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 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			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	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 N	2.1 N	3.0 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 N	1.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	4	4	8	8	10	13	13	12	11	9	7	7	8	7	9
Energy(?)	1437	807	3215	1024	930	1326	1076	32	34	1332	785	404	457	1521	762	171	112	184	242	856	401	394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			6:49PM 2.07	7:20AM 1.82		8:35PM 1.86	5:52AM 1.41		9:07PM 1.77	5:47AM 1.29		7:45PM 1.30	6:06AM 1.29		7:22PM 1.25	6:33AM 1.44		8:19PM 1.09	10:15AM 1.62		11:17PM 1.24	7:14AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:15AM 0.39	12:50PM 0.50	1:06AM 0.29		2:52PM -0.01	2:44AM 0.21		3:02PM 0.17			12:17PM 0.22	1:22AM 0.61		12:50PM 0.21	12:38AM 0.77		1:45PM 0.36	12:57AM 0.84	4:18AM 0.79	2:24PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	13	10	13	11	11	15	13	14	15	7	9	11	12	10	4	6	9	11	9	13
Low °C	18	19	12	7	12	9	10	14	13	14	12	6	7	11	11	9	3	5	5	11	5	12
Chill °C (?)	20	18	10	7	12	9	9	14	12	12	15	6	7	9	10	9	1	2	6	9	7	13
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	5:36	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	2.1 N	3.0 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 SW	1.4 N	1.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	0.1 SW	0.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	9	10	13	12	12	12	12	8	14	12	8	10	13	13	12	11	9	6	11	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	1.0 ENE	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	9	8	8	8	8	7	14	10	-	12	6	6	8	7	4	-	-	5	6	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 N	0.9 ENE	3.0 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.5 N	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 NE	-
Period (s)	10	6	9	4	-	-	-	4	4	8	8	-	5	-	-	3	9	7	7	8	7	-

	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Californias Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Maeda Point Okinawa	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	4	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	1.4 NE	2.1 N	2.4 NE	1.7 N	1.4 N	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.4 NE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	14	12
Energy(?)	1111	1685	1426	1018	287	807	1943	529	421	1344	996	2424	1225	1225	937	1034	1326	1326	54	1076	56	948
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:57AM 1.81			4:59PM 1.47	8:01PM 1.91			5:12AM 1.25	6:31AM 1.37			5:22PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	11:04PM 0.08	12:36AM 0.20				2:01PM 0.26							11:12AM 0.34				11:47PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	11	11	8	19	9	18	18	6	6	11	10	12	13	11	10	9	20	10	21	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	9	8	18	6	17	17	2	2	8	7	10	12	10	9	7	20	8	21	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	2.1 N	1.3 SSE	1.7 N	1.4 N	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	1.9 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	-	9	13	13	13	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	-	0.9 ENE	2.4 NE	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	-	6	10	8	8	3	3	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3

	Tue		Wednesday 04
	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	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Californias Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Maeda Point Okinawa	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	4	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ESE	2.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.0 NE	3.0 N	1.5 ENE	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.2 NE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.3 N	2.5 NE	1.9 N	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	9	10	14	10	10	8	9	14	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1596	1004	1028	1010	651	1816	1989	1657	1515	1356	805	2556	633	776	2395	2390	2288	2366	340	2119	631	2011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)																				4:51PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				12:38AM -0.01	2:00AM 0.09									10:39AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	12	6	17	6	17	17	8	6	11	7	7	7	9	10	10	20	10	19	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	11	3	16	0	16	16	2	-1	7	1	1	2	5	6	6	20	7	18	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.3 SSE	2.2 SE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 N	1.4 SE	0.5 E	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	7	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	14	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 NE	1.5 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.2 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	-	15	9	15	14	8	9	14	9	9	13	13	13	13	10	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	2.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.0 NE	3.0 N	2.0 ESE	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.5 ESE	3.0 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.1 ENE	2.5 NE	1.9 N	2.4 NE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	9	10	8	10	10	8	13	8	13	13	9	9	10	10	5	10	9	10

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