	13	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	0.1 SE	1.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	10	12	9	7	11	13	11	14	11	6	-	19	17	16	6	13	9	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 N	1.6 N	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	1.2 NE	0.3 WNW	3.0 NNE	0.5 NW	-	1.5 NE	-	1.3 N	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	4	8	10	-	-	-	12	4	8	3	-	8	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Monday 09				Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.7 N	1.0 NNE	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	7	7	5	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	14
Energy(?)	246	262	181	189	288	283	227	230	359	46	337	243	207	1101	746	649	403	652	627	503	817	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				8:25PM 1.02	9:08PM 1.07				10:08AM 1.67				11:17PM 1.24			7:42AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)		1:48PM 0.22				1:55AM 0.78	3:15AM 0.88				5:13PM 0.61			1:19AM 0.90					4:20PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	8	12	12	7	9	16	10	16	16	16	4	4	6	8	11	12	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	10	8	7	8	11	11	4	7	15	10	15	15	15	1	1	3	6	11	12	4	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	12	12	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	4	4	10	4	5	5	12	8	8	10	12	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	11	12	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.7 N	1.0 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	6	4	5	-	-	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	9

	Monday 09	Tuesday 10
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	14	8	13	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	246	246	246	246	478	465	30	100	46	8	46	236	219	191	164	164	160	283	283	131	131	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						2:30PM 0.32	3:30PM 0.38										1:27AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	10	10	12	12	15	14	17	7	17	17	17	8	8	7	7	12	10	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	6	8	10	10	9	10	14	12	16	6	16	16	16	7	7	5	4	11	7	2	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	7	7	8	8	14	10	13	14	14	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 N	0.3 NE	1.4 NNW	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	6	6	4	4	5	4	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	-	-	5	5	5

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