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

	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Susuki Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	4	2	2	2	4	7	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	1.1 E	2.3 NE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 E	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	8	14	6	9	11	14	13	16	17	11	16	15	16	15	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	70	1211	6	113	97	1014	3106	6363	4869	4486	5299	1532	3922	3673	1771	1486	1493	1245	877	1252	993	1184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:27AM 1.20			3:37AM 1.19	1:59PM 1.13		9:29AM 2.14			9:55AM 2.28	3:58PM 1.37	1:04AM 0.30	5:28AM 1.74	5:27PM 1.87		6:06AM 1.77	5:54PM 2.04		6:23AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.52		8:58AM 0.99		8:16PM 0.43	8:52AM 0.97		9:19PM 0.30		3:39PM 0.94	10:00PM 0.18	3:16AM 0.49		7:12PM 0.18	11:14AM 0.70		11:54PM 0.13	11:58AM 0.40		12:10AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	8	8	6	7	10	12	12	13	13	15	13	15	17	15	13	12	19	18	13	15
Low °C	8	8	8	6	5	4	7	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	17	15	13	12	19	17	12	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	5	6	3	2	10	12	12	11	12	15	12	15	17	15	12	11	19	18	13	15
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	1.1 E	0.6 E	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 E	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	5	14	6	15	11	14	13	16	17	11	16	15	16	15	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.8 NNE	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	-	-	2.4 E	1.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 N	0.7 NE	1.0 E	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.4 S
Period (s)	15	14	8	5	6	19	19	-	-	10	10	19	13	13	5	5	12	-	5	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	2.3 NE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.1 SE	-	-	1.1 S	0.9 S	-
Period (s)	4	-	6	4	-	9	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	5	5	-

	Thursday 12						Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Susuki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	5	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 NE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	12	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1438	2007	2762	222	98	107	2136	105	102	215	263	484	432	937	207	556	1653	1812	3038	6363	6307	5391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		7:42AM 1.25							4:07AM 1.16	8:10AM 1.85					9:49PM 0.28		4:18AM 1.56			2:50PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)						6:21PM 0.51								8:16PM 0.43					9:47AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	9	10	11	10	8	7	6	8	10	10	9	9	2	4	4	7	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	2	2	7	8	10	8	6	4	2	5	8	10	6	7	-1	0	1	4	10	12	12	12
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.1 ESE	0.3 NW	1.6 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	7	6	8	8	10	10	12	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.3 NE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	16	11	5	5	5	11	5	4	-	-	17	-	17	5	17	17	18	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	2.4 NE	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.8 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	-	0.8 N	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	11	12	5	-	-	12	4	4	7	7	7	8	8	-	4	8	8	7	8	7	7

	Thursday 12																				Fri
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Susuki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	5	7	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	1.0 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	9	9	14	9	14	5	10	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1766	1325	1642	126	101	102	1968	106	108	4	4	105	4	100	53	4	267	259	282	367	664	705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													3:33PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)										12:47PM 1.39						6:57PM 0.71	7:26PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	6	5	7	5	5	7	7	8	11	11	10	11	11	7	9	12	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	4	2	1	5	0	0	4	3	5	10	9	8	9	10	4	7	9	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 E	0.6 NW	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	5	5	14	5	14	5	6	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 W	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	-	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	11	4	5	5	11	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	-	14	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.9 NE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.3 NW	0.6 NNE	-	1.0 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	12	10	11	-	4	4	11	4	3	3	3	3	4	-	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6

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