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

	Fri	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	8	7	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	9	10	10	10
Energy	2394	1511	418	347	18	48	1218	670	463	934	59	64	86	107	60	135	318	177	208	231	285	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:31AM 1.75		6:29PM 1.75	4:25AM 1.36		7:19PM 1.70	4:47AM 1.39		6:55PM 1.26	5:07AM 1.51		8:16PM 1.35	5:39AM 1.31		10:21PM 0.51	11:17AM 0.45		10:59PM 1.60	9:10AM 1.56		11:27PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	11:49PM 0.76			12:07AM 0.68	11:18AM -0.02		12:47AM 0.89	11:50AM -0.02		11:53PM 0.79		1:05PM -0.03	1:04AM 0.96		2:21PM 0.34		4:27AM 0.13	4:24PM 0.24		4:08AM 1.21	3:51PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	23	1	30	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	21	19	15	23	23	18	19	17	18	18	18	20	17	17	19	22	20	21	21	19
Low °C	15	18	20	18	13	22	20	17	19	14	16	18	17	19	15	16	19	22	18	20	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	18	21	19	14	23	23	18	19	15	18	18	18	20	16	16	19	22	20	21	21	19
Sunrise	-	4:50	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.0 S	0.3 ESE	2.3 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	7	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	6	8	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 S
Period (s)	12	8	8	9	4	-	-	10	-	10	6	6	5	3	5	10	11	-	-	-	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	0.3 N	1.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	3	6	8	5	8	5	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	5	-

	Fri		Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Monday 04
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	10	11	6	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9
Energy	487	215	220	571	1432	1072	91	1791	1503	1298	203	255	230	250	90	129	363	298	1053	725	1144	2425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)		6:10PM 1.73			4:02AM 1.36				5:38PM 1.32				4:59AM 1.49					8:43PM 0.55				6:20AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			11:35PM 0.60								10:48PM 0.77					2:21PM 0.13				12:58AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	4	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	13	16	19	21	19	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	15	15	14	20	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	12	15	19	21	19	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	14	14	13	20	17	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-
Sunset	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	0.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 S	0.4 ESE	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	10	9	5	7	7	7	7	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.9 SSE	0.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	9	7	6	7	9	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NW	2.0 WSW	-	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	4	6	7	-	8	6	9	9	8	-	5	-	7	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9

	Friday 01								Saturday 02
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 SE	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	9	8	9	9	7	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	10
Energy	630	515	36	488	2157	2157	575	3190	3302	4046	2253	3891	3971	5128	98	26	19	19	38	59	57	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:50PM 1.75												5:37AM 1.76			8:19AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)								10:24PM 0.65														12:07PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	16	14	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	16	17	20	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	13	15	15	16	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	20	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.7 SSW	0.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	7	7	7	10	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	-	-	-	6	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 NW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	4	8	9	9	7	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	4	6	6	6	-	5	6	6

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