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	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SE	1.7 NE	3.0 NNE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.3 SE	1.7 ENE	0.8 S	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	9	13	8	8	9	13	12	12	8	12	4	7	7	10	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	2369	1799	2285	428	336	1660	1397	823	13	899	36	451	370	486	655	323	369	271	68	76	57	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:20PM 2.27	6:50AM 1.94		6:21PM 1.73	7:20AM 1.82	5:32PM 1.44		9:29AM 0.59		8:00PM 1.95	7:59AM 1.95		8:25PM 1.77	6:04AM 1.41		7:15PM 1.03	6:25AM 1.28		7:59PM 0.94	6:45AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		5:35PM 0.44			12:48PM 0.49	12:41AM 0.09			11:31PM 0.41	3:03AM 0.05	1:54PM 0.23	2:00AM 0.58		1:29PM 0.23	2:17AM 0.50		12:50PM 0.21	12:32AM 0.60		1:26PM 0.24	12:47AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	23	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
High °C	15	12	14	14	10	8	10	12	12	11	15	12	13	7	11	10	10	10	14	5	8	8
Low °C	15	11	11	11	10	6	7	11	8	10	14	7	11	7	6	7	10	6	11	4	4	6
Chill °C (?)	13	9	12	14	6	4	7	10	12	9	13	9	11	4	9	8	8	10	14	1	6	4
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.7 NE	2.4 NNE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.3 SE	1.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	13	8	8	9	13	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	10	12	11	12	12	8	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 W	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	6	9	8	9	9	8	8	-	7	12	11	15	7	9	6	8	7	12	-	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SE	3.0 E	3.0 NNE	1.3 W	3.0 NE	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.8 S	2.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 N	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	9	7	8	6	13	-	4	-	-	-	4	7	7	-	3	3	-	3	-	9	6	3

	Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	2.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	1.7 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	10	10	8	8	9	8	14	14	9	7	8	8	9	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	247	1731	1263	740	543	1317	614	1008	1400	1659	503	1029	1248	253	249	1156	1660	1403	1251	1397	1387	1244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:26AM 1.92								6:53AM 2.02							5:12AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			4:59AM 0.07						10:34PM 0.21	2:00AM 0.09							11:00PM 0.18				11:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	9	9	15	18	16	18	12	10	5	10	12	14	15	14	8	7	6	6	7	10	13
Chill °C (?)	15	6	7	15	18	16	18	12	8	2	9	12	14	15	14	5	3	2	2	4	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.5 ENE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	2.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 E	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 NE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	6	8	10	8	8	9	8	7	14	9	7	7	8	9	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	14	7	-	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	1.5 NNE	1.0 NE	1.0 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.0 S	2.2 ESE	2.5 NE	1.7 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 W	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	10	10	5	6	4	7	7	7	9	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	4	3	4	4	3

	Mon	Tuesday 03
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	0.7 S	1.7 SE	2.2 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	10	10	6	7	6	8	13	13	9	8	8	8	6	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	204	2295	2202	241	552	352	495	1725	1261	1214	437	456	429	41	537	1904	2084	2300	2517	2553	2786	2776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:41PM 2.15						4:55AM 1.35											3:54PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)				12:01AM 0.14											12:00PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	2	1	1	1	1	2
High °C	13	10	9	15	15	16	17	10	10	8	17	17	17	9	16	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	6	6	15	15	14	17	7	6	4	17	16	16	4	16	7	5	5	5	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.6 ESE	-	2.0 SE	1.1 NE	0.4 SE	-	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	0.7 S	1.7 SE	0.1 S	2.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	6	7	-	8	13	6	-	8	8	8	6	8	11	14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	-	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 NE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	9	7	-	6	8	8	-	6	8	8	13	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.1 SE	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NE	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	3.0 E	1.2 NE	2.2 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	10	10	6	6	6	-	13	13	9	-	7	7	7	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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