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

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ESE	1.7 NE	2.5 NE	1.7 SE	2.1 N	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.7 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	1.5 N	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	13	8	8	10	13	12	12	12	12	8	6	8	9	8	8	12	11	12	11	-	9
Energy(?)	1867	1812	949	402	817	1755	1081	1983	1853	899	21	65	1295	2436	1810	313	352	221	185	145	0	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 2.57		6:15PM 1.86	6:45AM 1.85			5:21AM 1.47		7:25PM 2.03	7:38AM 2.00		6:55PM 1.45	6:09AM 1.42		9:40PM 1.65	6:06AM 1.29		7:15PM 1.03	6:25AM 1.28		7:59PM 0.94	6:45AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		5:35PM 0.44	12:38AM -0.01		12:50PM 0.50	11:22PM 0.30	11:20AM 0.46	1:20PM 0.42	1:34AM 0.42		1:50PM 0.39	12:54AM 0.38		2:08PM 0.15			12:50PM 0.21	12:32AM 0.60		1:26PM 0.24	12:47AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	14	14	20	8	10	12	13	13	15	9	13	15	10	17	10	10	11	11	6	6
Low °C	14	10	11	11	19	5	7	12	12	11	13	7	13	13	8	16	10	6	8	11	4	4
Chill °C (?)	16	9	12	14	20	4	8	10	13	12	13	6	10	15	5	16	8	10	11	10	2	5
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:46	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	1.7 NE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SE	0.4 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.7 S	1.1 NE	1.8 SSW	1.1 NE	1.5 N	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 NNE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	9	13	9	8	9	13	12	12	12	12	8	6	12	9	13	8	12	11	12	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	7	9	8	14	9	8	8	7	7	13	8	-	12	-	8	10	8	6	5	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 E	2.5 NE	1.5 W	2.1 N	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 W	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	6	10	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	8	9	8	4	7	7	4	5	5	-

	Tuesday 03						Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 SE	2.4 ESE	2.2 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.9 NE	1.2 SE	2.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 N	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	9	8	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1275	1964	730	1028	1082	1641	1377	1470	1238	1048	624	215	1602	251	388	1435	1142	1081	1254	1225	1218	1308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)										6:53AM 2.02			4:59PM 1.47	6:30PM 1.94			5:12AM 1.25				5:17PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	4:59AM 0.07			12:06PM 0.62			10:34PM 0.21	12:36AM 0.20											11:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	16	16	16	12	10	11	11	12	13	15	11	13	18	6	5	7	10	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	15	15	15	11	8	9	10	11	13	14	8	13	17	2	1	4	8	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 SE	2.4 ESE	1.6 NE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SE	2.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 N	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	10	8	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	1.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	14	14	9	9	7	17	14	9	17	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	1.8 NNE	0.7 NNW	2.2 NNE	2.2 ESE	1.0 S	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.9 NE	2.2 W	3.5 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.9 E	0.9 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	7	4	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	10	7	5	4	3	3	4	3	-	-

	Tuesday 03																				Wed
	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	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 ESE	3.0 SE	1.8 SE	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 S	1.7 NE	1.4 SE	3.0 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	14	8	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1731	2770	370	1367	424	2669	2669	467	656	712	747	78	1783	420	1803	2826	4465	4729	4729	3300	3300	3324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:21AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		4:59AM 0.07								12:19PM 0.62										10:32PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	1	2	2	3	3	3	3
High °C	10	10	17	15	17	10	10	17	17	18	18	10	11	19	18	9	10	10	11	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	17	15	17	6	6	16	17	18	18	6	8	19	17	4	6	6	8	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.7 ESE	-	1.8 SE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 S	1.7 NE	1.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	8	-	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	14	8	9	-	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 S	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	8	-	-	6	6	6	7	17	7	7	11	-	7	7	7	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.9 NNE	3.0 SE	0.5 NE	2.2 E	2.2 E	0.5 NE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.2 NNE	3.0 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	6	8	6	13	13	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	10	14	14	14	14	7	7	7

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