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

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Mera Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	2	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 NE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 NE	1.4 N	0.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.1 SE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 E	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	7	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	6	11	7	11	13	13	13	10	8	8	13	9	12
Energy(?)	575	837	619	462	1867	268	253	201	48	195	49	293	620	492	745	609	4	472	491	147	363	1488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:47PM 1.29	6:36AM 1.38		8:15PM 1.30	6:25AM 1.28		8:25PM 1.02	6:45AM 1.25		9:27PM 0.90	8:03AM 1.18			8:14AM 1.08			5:10AM 1.01			3:36AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)		12:51PM 0.33	12:24AM 0.65		2:50PM 0.45	1:46AM 0.66		1:40PM 0.36	1:27AM 0.68		2:06PM 0.28	1:38AM 0.78		4:20PM 0.38							8:03PM 0.30	8:27AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	9	8	10	9	9	9	17	17	11	8	12	8	9	11	11	10	10	13	8	15
Low °C	13	10	5	6	10	7	6	9	16	16	11	6	12	7	8	9	10	7	7	11	7	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	6	4	7	8	8	9	16	16	9	5	11	6	8	11	8	7	8	13	5	14
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.5 NE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	2.3 E
Period (s)	7	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	13	13	13	4	5	5	6	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.8 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	12	8	7	13	8	4	4	4	13	13	8	10	6	10	5	9	4	9	11	13	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.7 NE	1.6 N	0.8 NE	-	0.3 SW	0.5 NNE	0.5 SW	1.2 N	1.4 N	0.6 NE	1.4 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	-	1.4 NE	0.8 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.1 NNE	-
Period (s)	7	5	7	5	-	6	3	6	5	6	5	7	-	7	-	5	4	8	8	6	6	-

	Saturday 07						Sunday 08								Monday 09
	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	Kojima Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	2	4	4	1	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	0.4 ENE	2.4 W	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	6	8	8	14	8	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	71	428	1586	1199	117	671	619	2477	473	534	428	382	1677	1363	1077	895	698	210	505	201	365	190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:25AM 1.49				7:30PM 1.41				6:06AM 1.29				8:23PM 1.20				6:44AM 1.40				8:25PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)				12:43PM 0.19				12:24AM 0.65				1:14PM 0.19				1:40AM 0.70				1:50PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	13	15	14	12	12	6	5	3	6	7	10	10	11	11	11	11	7	12	9	13	9
Chill °C (?)	5	12	15	13	10	10	3	1	-2	3	5	8	8	10	9	8	8	3	10	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:39	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	7	8	8	6	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	15	12	12	14	-	7	7	8	6	6	5	8	7	7	7	10	4	10	4	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 W	0.4 WNW	2.4 W	1.6 N	2.5 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 NNE	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	3	6	8	8	3	8	7	12	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	6	6	6	4

	Saturday 07																				Sun
	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	Kojima Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	2	4	4	1	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	2.5 W	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 SW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	6	12	7	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	70	128	1112	543	118	648	847	1382	948	946	837	836	1104	1121	1058	1042	971	540	971	684	987	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:18AM 1.40	7:59AM 1.95												7:45PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)										12:17PM 0.22												12:48AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	8	12	14	13	8	11	13	15	15	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	9	12	7	11	5
Chill °C (?)	5	9	11	10	5	6	11	14	14	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	5	8	3	7	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.4 S	0.4 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	7	12	7	12	12	12	8	12	8	12	8	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	-	1.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 ENE	-	0.2 W	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	-	12	15	7	8	12	-	4	8	10	7	7	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 NW	2.5 W	0.7 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 ENE	0.7 NE	1.4 ENE	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 ENE	2.5 WNW	1.5 ENE	2.5 WNW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	3	6	7	6	4	7	4	8	8	12	5	12	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	6	8	6

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