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

	Thu		Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kanegahama Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	0.7 S	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.6 E	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E
Period(s)	7	8	7	8	9	9	6	10	9	10	9	9	7	7	8	7	8	5	6	7	7	9
Energy	169	637	127	224	187	115	3	1394	1790	1297	783	399	156	89	71	62	52	75	291	94	13	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:20AM 1.43	9:56AM 1.45	4:38PM 1.54	1:30AM 1.37	6:39AM 2.14		6:42PM 1.60		2:28PM 1.45		3:34AM 1.69	3:36PM 1.57	7:12PM 1.73	3:59AM 1.65	4:15PM 1.62		4:12AM 1.55	5:08PM 1.76		4:59AM 1.80	5:42PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 0.39		4:34AM 1.11				1:05PM 0.98	12:46AM 0.68	8:40AM 0.92		8:55PM 0.60	9:48AM 0.77		1:21AM 0.55	10:10AM 0.61		10:27PM 0.63	10:29AM 0.44		11:02PM 0.67	11:20AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	26	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	14	13	14	17	16	15	16	17	21	14	19	21	18	19	20	20	16	15	18
Low °C	14	13	14	14	11	13	16	15	15	16	15	19	13	16	19	18	19	19	19	13	14	18
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	13	12	13	16	16	14	15	16	21	13	19	21	18	18	20	19	15	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 S	-	2.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.6 E	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	7	7	8	9	9	6	-	10	10	9	9	7	7	8	7	8	5	9	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	6	12	6	5	8	11	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.5 E	0.6 N	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	8	6	5	8	4	9	10	9	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	4	5	6	-	2	3

	Thursday 23				Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sun
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	2.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 NE	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	2.3 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period(s)	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	560	1202	509	542	863	543	527	526	259	224	286	386	405	349	638	976	529	955	1005	2723	1545	1539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					11:51PM 1.37		5:11AM 2.17		9:26AM 1.34													2:31AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			4:18PM 0.34									6:14PM 0.54				7:33AM 1.14				7:46PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	17	15	2	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	15	13	14	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	15	16	15	16	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	14	11	13	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	16	15	15	15	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.5 S	1.6 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	2.3 E	2.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	9	9	10	10	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	10	10	7	7	13	13	13	7	7	6	6	6	-	7	7	6	3	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	2.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 NW	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 NNE	1.8 NE	1.7 E	2.0 E	-	2.0 ESE	-	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	3	5	5	5	4	7	8	9	-	10	-	10	10	10

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.5 SE	1.6 S	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	3.0 NE	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.6 E	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s)	10	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	8	7	7	6	6
Energy	490	175	408	281	237	338	377	412	254	271	243	218	215	918	425	389	169	160	148	133	93	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						2:58PM 1.63										12:20AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	19	15	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	16	19	14	13	14	14	14	11	14	14	14	14	12	13	14	16	11	14	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 S	1.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	13	7	7	13	7	7	7	12	8	7	7	7	-	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.5 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	5	5	10	8	13	8	8	8	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.5 SE	-	0.1 NW	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	3.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NNE	1.2 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	10	6	-	4	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	8	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5

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