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

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	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	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	3	2	2	1	4	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	8	7	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	12	11
Energy	2969	662	394	17	48	1402	444	679	57	83	62	292	139	206	163	260	172	253	173	378	511	749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:38PM 1.29	6:45PM 1.73	4:32AM 1.38		6:12PM 1.31	4:47AM 1.39		7:28PM 1.41	5:23AM 1.40		9:45PM 0.52	10:34AM 0.48		9:37PM 1.56	7:57AM 1.52		10:16PM 1.42	8:48AM 1.47		11:27PM 1.40	7:31AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)	10:48AM 0.01		12:19AM 0.82	11:30AM -0.01		11:25PM 0.72	11:50AM -0.02	12:27PM -0.06	12:31AM 0.89		1:44PM 0.26		3:49AM 0.11	2:45PM 0.11	2:49AM 1.05		3:00PM 0.40		3:29AM 1.09	4:18PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	19	1	33	-	-	-	-	-	19	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	2	2
High °C	18	19	18	15	23	23	18	23	16	19	18	21	21	22	17	19	21	19	25	23	25	25
Low °C	17	19	18	13	22	19	18	20	15	17	18	18	21	22	16	19	21	18	24	23	24	25
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	14	23	23	18	23	16	19	18	21	21	22	17	18	21	19	25	23	25	25
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:45	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 N	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	8	7	9	10	9	11	9	10	10	6	6	9	6	8	9	9	9	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	-	-	3	-	6	6	6	-	9	6	10	8	-	11	-	12	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.6 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 NNE	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	3	6	8	-	8	3	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	4	-

	Saturday 02						Sunday 03								Monday 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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa
Rating	4	3	1	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	1323	969	80	1406	528	1037	326	285	232	233	95	195	179	1162	1017	2890	2365	1972	1277	290	280	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:02AM 1.36				5:38PM 1.32				4:59AM 1.49					7:28PM 1.92				6:20AM 1.72				6:56PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)							10:55PM 0.70					2:21PM 0.13				12:38AM 0.76				1:02PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	6	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	22	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	15	15	21	19	21	19	19	19	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	19	22	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	14	14	21	19	21	19	19	19	20	18	18
Sunrise	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	10	9	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	10	10	4	9	7	7	9	10	10	10	10	3	4	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	0.7 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	6	9	-	8	-	-	-	7	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8

	Saturday 02																				Sun
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa
Rating	4	3	1	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	3	7	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	8
Energy	1960	3154	184	4014	5140	1776	1279	1891	1587	1046	63	3	20	57	57	32	63	63	74	39	48	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:02AM 1.36	5:32AM 1.75													6:29PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)									11:17AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	18	19	22	19	19	22	21	19	19	19	20	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	13	14	16	16	17	18	18	15	17	19	22	19	19	22	21	19	19	19	20	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	4:48	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	2.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.2 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	9	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	8	8	-	-	5	-	6	10	10	10	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.7 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	10	10	5	10	10	-	-	9	9	-	4	3	3	3	3	-	5	5	6	6	6	-

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