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

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Shida Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.6 S	0.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.9 NNE	2.3 NE	1.1 SSW	1.4 NE	0.5 E	1.3 SSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	7	7	8	9	7	9	6	8	6	8	8	5	9
Energy(?)	404	305	308	451	143	224	471	162	144	331	259	960	2116	771	861	759	1456	74	369	77	185	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:20PM 1.45	8:43AM 1.61		11:34PM 1.41	9:26AM 1.34		12:34AM 1.22		12:14PM 1.33	6:42PM 1.60		1:50PM 1.34		3:30AM 1.59	3:07PM 1.36		3:38AM 1.54	4:00PM 1.47	9:38PM 2.13	3:18AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		1:34PM 0.12		3:24AM 1.16	2:46PM 0.25		4:43AM 1.19	5:31PM 0.43		7:46AM 1.08		12:46AM 0.68	8:49AM 0.97		8:48PM 0.56	9:35AM 0.78		9:05PM 0.51	9:55AM 0.55			9:39AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	23	15	-	2	-	-	-	5	12	3	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	14	18	13	13	16	15	17	15	15	17	16	15	17	15	16	17	19	20	18	21
Low °C	20	18	13	17	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	18	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	21	17	12	18	11	11	16	15	17	14	14	16	15	13	16	13	14	17	19	20	17	21
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:56
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	1.6 S	0.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 ENE	1.2 E	-	-	0.1 SE	2.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 NE	0.1 SE	1.4 NE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	14	7	10	7	9	8	9	13	7	-	-	13	9	8	8	11	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	12	-	10	13	12	8	6	6	7	13	-	-	-	6	8	9	5	8	12	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SE	1.9 ENE	0.3 N	0.9 E	0.4 NW	1.8 ENE	0.9 NNE	-	1.4 ENE	-	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 ESE	-	1.9 NNE	2.3 NE	1.1 SSW	-	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	-	5	6	3	7	3	7	5	-	7	-	8	9	7	-	6	8	6	-	5	5	6

	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Onjuku Chiba	Shida Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	1.4 S	1.7 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	6	11	10	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	740	654	241	334	424	347	281	204	206	304	302	229	545	355	545	503	224	244	280	249	533	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:03AM 1.74					9:20PM 1.22								11:51PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		12:22AM 1.05					3:05PM 0.16				3:29AM 1.17				4:34PM 0.39				4:43AM 1.19		11:45AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	14	6	-	9	1	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	18	18	20	18	18	17	17	12	14	15	17	13	13	13	13	13	14	18	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	18	17	20	18	18	17	17	11	13	14	17	12	12	11	12	11	13	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	1.4 S	1.7 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	6	11	7	7	13	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 NW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	14	4	15	13	14	10	10	10	13	9	13	13	10	8	7	12	8	8	8	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 E	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	0.8 NNE	2.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.9 NNE	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	10	7	6	5	7	-	3	6	4	3	8	8

	Tue		Wednesday 22
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Onjuku Chiba	Shida Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	15	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	14	10
Energy(?)	417	855	184	324	724	414	210	241	380	354	191	14	283	420	241	240	343	148	343	281	14	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									5:49AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)						2:44AM 0.90													3:05PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	16	16	15	19	16	17	16	15	16	18	17	16	19	21	19	19	18	20	18	18	12	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	19	16	17	16	15	15	18	17	16	19	21	19	19	18	20	18	18	9	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 NW	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	6	15	5	14	14	14	4	14	15	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 NW	-	1.1 NE	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 E	-	-	0.4 N	0.5 E	0.3 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SE	1.3 ESE	-	1.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	6	-	4	4	-	-	3	4	3	-	3	3	8	4	8	-	5	-

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