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

	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Ohara Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	4	1	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.0 E	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 E	0.2 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	7	12	13	13	13	11	12	11	9	11	8	13	12	5	12	13	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1241	94	694	578	1574	635	1751	1806	288	582	195	145	201	305	253	298	32	639	1383	8	611	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:09PM 1.37	6:01AM 1.42		8:25PM 1.77	8:27AM 1.74		7:48PM 1.27	6:33AM 1.44		8:28PM 1.09	9:12AM 1.59		9:25PM 0.99	7:42AM 1.19			7:32AM 1.14			5:10AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)			12:03AM 0.53		3:13PM 0.36	2:17AM 0.50		2:56PM 0.30	1:04AM 0.77		1:40PM 0.36	1:34AM 0.68	3:15AM 0.88	2:11PM 0.42	12:52AM 0.91		3:01PM 0.34				6:21PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	11	18	15	15	13	9	9	11	9	12	9	9	9	17	9	9	11	11	10	11	10	11
Low °C	11	11	14	14	11	5	9	9	6	11	9	8	6	17	7	8	10	10	9	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	9	17	13	13	10	6	4	8	7	10	8	7	6	16	7	9	10	11	8	8	7	11
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:34	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 S	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.0 E	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	8	13	13	13	11	12	11	9	11	6	10	12	12	12	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	1.2 S	1.7 SW	0.5 SSE	-	1.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	1.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	8	-	7	8	7	-	8	6	10	5	5	6	12	13	9	9	-	13	7	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	2.1 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.0 NNE	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	1.0 NE	-	0.8 NE	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.6 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	0.6 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	5	7	12	6	9	8	8	7	5	-	5	8	6	5	5	7	7	5	8	8

	Friday 06						Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	6	12	7	8	6	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	53	1241	1256	1121	508	64	79	72	307	977	1522	738	63	2261	2728	782	547	542	562	1806	1475	1207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						7:45PM 1.88								6:34PM 1.29				6:06AM 1.29				8:23PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)			11:58AM 0.36					2:04AM 0.39				12:39PM 0.22				12:48AM 0.47				1:55PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	11	11	13	20	11	10	8	13	14	15	15	12	9	7	5	5	6	7	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	20	9	10	11	20	9	8	4	12	12	14	14	11	7	4	0	2	2	4	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:37	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.7 S	1.3 ENE	0.3 NE	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	15	12	12	13	7	8	13	13	7	12	8	12	5	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.0 NE	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	-	1.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	13	4	8	8	14	-	12	8	14	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	2.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	3	-	2	2	3	6	8	7	8	6	12	12	-	6	3	4	8	-	-

	Friday 06	Sat
	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	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	15	13	13	4	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	55	1408	1287	1286	442	69	95	93	19	1161	1166	27	76	973	1003	835	1176	1052	1051	2078	1986	1890
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:44AM 1.41													6:29PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	10	10	10	19	14	16	17	10	12	12	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	8	8	8	18	13	15	16	9	10	10	13	10	11	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 N	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NE	0.4 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	14	8	8	12	7	13	13	13	8	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	8	8	7	8	5	13	8	15	-	-	7	14	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	6	2	-	3	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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