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 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	1	4	3	4	3	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	4	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.0 NE	1.8 ENE	1.4 E	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	7	12	13	13	13	11	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	13	12	7	6	7	9	8
Energy(?)	67	694	776	745	620	1569	1922	277	59	225	254	170	61	262	152	610	570	240	61	326	387	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 1.37	5:56AM 1.48		8:25PM 1.77	8:20AM 1.76		7:22PM 1.25	6:36AM 1.40		10:06PM 1.46	6:40AM 1.37		9:27PM 0.90	7:42AM 1.19			8:14AM 1.08			5:10AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)		12:03AM 0.53		2:08PM 0.15	2:17AM 0.50		2:49PM 0.17	12:38AM 0.77		1:55PM 0.20			2:29PM 0.42	1:38AM 0.78		3:01PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	13	9	10	10	9	12	9	8	8	11	9	17	9	9	11	7	11	12	11
Low °C	11	13	14	11	5	9	9	5	9	9	8	6	11	6	17	9	8	9	7	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	11	6	7	8	7	11	8	6	5	9	8	17	7	9	11	5	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	6:14	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.4 NE	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	-	0.4 NW	1.4 E	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	13	13	13	11	6	11	9	11	11	11	8	13	12	7	-	5	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	1.3 S	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	-	1.9 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.3 SE	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	-	8	12	7	-	8	11	12	4	6	5	13	15	11	10	5	13	-	7	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.0 S	2.4 WSW	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	3.5 NW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 N	1.0 NE	1.8 ENE	1.0 NW	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	7	4	7	9	-	6	-	-	9	5	5	6	6	5	-	4	6	7	4	8

	Friday 06				Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Mon
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kojima Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	1	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	2.2 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 E	1.8 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	14	13	13	13	8	8	8	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1256	1126	982	65	60	70	71	1069	1693	734	55	802	1030	2258	589	534	455	1922	1475	289	992	851
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high-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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:45PM 1.88								6:34PM 1.29				6:06AM 1.29				7:22PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	11:58AM 0.36					1:54AM 0.34				12:39PM 0.22				12:48AM 0.47				1:55PM 0.32				1:40AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	11	9	8	7	14	15	14	11	8	7	5	5	6	8	9	10	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	13	9	6	5	4	12	15	14	8	6	4	1	0	2	5	6	8	7	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.4 NE	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.4 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 E	1.8 NE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	12	13	12	4	8	13	13	12	8	12	5	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	4	8	8	-	12	12	14	8	7	8	8	6	5	8	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	2.2 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NNW	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	4	3	2	3	3	8	8	8	3	7	7	12	5	3	5	-	-	6	-	-

	Friday 06														Saturday 07
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kojima Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	1	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	14	13	13	12	12	4	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1241	1261	1256	50	68	111	111	998	991	28	79	734	844	738	741	939	760	1790	1696	522	1269	1269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										6:17PM 1.37	7:50PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)					1:34PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	11	11	11	19	19	18	13	14	14	13	11	13	14	13	14	14	15	16	16	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	18	18	17	10	13	13	12	8	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	14	11	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 NE	0.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.4 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	8	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	7	14	8	8	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7

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