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

	Mon	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Maeda Point Okinawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.1 SE	2.0 ENE	0.5 SE	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	1.4 S	1.3 N	0.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	11	10	10	15	6	13	6	7	8	7	11	11	11	12	12	7	7	11	11
Energy(?)	725	734	228	293	267	449	14	306	84	240	1187	509	193	214	1239	910	836	726	534	139	317	398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:50AM 1.87		8:03PM 1.29	7:43AM 1.62		9:31PM 1.12	6:47AM 1.28		1:15AM 1.50	11:59AM 1.56		2:00AM 1.63			2:30AM 1.42	11:33AM 1.10	12:52PM 1.10	1:42AM 1.30	3:04AM 1.21	2:30PM 1.20	8:56PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	1:56AM 0.92		2:29PM 0.10	12:22AM 1.05		3:43PM 0.11	1:35AM 0.94		4:34PM 0.39	6:01PM 0.32	6:27AM 1.13	3:51PM 0.36	6:17PM 0.57	7:51AM 1.00		7:02PM 0.51	7:03AM 0.96		6:33PM 0.51	8:48AM 0.77		2:54AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	33	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	3
High °C	19	18	23	22	17	18	14	14	14	15	14	14	21	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	12	12
Low °C	18	18	22	21	15	18	14	14	13	13	14	13	20	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	12	11
Chill °C (?)	19	17	23	22	17	18	12	12	13	14	13	13	21	12	12	15	15	15	16	17	9	10
Sunrise	-	5:01	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	1.8 ESE	1.4 E	0.5 WNW	0.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	7	10	13	13	13	12	7	8	6	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 NNW	0.6 N	0.9 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	5	6	5	6	10	12	15	13	-	-	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	13	13	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.2 S	-	-	0.3 NW	-	1.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.3 E	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	0.4 NW	1.3 N	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	1.1 NE
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	3	-	5	6	4	6	7	3	7	5	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	11

	Mon		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Shida Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	7	10	14	14	6
Energy(?)	1100	1029	1053	1006	666	646	795	562	509	235	231	595	554	281	239	206	365	534	269	653	560	306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:46PM 1.83				7:50AM 1.87					10:40PM 1.68								9:20PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)								1:05PM -0.11				12:22AM 1.05								1:52AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	20	19	17	17	17	19	19	20	18	22	22	15	17	22	17	19	18	20	17	19	20	14
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	16	17	19	19	20	18	22	22	14	17	22	17	19	18	20	17	19	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-
Sunset	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	7	7	10	7	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 SE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.0 ENE	0.4 SE	0.8 N	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	6	11	-	16	6	6	15	5	6	6	14	7	10	10	12	12	11	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	1.1 S	-	1.3 NE	1.4 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	-	5	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	6

	Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Shida Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.9 SE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1272	1216	1446	1190	929	917	1231	1145	1053	469	438	1006	692	434	666	604	547	773	488	656	644	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						8:46PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	20	20	19	17	18	19	17	18	17	21	21	17	18	21	17	17	19	20	20	20	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	16	18	19	16	17	17	21	21	16	18	21	17	16	18	20	20	20	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.9 SE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.3 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	11	6	9	-	-	9	9	6	11	11	11	10	11	-	-	13	11	13	15	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 S	0.6 W	0.8 NNW	-	-	1.3 S	1.0 SW	1.4 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	5	4	5	-	-	6	4	6	5	5	4

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