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			Monday 09
	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	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	3	1	4	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SE	2.2 ENE	1.8 NE	2.3 NNE	2.5 SE	2.1 N	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NE	1.8 ENE	1.2 S	2.2 WSW	1.3 ENE	2.2 SW	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 N	0.9 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	13	8	9	10	13	13	12	9	12	6	7	11	9	11	11	13	8	12	13	11
Energy(?)	361	933	1873	917	2021	813	1627	2373	702	52	1012	153	451	401	1225	675	250	364	146	210	19	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:26AM 1.92		11:20PM 2.27	11:53AM 2.51		11:56PM 2.34			6:57PM 1.60	5:39AM 1.48		8:00PM 1.95	8:05AM 1.78		7:05PM 1.24	6:42AM 1.33		10:14PM 1.51	6:25AM 1.28		7:59PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)	11:16PM -0.04		12:18PM 0.61		5:38AM 0.10	12:48PM 0.49	6:06PM 0.37	6:15AM 0.20	1:03PM 0.40	1:03AM 0.20	11:52AM 0.38	1:50PM 0.39	2:00AM 0.58		2:19PM 0.40	12:48AM 0.47		1:09PM 0.33			1:26PM 0.24	12:47AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	22	-	12	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	12	14	11	19	8	11	13	10	11	13	11	12	12	10	10	11	17	9	18	8
Low °C	15	10	11	10	6	18	6	11	11	8	10	10	6	10	11	7	8	10	16	8	17	5
Chill °C (?)	15	10	9	12	8	18	4	9	11	8	9	11	7	9	9	8	7	11	16	6	17	6
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	2.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.1 NE	2.5 SE	0.4 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	1.5 ENE	0.6 NE	1.8 ENE	1.2 S	0.3 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 N	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	13	8	9	9	13	13	12	9	12	6	8	11	12	9	11	13	8	12	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	-	1.0 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	-	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	-	9	13	14	9	8	8	-	8	8	11	-	8	11	6	8	8	6	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.3 NNE	1.8 N	2.1 N	-	2.1 WNW	-	0.4 SE	-	0.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	1.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	10	7	8	5	10	-	9	-	3	-	4	7	8	9	2	3	-	5	3	5	-

	Mon		Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NE	1.2 E	2.0 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 SE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 SE	2.5 E	1.4 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.2 NE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 N	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	6	6	10	10	8	9	9	9	8	14	8	8	8	8	12	13	13	9	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1145	203	535	1993	1389	528	619	1173	823	2159	1385	1546	1210	865	690	1946	1666	2149	545	1383	1198	1194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:28PM 1.32					6:27AM 1.95	11:25AM 2.57		5:56PM 1.86					6:57AM 1.81			5:14PM 1.43				5:12AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)					4:59AM 0.07						10:34PM 0.21	12:36AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	10	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	14	9	9	16	11	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	10	18	6	6	7
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	6	7	16	10	10	11	8	11	9	9	10	13	11	9	7	17	2	2	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NE	0.9 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.8 SE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 SE	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 NNE	1.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	2.2 NE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 N	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	6	6	8	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	13	13	9	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 NW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	4	9	6	9	8	7	8	7	8	9	14	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 E	2.0 ESE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	2.1 ENE	1.2 NNE	2.1 ENE	0.9 S	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.9 NNE	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.9 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	6	10	10	-	-	9	5	8	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	4	3	3

	Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.1 E	3.0 NW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	9	9	9	10	6	10	10	6	6	13	9	9	8	8	13	13	13	10	14	14	14
Energy(?)	987	195	194	2502	2518	275	2496	2484	187	319	569	221	221	272	250	629	692	2517	1563	1735	1735	1891
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:28PM 1.90					10:41PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)									11:48PM 0.14											10:07AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	5	7	-	1	5	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	2	2	1
High °C	16	14	14	12	12	16	12	11	11	13	11	17	17	16	17	11	11	10	18	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	16	13	13	8	8	15	9	8	10	10	8	16	16	16	17	8	8	6	17	5	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 E	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	14	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	11	11	13	9	9	8	7	13	13	13	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	1.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	9	9	-	8	9	8	8	-	14	8	6	6	8	8	7	7	-	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.1 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	3.0 NW	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	5	9	10	6	10	10	6	6	5	8	8	7	7	6	6	13	10	14	14	14

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