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 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			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	Kojima Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ozaki Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Bowls Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Onjuku Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Kyu Shu
Rating	3	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	4	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	0.1 E	4.0 SE	3.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.8 SE	2.1 N	1.6 NE	2.5 NE	1.1 NE	3.5 NE	2.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 SW	3.5 W	1.1 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	6	11	9	7	9	9	9	9	13	9	12	12	14	13	12	9	8	12	8	12	12	13
Energy(?)	254	2	3653	1817	586	532	776	466	2418	172	5308	1504	61	87	1159	1531	1643	400	127	648	326	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:28PM 1.32		5:51AM 1.25			11:53AM 2.51		6:36PM 1.90			7:10PM 1.84	7:12AM 1.61		8:00PM 1.95	9:57AM 0.57	5:13PM 0.26	9:32PM 1.77	6:46AM 1.37		9:18PM 1.51	9:59AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		11:16PM -0.04	11:19AM 0.50	1:02PM 0.35	12:21AM 0.04	5:38AM 0.10		12:54AM 0.23	6:15AM 0.20	1:04PM 0.40	1:17AM 0.40			2:00AM 0.58	3:33AM 0.06				1:48PM 0.21	2:52AM 0.73	3:54AM 0.61	4:40PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	11	22	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	11	3	10	19	4	12	8	11	10	13	9	14	13	9	11	17	12	13	14
Low °C	17	13	16	11	0	8	18	2	12	8	8	10	12	6	13	11	8	10	17	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	8	0	7	18	2	10	6	9	8	11	6	11	10	3	11	16	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	6:12	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 E	3.0 ESE	1.6 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 SE	0.4 ESE	1.6 NE	2.5 NE	1.1 NE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	11	9	13	9	9	9	9	13	9	13	12	8	5	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	1.2 SSW	-	1.0 N	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.5 ESE	1.3 NE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	-	8	-	7	14	14	-	8	-	8	8	14	13	-	-	-	8	8	12	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	4.0 SE	3.0 E	-	1.7 NNE	2.1 N	-	2.5 WNW	-	3.5 NE	-	0.7 S	0.3 W	2.0 SSE	2.5 SW	3.5 W	0.6 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	1.7 WNW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	9	7	-	6	9	-	9	-	12	-	4	3	7	9	8	4	5	-	7	6

	Monday 02				Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Ozaki Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Buma Okinawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.1 ESE	2.1 SSE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 SE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 NNE	2.4 NE	2.0 ENE	2.4 N	1.2 ESE	2.5 W	1.8 NNE	1.7 N	1.4 N
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	7	9	8
Energy(?)	974	915	1197	400	544	1864	1281	3498	636	1011	1008	2707	2215	1251	1423	672	1070	437	1442	556	475	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:28PM 1.32	6:23PM 1.94				6:21AM 1.82	11:25AM 2.57		5:56PM 1.86								5:29PM 1.52	6:54PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44AM 0.59				11:47PM 0.03		4:59AM 0.07			12:03PM 0.61			10:48PM 0.10	12:36AM 0.20								2:17AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	20	18	10	10	16	11	17	13	11	10	11	5	2	19	11	13	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	20	18	8	8	15	10	17	11	9	10	9	2	0	18	10	13	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.1 ESE	2.1 SSE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ESE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 SSE	2.3 ESE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	2.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.7 N	1.4 N
Period (s)	15	14	14	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	13	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 NE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 NE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.6 NW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 E	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.1 NE	1.0 S	1.6 W	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	5	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	10	-	-	14	9	8	9	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	4.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.5 SE	1.0 NW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNE	2.5 E	2.5 SE	2.3 NNE	2.4 NE	-	2.4 N	0.9 N	2.5 W	1.8 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.9 E
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	10	10	9	7	3	4	8	8	8	9	-	10	6	8	7	9	4

	Monday 02														Tuesday 03
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Ozaki Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Buma Okinawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	0.6 ESE	4.0 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 NE	0.3 ENE	3.5 NE	0.2 ESE	1.9 WNW	0.1 SE	0.3 S	1.4 ESE	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	15	11	6	9	9	8	9	8	6	5	13	11	9	7	6	11	5	8	8	9
Energy(?)	619	974	974	590	287	2638	2652	59	2639	66	88	68	549	40	1929	5	317	10	4	280	820	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44AM 0.59		12:22PM 0.53					5:02PM 0.56								1:01AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	2	-	4	4	1	-	1	3	1	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	22	17	12	12	13	12	13	11	14	11	18	7	5	17	11	12	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	22	16	8	8	11	8	11	9	12	8	18	2	0	16	7	8	17	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	1.1 NE	2.2 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	1.1 NE	1.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	15	15	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	6	11	13	8	-	7	7	11	14	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.5 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	8	8	9	11	-	-	12	-	11	8	-	8	6	-	-	10	11	5	7	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.6 SE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	4.0 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	3.5 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 WNW	1.7 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	6	9	9	4	9	4	4	5	5	4	9	7	6	6	7	7	8	9

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