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 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Ozaki Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	3	4	5	6	4	2	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 SW	0.8 ESE	1.8 SE	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 SSW	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	12	12	9	10	9	10	3	4	7	10	7	11	10	8	7	7	7	6
Energy(?)	679	798	961	1103	1309	1038	362	229	214	95	9	15	315	4432	1180	5773	1081	124	53	108	123	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:40AM 1.28		12:34PM 1.48	2:49AM 1.08		2:39PM 1.40		3:20AM 1.17	3:51PM 1.69		3:23AM 1.28	4:09PM 1.46		4:43AM 1.28	3:25PM 1.34		5:02AM 1.37	5:10PM 1.42		5:21AM 1.44	5:49PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		8:09AM 1.33		6:17PM 0.26	7:46AM 0.96		7:45PM 0.23	8:49AM 0.80		9:58PM 0.26	9:03AM 0.76		10:11PM 0.24	10:28AM 0.52		10:45PM 0.31	11:01AM 0.41		11:15PM 0.41	11:32AM 0.32		10:59PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	36	13	23	-	-	3	10	2	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	16	16	17	14	15	16	18	17	16	20	19	18	14	13	15	13	13	14	12
Low °C	15	13	13	16	16	17	13	14	16	17	16	16	18	18	17	12	13	13	12	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	15	16	17	14	14	16	18	16	15	20	19	17	12	12	14	11	9	14	12
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.1 E	-	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	12	10	9	10	9	10	7	-	9	18	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 E	1.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 NE	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	8	10	11	10	12	10	12	10	3	12	-	11	18	16	16	11	8	5	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	0.2 NNW	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 ESE	1.8 SE	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	3	4	7	10	7	11	3	5	-	6	-	-

	Thu		Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	13	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1282	1063	1105	1500	1353	524	697	606	523	318	656	204	1371	1309	501	1038	810	686	631	586	543	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)													4:08AM 1.02		11:28AM 1.14	12:44PM 1.01					4:10AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	5:50PM 0.37	6:32PM 0.57				7:56AM 1.21				7:55PM 0.41				8:23AM 0.92				8:33PM 0.19				8:40AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	17	11	10	16	14	14	18	16	13	13	16	16	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	8	8	15	13	13	18	16	12	13	16	16	13	17	17	17	17	16	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:33	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-
Sunset	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 NE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	-	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	1.6 NE	1.6 E	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	-	-	10	12	-	8	8	12	-	13	6	13	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 26								Friday 27
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.7 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.4 ESE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.0 NNE	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1345	1050	1025	1635	1992	596	1444	1328	1105	669	1722	606	1955	1803	1210	1847	1831	1826	1763	1685	1536	1152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												2:40AM 1.28							9:16AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	13	13	17	12	12	17	16	12	11	16	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	11	11	17	9	9	17	16	10	8	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.7 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.4 SW	2.4 E	2.4 ESE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	-	0.4 NE	1.6 E	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	6	-	12	8	-	9	9	-	-	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.2 NNE	0.6 N	0.8 N	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.7 ENE	0.6 NW	3.5 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.0 NE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	6	6	8	8	6	4	4	6	6	8	4	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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