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 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	4.0 ENE	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.6 S	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	10	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	10	8	9	8	8	9	8	6	8
Energy(?)	184	485	691	333	506	527	337	263	421	458	424	380	1108	1230	2565	855	564	433	191	123	231	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 1.61	9:44AM 1.85		11:47PM 1.56	8:04AM 1.29		11:34PM 1.41	7:47AM 1.24		1:30AM 1.37	10:05AM 1.10		1:19AM 1.12				3:30AM 1.59			4:04AM 1.75	4:26PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	2:33AM 1.06	3:58AM 0.93	4:54PM 0.14			4:09PM 0.30		3:26AM 1.12	5:14PM 0.27		5:38AM 1.03	5:22PM 0.42		7:12AM 0.83	2:03PM 0.83	8:55PM 0.60	9:35AM 0.78	2:47PM 0.67	9:46PM 0.61	10:23AM 0.59		10:27PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	8	2	2	-	-	-	-	4	3	8	1	2	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	20	18	15	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	17	17	17	18	15	15	18	22	20	19
Low °C	14	18	19	17	14	13	13	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	17	14	15	15	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	14	19	20	18	14	12	11	12	10	11	14	14	16	16	15	17	14	14	18	22	19	19
Sunrise	-	5:05	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	0.6 E	2.0 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.5 S	0.6 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	-	2.5 ESE	0.1 SE	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	10	13	9	8	8	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 SE
Period (s)	15	10	7	14	13	7	7	7	12	8	13	13	-	-	17	6	8	8	12	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	1.4 N	0.9 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	3.0 ESE	0.4 N	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	1.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	7	5	6	6	7	8	7	7	8	3	8	-	-	-	4	5	6	4

	Tue		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tacos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	7	10	10	10	8	7	8	10	10	10	6	8	7	7	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	297	234	230	220	761	481	346	383	583	226	564	282	288	230	223	527	302	321	337	311	321	263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 1.68			7:43AM 1.62					10:22PM 1.08			7:03AM 1.30						12:30AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)								2:10PM 0.12				1:05AM 1.00			10:19AM 1.07		4:34PM 0.39				5:40AM 1.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	18	23	23	23	16	16	21	19	20	18	20	17	17	18	15	14	12	16	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	23	23	23	16	16	21	19	20	18	20	17	17	18	14	13	10	15	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	0.4 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	7	14	10	10	8	7	8	10	10	10	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	15	5	5	6	10	14	14	13	13	10	12	14	13	13	7	7	10	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	1.5 ENE	1.4 N	1.0 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	5	5	7	6	6	6	6

	Tuesday 21	Wednesday 22
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tacos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.4 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	6	10	10	10	12	11	10	15	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	303	231	234	234	264	208	365	386	460	184	646	775	880	1395	10	336	293	14	329	324	316	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)							9:25PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)											1:31AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	23	23	18	16	17	17	20	14	18	15	15	15	16	15	17	17	19	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	23	23	23	18	14	17	16	19	12	16	14	14	14	15	15	17	17	19	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.4 W	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.7 WNW	0.9 ESE	1.3 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 E	0.1 NW	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	6	11	11	10	7	11	8	14	14	10	4	11	10	12	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	1.0 W	1.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	15	5	5	5	11	15	15	6	10	15	14	7	7	13	12	14	14	-	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.3 NW	1.0 NE	1.5 E	-	1.1 NW	2.4 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.6 E	0.3 NNE	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	-	5	6	10	10	10	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-

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