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 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	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	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Nunoshima Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 SSE	2.1 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SW	3.5 S	4.0 S	2.1 WSW	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	8	11	9	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	6	9	9	10	8	8	8	5
Energy(?)	81	921	2508	1055	4327	242	617	53	140	1042	108	44	63	92	333	2274	2255	1441	516	98	92	129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:03AM 1.41	3:52PM 1.42		7:36AM 0.57	4:34PM 1.47		11:14AM 2.28		6:21PM 1.82	6:21AM 1.82	5:48PM 1.48		5:01AM 1.40		7:19PM 1.61	6:56AM 1.76		6:55PM 1.25	5:48AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		9:34PM 0.37	9:57AM 0.60		11:40PM 0.18			11:49PM 0.25	5:19AM 0.35	12:03PM 0.15	12:19AM 0.52			11:16PM 0.48	11:32AM 0.06	12:37PM 0.09	12:57AM 0.63		1:06PM 0.09	12:15AM 0.65		12:23PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	30	52	1	13	1	-	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	37	10	20	24	-	-	24	15	14
High °C	17	21	21	18	18	15	13	14	11	11	11	16	14	15	23	20	18	15	18	17	15	16
Low °C	17	20	21	16	14	13	13	12	10	10	9	15	14	13	22	19	16	15	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	21	21	16	17	15	10	14	7	8	8	16	13	14	23	20	16	13	17	17	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	2.4 SSE	0.1 SE	4.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.5 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 SSE	1.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 NE	1.1 SE	-	0.2 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	9	16	11	8	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	6	-	9	10	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW	-	0.5 E	-	0.1 E	1.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	11	16	16	9	8	4	8	8	8	13	7	-	8	-	13	9	8	6	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	0.6 NNE	1.0 E	0.5 NNE	1.3 NNW	2.1 NE	1.1 NW	0.4 NE	-	1.3 SSE	1.8 SW	3.5 S	4.0 S	-	0.6 NE	-	-	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	5	8	9	8	-	4	4	4	5	8	5	4	-	5	6	9	9	-	3	-	-	5

	Monday 30				Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thu
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	1	4	6	4	5	5	4	4	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.3 SW	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SW	1.5 SE	0.9 SW	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	3	4	4	8	7	5	9	8	9	10	9	11	9	9	10	9	7	9	8	9	7
Energy(?)	161	10	24	31	1099	377	53	2508	82	1568	5520	1190	4170	3100	1408	1403	401	136	426	435	291	270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:04PM 1.35				4:03AM 1.41		10:22AM 2.36		5:07PM 1.74				4:03AM 1.33				5:19PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)					11:05PM 0.15	12:29AM 0.15							10:07PM 0.41				11:23AM 0.33				10:26PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	8	10	3
Temp. °C	16	17	18	17	17	14	16	21	14	21	20	14	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	16	17	12	14	21	12	21	20	12	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.7 ESE	0.1 S	2.4 SSE	0.8 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.3 SW	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	10	12	-	-	10	7	11	9	8	8	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	7	9	9	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	4	7	8	12	-	6	-	11	10	11	17	16	-	10	11	8	15	8	8	14	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 NNW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	2.1 SW	-	1.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	1.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	8	5	5	9	7	9	10	-	11	11	-	6	4	4	4	8	-	-

	Monday 30	Tuesday 31
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	1	4	6	4	5	5	4	4	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.6 S	1.7 SSE	0.7 SE	2.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	2.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	10	4	3	6	5	7	5	6	4	5	10	6	5	7	6	5	5	10
Energy(?)	163	6	11	13	83	2	13	286	23	473	79	123	44	59	160	103	94	551	91	97	105	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							3:04PM 1.35	4:16PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)													9:34PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	7	2	3	-	-	-	-	1	12	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	18	16	18	18	17	19	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	18	16	17	17	16	18	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.2 NNE	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	7	7	7	10	4	12	10	5	10	8	9	12	10	10	10	8	18	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	4	12	12	12	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	11	18	11	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SE	0.2 E	0.6 S	1.7 SSE	0.7 SE	2.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	2.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	5	4	3	6	5	7	5	6	4	5	5	6	5	7	6	5	5	6

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