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

7 day 48 hour

	Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wed
	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	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Tainohama Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Oku Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.3 E	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	9
Energy(?)	326	202	169	315	284	254	171	252	785	476	443	332	334	270	165	276	1064	1177	1199	970	1273	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:33AM 1.72		7:16PM 1.78	6:16AM 1.91		7:52PM 1.83	3:13AM 1.45		12:06AM 2.51	7:31AM 2.08		8:57PM 1.99	8:12AM 2.11		8:18PM 1.82	7:46AM 1.98		8:51PM 1.72	8:13AM 1.69		9:21PM 1.75	9:07AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 0.35	12:39AM 1.04		1:09PM 0.19	1:17AM 0.99	10:40AM 0.04	5:28PM 0.18			2:20PM 0.15	2:31AM 0.96		2:57PM 0.17	1:57AM 0.87		2:30PM 0.24	2:31AM 0.79		2:49PM 0.28		3:20AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	7	1	-	6	4	10	1	6	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	2
High °C	27	26	27	26	28	26	29	29	25	28	27	27	27	29	24	25	28	27	28	25	27	28
Low °C	27	26	26	25	28	26	28	27	24	27	27	27	26	28	23	25	27	24	26	23	25	28
Chill °C (?)	27	26	27	26	28	26	29	29	25	28	27	27	27	29	24	25	28	27	28	25	27	28
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:35
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 SE	1.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	0.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	0.4 E	1.5 S	0.9 ESE	1.8 SE	2.4 SW	1.9 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	7	11	11	8	8	8	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	10	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NNE	0.5 SW	0.1 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SE	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	9	11	8	10	8	8	8	7	9	7	9	10	15	9	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 SE	1.5 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 NE	2.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	5	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	-	-	7	-	6	9	9	10	10	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	218	214	338	326	286	202	51	235	169	182	207	315	250	284	113	247	254	198	181	171	137	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	10:23PM 2.27		5:33AM 1.84				4:55PM 1.33		10:58PM 2.38			6:11AM 1.95				6:53PM 1.87			5:25AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)						12:31PM 0.28				12:41AM 1.16				1:10PM 0.25								12:24PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	3	4	1	-	-	-	1	3	3	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	-	1	3
Temp. °C	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	25	25	25	26	28	28	26	26	26	26	28	28	29
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	25	25	25	26	28	28	26	26	26	26	28	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	6	7	7	7	7	11	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	5	12	12	12	11	11	11	5	10	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 S	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	1.5 SSW	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	-	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6

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