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

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Buma Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Susuki Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	1	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	2	1	2	4	4	5	5	3	6	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 N	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	0.8 E	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	13	14	7	7	14	8	14	15	12	17	13	14	14	15	16
Energy(?)	466	516	554	982	359	738	1248	2266	381	180	305	554	1948	2950	3865	930	3352	1760	1989	4553	1597	1379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:57PM 1.26	9:38AM 1.41		2:06AM 1.25	11:26AM 1.46			4:01AM 1.13			5:21AM 1.41	1:29PM 0.95		3:41AM 1.12	1:51PM 1.09		4:45AM 1.18	3:32PM 1.20		5:00AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 0.35		3:49AM 0.91		6:19PM 0.70	5:14AM 1.22					7:10PM 0.34	10:37AM 1.04		9:03PM 0.21	8:56AM 0.81		8:56PM 0.17	10:03AM 0.68		9:30PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	8	7	11	8	12	13	13	10	11	8	9	9	12	12	10	11	13	15	14	18	19
Low °C	16	7	4	11	7	11	13	13	8	9	8	5	6	12	10	9	10	11	12	14	17	18
Chill °C (?)	14	4	3	9	7	12	13	12	8	10	4	4	8	10	12	9	8	12	14	13	18	19
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:21	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	2.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NE	0.8 E	0.4 NW	-	0.8 E	1.9 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	11	9	9	13	14	6	-	14	8	14	15	12	10	13	14	14	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	0.1 S	0.6 WNW	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 E	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.4 E	1.7 E	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	7	7	11	13	14	14	5	8	-	19	17	9	7	16	17	9	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 N	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.0 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	7	8	7	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	6

	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	2.4 NE	2.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	0.7 NNW	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	10	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	300	283	204	57	396	376	353	292	1268	1087	668	985	162	622	639	596	937	1027	1047	1248	1063	2266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 1.07				10:08AM 1.67				9:25PM 0.99			7:42AM 1.19	10:47AM 1.51							8:14AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 0.78	3:15AM 0.88				5:13PM 0.61			1:19AM 0.90					4:20PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	8	7	16	16	16	17	6	4	5	7	18	11	11	8	8	7	12	13	9	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	6	3	15	15	15	16	2	0	2	4	18	11	11	6	6	4	12	13	7	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 W	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 NNW	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 E	2.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	6	5	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	10	9	13	13	14	9	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	12	8	8	8	12	8	12	10	10	6	11	6	11	12	10	8	14	14	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.8 N	1.7 N	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	2.4 NE	2.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	0.7 E	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	8	8	5	5	8	8	8	10	8	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 10
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 N	1.8 N	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.7 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.1 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	8	6	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	6	8	8	11	11	8	11
Energy(?)	377	353	23	6	281	289	290	320	118	161	131	127	318	217	217	246	448	443	211	133	1108	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 1.07										7:21AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)								4:16AM 0.75										2:33PM 0.27	3:13PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	9	6	16	16	16	16	7	5	5	5	17	12	11	4	7	8	11	11	7	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	6	4	14	14	14	14	3	0	0	0	16	9	8	-1	3	4	8	8	4	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 WNW	2.0 ENE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	4	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	8	10	13	13	13	14	4	5	5	5	13	6	6	10	10	-	6	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 N	1.8 N	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.7 N	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 NNW	2.0 NNE	2.1 NE	2.0 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	4	4	6	8	8	5	7	8	7

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