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

	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	6	10	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	984	770	1276	1111	72	58	1005	873	636	1594	1651	273	195	155	42	99	269	70	37	256	478	863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				5:29AM 1.27	5:57PM 1.21		6:09AM 1.42		9:40PM 1.67	6:18AM 1.42		7:27PM 1.20	6:33AM 1.44		9:27PM 1.23	8:41AM 1.57		11:27PM 1.32	7:07AM 1.20			9:51AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	11:12AM 0.34	12:24PM 0.38	11:26PM 0.28	11:45AM 0.26		11:50PM 0.39		12:36PM 0.32			1:03PM 0.33	12:41AM 0.76		3:06PM 0.46	2:33AM 0.81		4:11PM 0.47			3:36PM 0.34		3:45AM 1.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	11	12	14	10	14	15	8	9	10	9	8	10	4	8	10	11	8	8	12	13
Low °C	8	12	10	10	13	7	13	13	6	9	10	6	7	9	4	4	9	9	5	8	12	12
Chill °C (?)	7	12	10	10	12	8	12	15	4	4	8	8	5	10	2	5	8	9	5	5	12	13
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	9	11	6	5	9	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	-	2.0 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.9 NE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	14	13	12	8	7	-	8	7	3	4	11	5	11	10	10	9	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.3 WNW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 NNE	3.5 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	-	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	4	2	7	8	6	8	-	3	3	5	-	6	6	5	4	5	6	-

	Thursday 05						Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	3.0 W	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	6	5	6	13	14	12	12	8	13
Energy(?)	1045	2544	1054	1187	1359	1759	1276	1348	53	1111	1103	996	882	130	57	134	70	50	1088	873	1567	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:12AM 1.25	6:31AM 1.37			5:17PM 1.28									7:45PM 1.77				7:50AM 1.86				8:35PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			11:12AM 0.34				11:47PM 0.41				11:58AM 0.36					1:42AM 0.54				12:43PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	11	10	13	13	12	10	10	20	10	12	13	14	11	10	8	7	8	14	15	14	8
Chill °C (?)	2	8	7	12	12	11	9	8	20	8	10	11	13	11	8	6	4	6	13	15	13	4
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	3.0 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.3 SE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 WSW	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	5	7	6	13	8	12	12	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	2.1 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	-	-	7	8	4	8	8	14	8	8	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	2.1 ENE	3.5 NE	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	12	12	-	-	7	-	-	3	4	6	5	6	3	2	7	8	8	4

	Thursday 05	Fri
	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	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 N	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	2.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	9	8	9	14	9	12	12	8	14
Energy(?)	1377	3151	1045	1028	1013	984	715	689	106	771	798	775	843	39	59	39	225	120	1779	837	44	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 1.25														7:30PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)																					11:54PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	12	6	6	7	8	10	10	20	12	13	14	13	12	10	8	13	12	11	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	2	9	2	2	3	4	6	7	20	10	12	13	11	12	6	6	13	12	9	9	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 N	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	9	8	9	6	5	12	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	2.5 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	13	15	14	9	9	8	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	3.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.4 E	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NE	1.3 NW	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	3.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	6	-	12	-	-	-

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