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 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) 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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	2.2 E	3.0 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 ESE	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	5	7	9	10	11	10
Energy(?)	63	623	1127	1443	2402	836	874	678	696	340	433	738	532	240	190	98	157	866	1342	1689	1986	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				9:55AM 1.49		2:53AM 1.41		12:05PM 1.37		3:34AM 1.37	1:54PM 1.23		4:05AM 1.45	3:51PM 1.69		4:57AM 1.87	4:09PM 1.46		5:16AM 1.63	3:43PM 1.30		5:46AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 0.40	10:01PM 0.53	4:23AM 1.23		6:20PM 0.51	8:09AM 1.33		8:11PM 0.48	9:18AM 1.02		8:55PM 0.32	9:55AM 0.82		8:39PM 0.23	10:54AM 0.76		10:40PM 0.22	11:11AM 0.50		11:36PM 0.41	11:54AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	12	4	21	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	33	21	42	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	12	12	13	17	13	13	13	15	15	17	18	15	14	19	18	18	20	19	15	14
Low °C	12	16	11	11	13	14	13	13	12	14	15	16	17	15	14	18	16	15	17	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	16	9	10	11	17	11	12	13	15	14	17	18	14	14	18	18	18	20	18	15	14
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	2.2 E	0.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	4	8	13	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	18	9	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	1.6 E	1.4 SSE	-	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	5	8	13	8	10	-	9	8	13	6	11	11	10	10	10	4	-	18	10	17	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	-	3.0 SE	-	3.0 ESE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	-	0.6 NW	0.5 N	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	-	4	3	3

	Wednesday 25						Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 NNE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	5	7	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	67	63	77	309	779	943	1164	2095	1869	1443	1430	1338	1154	1295	1564	1109	569	604	514	678	544	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		8:56AM 1.61						12:22AM 1.34			9:15AM 1.37					2:51AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16AM 1.10		10:15AM 1.12		4:48PM 0.46				4:22AM 1.22				5:50PM 0.37	6:32PM 0.57				7:36AM 1.23				8:21PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	1	2	4	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	13	15	12	13	12	12	11	12	14	14	16	11	16	10	15	16	13	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	13	9	12	14	10	11	11	11	8	10	13	12	16	9	16	7	15	16	12	17	17
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	2.2 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 NE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	0.8 SE	-	0.8 NNE	-	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.5 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	14	-	7	-	6	-	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	6	11	-	8	-	-	8	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 N	2.0 ESE	1.3 N	0.8 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.3 NW	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	6	6	4	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	3	5	-	-	-	-

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	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.1 S	-	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 E	1.6 SE	1.6 E	2.5 SE	1.9 E	1.7 E	2.2 SE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	8	7	8	8	5	-	5	6	6	6	8	6	8	7	8	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	107	60	6	49	395	63	1564	1	0	76	118	120	219	412	221	333	742	507	473	462	1164	1089
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							9:18AM 1.74															12:35AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16AM 1.10													4:51PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	4	3	4	3	4	5	1	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	12	16	12	17	13	13	12	13	13	13	16	12	16	12	14	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	8	11	14	11	15	11	11	10	11	11	10	14	10	15	9	12	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.2 S	2.0 E	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.8 E	0.4 E	1.6 E	0.1 SE	1.9 E	1.7 E	0.1 SE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	6	4	8	-	-	6	12	12	12	8	10	8	13	8	8	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	1.8 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	0.3 NE	1.2 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.1 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	5	14	-	5	-	5	8	5	-	12	12	12	12	8	10	8	-	8	8	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 NNE	0.3 E	2.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 N	1.6 SE	1.2 N	2.5 SE	2.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	2.2 SE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	4	4	3	7	8	8	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	7	6	6	7	8	8

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