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

	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			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	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Hebara Chiba
Rating	3	2	3	1	2	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	1	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.7 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	2.5 ENE	2.5 SE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 N	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	9	9	7	10	8	9	8	10	13	12	11	12	13	13	16	12	12	-	12
Energy(?)	840	389	694	114	125	130	1237	921	576	1072	1244	1436	2946	3045	4887	2618	1815	31	44	1081	0	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 1.19		5:29AM 1.17	4:28PM 1.32		4:52AM 1.35	4:08PM 1.45		6:12AM 1.32	5:54PM 1.44	6:38PM 1.76	7:22AM 1.70		7:22PM 1.94	7:23AM 1.80	12:42PM 2.29	1:04AM 2.31		1:05PM 2.15	8:21PM 1.68	8:08AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	10:07AM 0.69		9:23PM 0.04	10:44AM 0.59		11:16PM -0.04	10:24AM 0.68		11:49PM 0.07	11:52AM 0.43		1:00AM 0.05		1:18PM 0.41	1:31AM 0.40			7:05PM 0.35	7:25AM 0.55		2:09AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	10	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	16	12	12	12	11	13	9	11	18	8	12	14	9	10	10	12	12	14	6	12
Low °C	16	13	15	12	12	9	10	12	8	9	18	6	12	11	7	9	10	11	8	12	4	10
Chill °C (?)	17	12	15	11	10	8	9	11	6	11	17	4	10	12	6	8	8	10	12	11	3	10
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	5:31	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.7 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	2.5 SE	0.2 WNW	1.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE	1.7 E	2.2 E	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	10	9	9	7	7	8	5	9	9	13	12	12	12	13	13	8	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.6 E	1.6 SE	1.2 WNW	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	8	12	11	8	7	-	-	5	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	16	8	-	5	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	0.6 NNE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 N	1.0 NE	-	3.0 NE	3.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.7 S	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	5	9	10	4	9	8	10	7	-	11	12	-	-	4	-	7	-	2

	Sunday 01						Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.0 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	15	9	5	6	6	6	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	758	840	540	795	755	799	264	274	564	625	902	125	145	194	209	100	1626	1237	2245	797	1014	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:08AM 1.09				3:36PM 1.19				5:29AM 1.17				5:35PM 1.65						11:25AM 2.57		5:58PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			9:03AM 0.86				9:39PM 0.15				10:44AM 0.59				12:00AM 0.14		4:59AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	12	16	16	16	13	13	16	16	16	12	12	13	13	11	9	10	11	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	17	12	16	16	15	12	12	15	15	15	10	10	12	12	9	6	8	9	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.2 E	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	2.3 ENE	0.4 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	15	9	5	9	11	6	7	7	9	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 E	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 NE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.6 SE	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	11	9	5	-	8	7	7	7	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 E	0.8 NNE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	4	10	10	9	9	4	6

	Sunday 01																				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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 SE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1009	758	412	774	824	840	415	413	809	767	781	113	67	109	106	67	610	661	731	806	72	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)														4:42PM 1.79					9:59PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)							9:19AM 0.96														11:16PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	10	17	17	17	11	12	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	17	8	17	17	17	10	12	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	11	9	7	7	7	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	12	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SE	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	12	-	-	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	8	7	8	8	4	3

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