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 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 E	1.1 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	10	10	9	14	15	8	7	6	8	11	13	13	11	16	13	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	444	916	451	380	834	1333	125	3	209	132	742	2881	4517	1712	270	3135	1802	3794	3582	1481	2044	1788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 1.33	10:37AM 1.57			7:50AM 1.19			8:43AM 1.02			3:36AM 1.04			3:41AM 1.12	2:44PM 1.07		4:45AM 1.18	5:16PM 1.54		5:33AM 1.84	4:39PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 0.61		4:34AM 1.09	5:06PM 0.75			5:20PM 0.38				7:07PM 0.48	8:27AM 0.92		8:14PM 0.25	8:56AM 0.81		8:56PM 0.17	10:03AM 0.68		11:04PM 0.30	11:26AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	7	6	8	8	11	12	12	9	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	11	13	12	11	18	9	15
Low °C	7	4	6	7	11	12	9	8	8	9	5	7	11	9	9	10	10	11	10	17	8	15
Chill °C (?)	2	2	7	6	10	12	11	7	8	7	4	7	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	18	6	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:17	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 E	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	9	10	10	9	9	15	5	6	17	8	11	13	13	15	16	13	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	11	9	6	10	13	14	10	8	-	11	14	17	17	6	9	13	16	14	14	17	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.3 NE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-

	Tuesday 10				Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri
	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	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.3 NNE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	354	415	353	248	1392	1169	1179	275	443	465	353	551	995	978	1510	1333	1121	2145	134	322	214	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	10:08AM 1.67				9:25PM 0.99			6:58AM 1.33								8:14AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)			5:13PM 0.61			1:19AM 0.90					3:31PM 0.49									7:04PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	11	5	4	4	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	12	9	12	16	10	9	7
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	10	1	0	0	2	6	8	4	4	5	4	3	12	7	12	16	8	7	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	6:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 N	1.0 NE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 NE	1.3 E	2.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	8	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	14	14	9	14	13	8	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	12	11	9	10	6	6	10	12	-	12	12	12	11	14	12	14	12	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 N	1.7 N	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	1.6 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	8	8	5	6	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	-	-	-	4	5	5	3

	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11
	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	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	1	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.2 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	2.1 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	3.0 NE	2.2 NE	3.0 NE	1.0 N	0.9 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	10	8	5	11	11
Energy(?)	385	392	354	178	454	411	452	599	542	542	673	1824	1571	1575	1494	1372	1317	1474	200	94	29	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:08AM 1.67											9:21PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)						2:39PM 0.27											1:38AM 0.78	2:01AM 0.85	3:50AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	10	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	11	4	11	17	8	6	4
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	8	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	8	0	8	16	7	5	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.6 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.0 N	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	7	9	7	8	5	11	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	8	8	10	10	11	10	9	11	11	9	9	-	7	7	10	10	12	12	11	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.2 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	3.0 NE	2.2 NE	3.0 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NW
Period (s)	7	8	8	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	-	9	8	9	9	10	9	10	5	5	4	4

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