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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	2.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	2.2 NNE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 ESE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	13	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	5	8	8	6
Energy(?)	212	301	337	84	97	221	90	444	110	280	236	693	3970	1865	2287	536	477	213	35	115	60	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:20PM 1.50	8:36AM 1.49		11:07PM 1.19	10:26AM 1.47		2:00AM 1.63	6:39AM 2.14		2:53AM 1.53					3:07PM 1.36		9:10AM 2.14	3:03PM 1.16		4:30AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 0.19		3:09AM 0.99	4:09PM 0.30	2:10AM 1.15	5:40AM 1.26		6:17PM 0.57		1:05PM 0.98	7:39PM 0.55	8:49AM 0.97	2:03PM 0.83	8:17PM 0.53	8:57AM 0.75		9:13PM 0.54			9:04PM 0.52	10:54AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	17	18	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	36	106	-	2	-	-	9	-	1	18
High °C	20	19	14	15	13	13	15	16	16	14	14	17	19	16	16	14	17	19	17	24	19	17
Low °C	18	18	13	13	12	13	13	16	14	14	14	15	19	15	16	14	16	17	16	23	18	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	12	14	11	11	13	14	16	13	13	16	19	16	15	12	16	19	17	24	19	17
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	6:46	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	-	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	1.1 E	0.1 SE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.4 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	13	7	7	8	-	8	13	7	15	9	9	9	8	8	8	5	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	10	10	12	-	6	7	13	-	-	-	6	12	8	12	5	12	5	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	2.0 ENE	1.4 E	0.4 NE	0.6 NNW	1.8 NE	2.2 NNE	0.3 N	1.2 ENE	-	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	6	5	2	4	6	7	5	7	-	8	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Wednesday 22						Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	7	7	6	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	621	285	348	213	281	214	295	367	403	252	228	532	522	433	221	231	287	234	543	578	805	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		8:03AM 1.74					10:52PM 1.59								11:51PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)					3:05PM 0.16				3:57AM 1.25		10:19AM 1.07		4:34PM 0.39				4:43AM 1.19		11:45AM 1.08		4:10PM 0.35	6:14PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	10	30	2	-	2	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	21	19	18	18	15	17	18	14	15	14	13	15	13	13	13	14	18	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	21	19	18	18	14	17	18	13	14	13	12	14	11	12	11	12	18	17	16	13
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 E	1.8 E	0.6 S	1.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	6	10	10	10	13	7	10	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SE	1.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	5	15	14	14	10	10	13	4	13	13	7	13	7	5	10	8	8	8	6	9	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	7	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	6	7	7	6	7	8	4	6	4	4	8	8	8	5

	Wednesday 22																				Thu
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	14	8	10	7	7	6	8	7	10
Energy(?)	298	360	407	191	266	389	329	450	505	14	14	239	237	14	281	138	230	224	296	179	178	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:43AM 1.62						1:55PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)													3:24PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	17	17	17	16	16	17	20	21	21	13	13	19	19	12	18	17	18	18	13	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	16	16	16	20	21	21	11	11	19	19	9	18	17	18	18	10	18	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	12	8	10	7	7	14	8	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	13	10	10	15	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	-	-	0.3 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

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