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

	Tue	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	1	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	2	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	0.1 SE	1.6 ENE	0.1 SE	2.5 NE	1.2 E	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	10	9	14	14	8	7	16	8	8	13	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	14	14
Energy(?)	35	345	763	834	1299	1198	3	229	18	1231	344	3617	2422	2002	5082	3511	3256	3064	1726	1260	1556	1752
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:48PM 1.33	10:54AM 1.51			8:05AM 1.11			8:00AM 1.17			4:27AM 1.06			4:33AM 1.12	1:51PM 1.09		5:12AM 1.78	2:43PM 1.20		4:13AM 1.34	5:17PM 1.76	10:14PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)		4:40AM 0.90	3:31PM 0.49							7:07PM 0.48	9:33AM 0.88		8:14PM 0.25	9:42AM 0.79		9:45PM 0.14	11:00AM 0.88		9:30PM 0.12	9:47AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	11	11	12	9	9	10	10	9	9	12	9	11	13	12	11	11	13	18	15	18
Low °C	4	6	11	11	11	8	8	8	7	5	5	12	8	10	13	11	10	11	12	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	1	4	10	10	12	7	6	7	6	5	6	10	7	10	12	11	10	11	11	18	15	18
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:44	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.2 E	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	5	8	10	9	10	12	5	6	11	14	8	13	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.9 E	0.4 WNW	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	6	10	6	13	14	14	-	-	13	10	16	10	8	9	10	14	13	13	5	6	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.9 NNE	2.5 NE	1.0 NW	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	6	8	4	7	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Tue		Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	1	1	4	4	4	1	2	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 N	1.4 N	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.4 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 NE	0.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 E	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	11	12	9	12	14	14	14	12	16	14	14	14	14	7
Energy(?)	353	256	1476	1165	1160	55	452	609	438	1054	834	1235	1637	1299	1129	2006	228	2189	1399	1882	302	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:25PM 0.99			8:47AM 1.35								8:14AM 1.08							3:56AM 1.27	8:10AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 0.61			1:19AM 0.90					3:36PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	5	4	4	5	8	7	7	7	11	7	6	11	8	12	9	8	8	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	16	16	1	0	1	1	6	5	5	4	11	4	3	10	6	11	7	5	5	3	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	6:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 N	1.4 N	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 E	2.1 NE	0.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 E	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	5	10	10	11	12	9	12	14	10	14	12	11	14	14	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	-	0.1 S	1.4 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	12	8	9	10	6	11	10	11	12	18	13	-	11	14	13	14	16	12	11	11	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 NNE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	8	9	9	4	-	-	-	10	-	10	11	-	-	-	5	12	4	11	6	7

	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11
	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	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	1	1	4	4	4	1	2	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	1.6 N	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.2 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	3.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	0.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	8	9	8	10	8	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	8	11	7
Energy(?)	415	330	644	629	607	15	721	579	1687	1305	1543	1050	1187	1208	1160	1144	49	1060	1069	331	55	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)							9:27PM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)										12:52AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	7	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	10	5	4	11	4	11	8	6	7	7	12	9
Chill °C (?)	16	16	3	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	7	1	0	9	1	9	7	3	4	4	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.6 N	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 WNW	1.5 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.4 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	11	10	9	11	9	8	9	8	10	8	9	7	10	7	11	10	10	8	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 E	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	11	11	6	11	9	7	9	7	7	10	10	6	10	7	10	10	10	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 N	-	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 NW	2.0 ENE	-	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	-	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	9	9	5	10	-	9	8	-	8	9	10	9	10	-	10	10	-	-	-

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