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

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.2 E	4.5 SE	3.0 E	3.0 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	1.3 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.2 ESE	1.5 S	0.5 ENE	3.5 SW	4.0 W	2.4 W	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	7	9	7	9	13	8	10	13	13	13	14	8	5	14	8	9	8	9	9	12
Energy(?)	80	222	710	3352	1736	1962	1599	354	312	1130	1092	1948	283	7	129	122	2217	2145	780	484	280	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 1.32	9:13PM 2.00	6:21AM 1.83	5:13PM 1.40	6:10PM 1.82	6:50AM 1.94		11:56PM 2.34	7:13AM 1.94		7:10PM 1.84	7:16AM 1.66		6:02PM 1.42	9:57AM 0.57		8:35PM 1.84	8:20AM 1.88		10:33PM 0.53	7:11AM 0.21
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44AM 0.59					12:33AM 0.03			6:06PM 0.37		1:03PM 0.40	1:17AM 0.40		1:54PM 0.23	11:55PM 0.53	3:33AM 0.06	3:46PM 0.06	2:24AM 0.74		1:14PM 0.19		11:32AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	24	16	25	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	17	12	13	10	14	8	12	14	11	20	12	13	11	12	9	9	9	8	10
Low °C	13	13	14	16	11	10	6	14	7	9	11	8	19	12	6	8	11	8	9	9	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	17	9	11	6	13	7	9	12	9	20	11	11	8	8	3	7	8	8	8
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.6 NE	2.2 NE	1.8 ESE	1.5 NE	1.3 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	11	7	9	13	9	9	8	10	13	13	13	14	8	8	14	12	12	12	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 E	1.1 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.2 W	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	11	7	-	6	9	9	9	-	8	10	8	9	-	8	6	-	-	12	5	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.1 ESE	2.2 E	4.5 SE	3.0 E	3.0 NNE	1.4 NW	-	-	0.3 N	0.8 NNW	-	1.2 ESE	0.2 NNE	1.5 S	0.8 WNW	3.5 SW	4.0 W	2.4 W	1.1 NNE	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	3	9	7	9	7	9	5	-	-	5	4	-	6	4	5	4	8	9	8	9	-	3

	Monday 02						Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea
Rating	3	3	3	1	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	2.0 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.7 NE	2.1 SSE	2.2 E	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 ESE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 NNE	3.0 SE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.7 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	8	14	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	8	8	13	10	10
Energy(?)	602	619	760	69	1145	455	710	1490	1117	547	2106	1559	1109	1051	1947	2340	1833	1302	1170	1477	348	784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:29AM 1.17		9:20AM 1.78		4:28PM 1.32					6:26AM 1.92			5:41PM 1.68	6:15PM 1.86				6:53AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)									4:59AM 0.07			12:03PM 0.61			10:34PM 0.21	2:00AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	2	29	3	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	11	14	15	18	14	10	10	17	17	15	14	13	11	4	4	10	12	11	11	3
Chill °C (?)	16	17	9	14	15	18	13	7	8	17	17	14	13	12	11	1	2	8	12	8	10	1
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.7 NE	2.1 SSE	0.9 S	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 ESE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.2 NE	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	14	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	7	14	10	10	8	8	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.8 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.7 SE	-	-
Period (s)	8	15	-	12	8	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	10	10	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	2.0 NNE	0.6 E	-	0.8 WSW	2.2 E	4.0 NE	3.0 NE	1.1 N	-	-	0.9 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 SE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	8	4	-	4	7	9	9	5	-	-	4	8	8	10	9	8	8	4	-	-

	Monday 02																				Tue
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea
Rating	3	3	3	1	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.3 NE	-	0.6 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	4.0 ENE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	8	10	-	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	6	14	8	8	11	11	13	9	8
Energy(?)	667	657	632	84	647	0	90	1707	1805	99	68	57	61	172	570	1817	1910	44	44	550	2275	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								10:54AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)																				10:31PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	2	-	-	1	3	-	3	5	7	1	-	2	2
High °C	17	17	10	12	17	16	12	13	13	13	14	13	11	17	11	9	9	18	18	11	8	5
Chill °C (?)	16	16	8	12	17	15	11	10	10	12	14	12	10	16	8	4	4	18	18	8	3	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 S	1.2 ENE	-	-	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.1 NE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	9	-	-	9	8	8	8	6	14	-	-	7	7	13	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.8 NE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	12	15	-	4	-	-	4	12	11	11	9	8	-	-	11	11	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	1.9 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	1.4 ESE	0.4 NE	3.5 E	3.5 E	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-	1.3 E	4.0 ENE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	-	3	8	3	3	5	3	8	8	3	3	3	3	6	5	8	8	-	-	5	9	7

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