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

	Sat	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09
	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	Chikura Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	1	4	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.7 NE	0.5 ESE	1.4 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 SW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	8	7	10	9	8	9	9	8	10	6	9	6	9	7	9	8	6	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	364	15	19	1419	584	1763	2688	55	59	233	185	190	178	229	228	213	356	168	227	279	246	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:25AM 1.36		6:44PM 1.46	6:04AM 1.65		7:55PM 1.66	9:57AM 0.50		8:58PM 1.76	7:18AM 1.62		9:26PM 1.46	7:45AM 1.56		10:16PM 1.42	8:22AM 1.47		11:09PM 1.24	7:11AM 1.18		12:06AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	10:48PM 0.73	11:18AM -0.02		12:00AM 0.81			1:19AM 0.93	3:16AM 0.08	2:29PM 0.18	2:11AM 1.06		2:24PM 0.15	2:31AM 1.01		3:00PM 0.40		3:07AM 1.14	2:37PM 0.39			4:23PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	18	7	34	-	-	-	-	-	30	8	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	5	5	5
High °C	19	16	20	23	20	19	18	22	19	20	20	19	19	19	22	18	21	22	24	24	25	25
Low °C	18	14	20	19	20	19	14	17	19	18	20	19	17	19	22	18	21	21	23	24	25	24
Chill °C (?)	19	16	20	23	20	18	16	22	19	20	20	19	19	19	22	17	21	22	24	24	25	25
Sunrise	-	5:31	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:41	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	2.5 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	9	6	7	7	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	9	-	11	-	-	-	11	4	7	6	7	10	9	10	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	-	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	6	9	8	9	9	3	3	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	4	3	4	4

	Sat		Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	10	10	5	6	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy	301	272	641	279	61	208	84	125	72	1070	1317	2595	2136	584	565	431	222	433	2688	398	565	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:26PM 1.40				5:40AM 1.67					7:28PM 1.92				6:20AM 1.72				6:56PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			10:55PM 0.70					2:21PM 0.13				12:38AM 0.76				1:08PM 0.18			11:59PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	17	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	20	19	18	20	19	15	25	20	22	20	18	20	20	20	16	18	17	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	18	20	19	14	25	20	22	20	18	20	20	20	15	18	17	14	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.8 S	0.3 ESE	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	6	10	9	6	9	7	10	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	3	9	7	6	10	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	-	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	0.4 NW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	7	5	6	5	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	3	7	9	3	5	3

	Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	9	10	10
Energy	407	371	458	817	77	477	102	29	97	56	27	27	26	46	44	48	36	15	143	171	105	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:38PM 1.32	6:02PM 1.48											5:55AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)										12:25AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	21	21	19	18	18	21	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	21	19	18	21	20	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	21	21	19	18	18	21	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	21	19	18	21	20	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.5 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	10	9	10	6	7	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	9	10	10	4	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.2 WNW	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	3	-	5	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	-	7	7	6	7

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