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

	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	2.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	14	14	7	12	13	13	13	13	11	-	9	11	7	7	7	12	10	12
Energy(?)	940	770	1348	1111	67	4	1054	590	628	1751	2040	903	166	0	240	97	355	242	355	429	129	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:17PM 1.28		6:48AM 1.40	5:57PM 1.21		5:47AM 1.29		6:55PM 1.29	6:42AM 1.33		7:27PM 1.20	6:36AM 1.40		8:09PM 1.15	8:41AM 1.57		10:54PM 1.41	9:49AM 1.54			8:05AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	11:13AM 0.45		11:26PM 0.28			11:50PM 0.39		12:17PM 0.22	12:30AM 0.64		4:00PM 0.24	12:41AM 0.76		1:40PM 0.36	12:53AM 0.87		4:24PM 0.32		3:58AM 1.07	3:39PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3
High °C	10	13	11	12	12	13	14	15	8	10	10	12	8	4	3	8	10	7	7	12	12	6
Low °C	7	12	10	11	11	12	14	12	6	9	10	11	6	4	3	5	9	5	6	12	11	5
Chill °C (?)	7	12	10	10	11	11	11	14	4	7	8	10	5	-1	1	5	8	4	6	12	11	3
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	-	9	11	7	10	7	8	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 NNE	-	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.7 NE	0.2 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	14	-	-	8	7	-	8	7	4	-	9	5	11	9	10	12	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 N	3.5 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	4	4	7	8	7	9	-	-	-	9	-	5	7	7	7	-	-	6

	Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Katagai Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	5	13	13	13	7	8	12
Energy(?)	1465	1400	998	2412	1054	1187	1199	1850	1348	1106	53	1111	1068	980	866	110	51	100	48	274	1347	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 1.25	6:31AM 1.37			5:17PM 1.28									7:45PM 1.77				6:25AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	11:02PM 0.31				11:12AM 0.34				11:47PM 0.41	12:01AM 0.25			11:58AM 0.36					2:00AM 0.58				12:43PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	6	11	10	12	12	12	10	10	20	11	12	14	13	10	9	8	7	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	3	3	2	8	7	11	11	11	9	9	20	9	10	12	12	9	6	4	5	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	1.5 S	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	8	8	13	8	16	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.0 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	-	-	-	13	4	8	13	16	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	1.3 SW	0.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	3	6	3	-	4	-	12	12	-	-	7	-	-	3	4	5	2	4	3	7	8	8

	Wed	Thursday 05
	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	Katagai Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 NE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 N	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	1.3 NE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	1.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	8	12	12	12	12	9	9	6	9	8	12	12
Energy(?)	1736	2149	1924	3377	1624	1400	1377	1189	861	822	134	746	739	706	691	41	141	291	120	17	704	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									5:35AM 1.40												5:17PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.18		12:18AM 0.20											11:20AM 0.46		1:02PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	7	13	7	7	6	6	7	8	19	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	5	4	2	10	3	3	2	2	2	3	18	4	6	7	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 NE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 N	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	1.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	8	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	16	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 N	1.4 E	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	9	6	6	6	3	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	-	-	-

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