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

	Fri		Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Ada Okinawa
Rating	3	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	2.1 NE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	17	8	10	14	16	16	16	12	15	14	16	16	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	225	1142	2494	5152	3247	4299	3040	2139	3562	3098	1256	1428	1633	1145	1376	943	1496	1407	690	89	398	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:35AM 1.43	2:32PM 1.37		5:46AM 0.45	3:57PM 1.61		5:13AM 1.82	4:35PM 1.78		5:35AM 1.92	5:15PM 1.93		5:59AM 2.00	4:09PM 1.39		7:09AM 1.88	5:39PM 1.46	6:33PM 2.11	5:12AM 1.38	5:36PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		8:16PM 0.43	9:54AM 1.17		9:19PM 0.30			10:35PM 0.25	11:01AM 0.90		11:05PM 0.32	11:28AM 0.72		11:38PM 0.26	11:56AM 0.55		10:30PM 0.29			12:43AM 0.33	11:20AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	10	8	10	12	9	18	11	14	10	10	18	18	15	13	19	14	17	16	21	17	18	22
Low °C	9	5	6	12	7	17	11	12	10	10	17	17	15	11	18	13	16	16	21	15	17	22
Chill °C (?)	8	3	8	12	6	18	10	14	7	8	18	18	15	12	19	12	15	15	21	16	17	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.7 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	7	14	10	14	16	16	16	12	15	14	13	16	14	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	-	1.6 SE	0.5 N	1.5 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 ENE	0.5 N	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	17	19	18	-	10	8	10	16	14	14	16	6	-	11	5	-	-	-	-	-	19	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	2.1 NE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 ENE	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	1.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	4	8	8	7	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	4	6	4	5	4	3

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	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	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	3	2	4	4	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.3 NE	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	17	6	8	8	8	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	17	17	15	16	13	16	16
Energy(?)	217	225	243	288	503	455	1023	1711	4179	5152	5480	6345	5851	4834	3775	3077	2482	3157	5976	2532	2600	2660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							4:18AM 1.56			2:50PM 1.47					4:52AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				8:47PM 0.63					10:09AM 1.22				9:51PM 0.56			8:56AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	7	5	8	5	4	6	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	11	18	13	14	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	3	1	5	1	1	3	8	12	12	12	12	10	8	7	9	18	12	14	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:55	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.0 E	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	-	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	7	8	8	8	-	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	17	17	15	16	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	1.1 NNE	-	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 N	1.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	17	13	13	17	-	17	18	-	-	8	7	-	7	-	10	10	8	11	19	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.5 NW	1.3 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	-	1.1 NNE	-	-	1.5 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	6	6	3	8	7	8	8	7	7	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13	Saturday 14
	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	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	3	2	4	4	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 NNE	7.0 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	14	7	7	17	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	17	9	11	10	16	16
Energy(?)	228	159	251	251	204	416	864	800	2191	2049	2053	1951	2031	2088	2177	2436	2209	1375	13387	2345	2614	2668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:38AM 1.12																		4:31AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)												8:54PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	10	10	10	8	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	16	12	6	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	4	7	7	7	4	7	6	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	14	7	2	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.7 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	0.9 ENE	2.4 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	-	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	14	10	10	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	14	13	13	17	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	10	18	18	14	14	9	-	17	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.6 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.5 NNE	7.0 NE	1.8 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	4	-	-	4	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	11	8	8	8

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