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

	Sat		Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	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	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Yona Bay Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	1	4	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	4	10	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	8	6	10	10	11	11	10
Energy	648	188	26	28	1337	1960	1499	1837	60	57	130	63	148	255	45	22	318	227	172	183	339	364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross	cross	glass	on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:25AM 1.36		6:15PM 1.30	5:25AM 1.50		6:38PM 1.29	6:53AM 1.69		9:06PM 1.52	7:37AM 1.82		9:26PM 1.46	7:45AM 1.56		10:36PM 1.40	8:48AM 1.47		10:34PM 1.19	7:11AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.86	11:18AM -0.02		11:26PM 0.75			11:28PM 0.93		3:21PM 0.18	2:17AM 0.91		2:24PM 0.15	2:31AM 1.01		3:14PM 0.28		3:29AM 1.09	3:51PM 0.49	2:54AM 1.08		3:38PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	19	7	26	-	-	-	-	-	37	1	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	20	19	16	20	22	18	20	18	17	18	20	18	21	19	20	22	19	21	22	19	25	25
Low °C	19	18	14	20	19	18	19	15	17	18	18	17	20	18	19	21	17	21	22	18	24	24
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	20	22	18	19	17	17	18	20	18	21	19	20	22	18	21	22	19	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	6:24	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.3 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSW	0.4 SE	2.3 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	7	10	9	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	8	9	10	10	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	7	-	-	-	6	-	11	4	-	6	-	7	10	11	11	10	6	4	4	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.5 SW	1.4 WNW	-	0.7 NNE	0.6 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	3	4	6	8	9	9	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	-	4	4	4

	Saturday 02				Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tue
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba
Rating	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	5	5	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	71	759	301	947	306	296	353	211	95	129	72	1070	1337	2822	801	520	1482	372	312	414	1795	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:38PM 1.29				4:22AM 1.40					7:28PM 1.92				6:14AM 1.73				6:56PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)					10:55PM 0.70					2:21PM 0.13				12:38AM 0.76				1:17PM 0.01			11:33PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	18	20	19	19	18	20	18	15	25	20	22	20	20	19	18	19	16	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	21	23	18	20	19	19	18	20	18	14	25	20	22	20	20	19	18	19	15	18	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.8 S	0.4 ESE	2.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	6	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	9	6	9	7	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	4	9	7	6	10	-	10	-	6	5	3	10	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	8	-	-	8	7	5	5	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	3	7	9	-

	Saturday 02	Sunday 03
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba
Rating	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SE	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10
Energy	215	202	652	2224	2052	1115	555	218	80	25	108	57	29	38	68	38	39	39	47	18	160	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											7:27PM 1.67									4:28AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)																12:07AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	20	18	19	20	20	19	21	19	21	19	17	17	17	17	19	19	17	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	23	20	18	19	19	20	19	21	19	21	19	17	17	17	17	19	19	17	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SE	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 ESE	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	7	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 S	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	11	9	9	9	11	9	7	-	-	7	-	6	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	-	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.7 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	3	8	10	10	9	-	-	5	3	3	3	-	6	-	5	6	6	5	-	4	7

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