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

	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Buma Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	2	0	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	2.0 NNW	1.7 N	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	1.4 E	0.9 E	1.9 E	1.1 E	1.7 E	2.3 ENE	3.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	7	8	8	10	10	13	14	14	8	15	7	8	11	17	13	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	250	466	302	430	347	495	799	756	765	1849	1239	3	21	237	1151	491	658	1228	467	1241	2427	4810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 1.02	7:12AM 1.32		9:27PM 0.90	8:03AM 1.18		1:55AM 1.30	8:14AM 1.08			4:43AM 1.34	1:35PM 1.28		3:37AM 1.19	12:25PM 1.00		3:41AM 1.12	2:13PM 1.17		4:45AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 0.22	1:27AM 0.68		3:13PM 0.35	1:38AM 0.78		4:20PM 0.38				8:07PM 0.73	8:37AM 1.28		9:49PM 0.51	8:52AM 0.97		8:14PM 0.25	8:56AM 0.81		10:00PM 0.18	10:03AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	12	12	16	16	7	8	11	12	13	13	9	8	10	10	13	13	13	10	15	15	12
Low °C	6	12	10	16	16	4	6	11	12	12	13	8	6	9	6	9	12	10	8	15	13	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	14	14	3	7	10	12	11	11	7	4	7	6	12	12	13	8	14	15	10
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	6:34	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 SE	0.3 NW	1.2 ENE	1.4 E	1.0 ENE	1.9 E	1.1 E	1.7 E	2.3 ENE	3.5 E
Period (s)	11	12	11	8	8	9	10	10	9	14	14	5	6	5	14	11	10	13	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	1.2 ENE	0.1 S	1.6 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 E	1.0 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.7 NNE	-	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	4	6	6	13	12	9	12	6	13	8	6	4	15	-	9	17	17	6	8	6	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.6 WNW	2.0 NNW	1.7 N	1.9 ENE	1.6 NE	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	5	7	8	8	8	-	-	6	-	4	3	7	8	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Monday 09						Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.7 NNW	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.3 N	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	734	250	246	185	371	221	302	283	65	221	360	371	338	278	212	1143	1013	799	384	406	107	664
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:01AM 1.30				8:25PM 1.02	9:08PM 1.07			7:47AM 1.27	10:08AM 1.67				11:46PM 1.22			7:42AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)				1:48PM 0.22				1:55AM 0.78	3:18AM 0.89				5:13PM 0.61			1:19AM 0.90					4:33PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	6	9	10	12	8	12	12	7	11	16	16	16	16	16	4	5	6	8	8	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	3	8	9	10	8	11	11	4	9	15	15	15	15	16	1	2	3	7	8	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 NW	0.3 E	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	4	4	4	7	10	6	5	12	5	12	8	8	8	8	7	12	12	6	12	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	6	-	5	-	-	5	8	8	8	5	5	8	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Monday 09																				Tue
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SE	1.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	1.1 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	8	12	14	14	14	14	4	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	805	249	249	249	616	250	504	491	22	484	96	96	96	22	66	196	198	221	180	190	12	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				6:51AM 1.35	7:32AM 1.34													8:25PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)														4:40PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	6	6	6	11	6	11	11	13	12	18	17	17	17	17	8	8	8	8	8	8	12
Chill °C (?)	9	5	4	4	8	3	8	9	13	10	18	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	8	7	5	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SE	1.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	1.1 NE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	1.1 WNW	0.2 E	1.0 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	4	7	6	10	6	14	14	14	14	14	4	10	10	10	5	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	0.4 NE	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	3	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	4	4	6	6	-	-	-	3	5

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