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

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	Sat		Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Choshi Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	1	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.3 N	0.9 ENE	2.5 NE	1.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	1.4 NNW	0.3 E	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	12	9	13	11	12	12	11	13	7	11	7	9	12	13	13	13	7	13	8	11	13	13
Energy(?)	1180	308	473	1867	1059	60	199	46	252	45	343	588	914	518	587	670	318	157	272	162	497	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:57PM 1.31	7:13AM 1.51		7:15PM 1.03	7:01AM 1.30		12:57AM 1.37	6:45AM 1.25		10:15PM 0.95	8:03AM 1.18			8:14AM 1.08			4:12AM 1.46			3:36AM 1.04	12:25PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		12:51AM 0.43		3:00PM 0.21	12:32AM 0.60		1:45PM 0.36	6:43PM 0.40		2:33PM 0.27	2:01AM 0.85		4:20PM 0.38				6:21PM 0.38	9:26AM 1.35		7:10PM 0.34	8:27AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	7	8	10	11	12	10	17	17	11	8	12	12	9	11	11	10	12	11	6	9	13
Low °C	11	7	6	10	10	9	9	16	16	11	6	12	12	8	10	10	7	8	11	5	6	13
Chill °C (?)	10	5	4	8	10	11	9	16	16	9	5	11	12	8	11	10	7	12	10	2	7	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.3 N	0.9 ENE	2.5 NE	1.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	8	9	11	11	12	12	11	8	8	11	11	9	12	13	13	13	5	13	8	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 S	0.5 W	0.9 ENE	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	8	6	13	8	7	6	4	13	13	8	14	6	6	-	16	10	10	6	13	14	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	-	0.9 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	0.6 NE	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	0.5 NNW	0.3 NW	1.2 NE	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	12	-	4	-	-	2	5	6	7	5	7	-	-	4	6	7	7	3	4	6	4	-

	Saturday 07				Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tue
	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	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu 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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	3	1	2	3	4	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	0.5 ENE	1.7 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	13	6	13	12	11	9	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1693	677	100	314	613	1474	507	307	562	382	1677	1363	1059	895	683	618	566	94	367	208	267	173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:37PM 1.61								8:23PM 1.20				7:32AM 1.34				8:25PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)		12:39PM 0.22				12:48AM 0.47				1:14PM 0.19				1:40AM 0.70								1:27AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	11	8	7	4	2	7	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	15	15	8	6	4	-1	-3	5	4	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	10	13	11	9	8	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	12	13	6	13	12	11	9	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	1.0 NE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.2 SSE	0.5 NE	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	8	7	7	7	-	10	10	13	8	4	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 NNE	1.7 N	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	3	6	4	5	6

	Saturday 07														Sunday 08
	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	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu 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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	3	1	2	3	4	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	3.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	7	12	16	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	7	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1009	808	114	39	1030	804	1709	442	732	1062	971	971	971	987	987	1003	1003	149	1018	659	473	348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											7:45PM 1.30											6:42AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)																	1:22AM 0.61	2:24AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	12	12	12	14	13	7	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	10	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	13	10	8	12	10	13	11	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	-2	-2	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 N	1.5 ENE	0.9 SW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	4	8	8	8	9	12	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	7	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	1.0 N	1.6 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNW	0.7 NE	1.8 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	4.0 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	7	5	12	8	12	9	4	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	9	6	6	6

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