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

	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	1	1	2	0	4	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 SE	1.5 SSE	3.5 SE	1.6 ENE	2.5 NNE	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	1.4 NNE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 SW	1.1 ENE	1.7 NNE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	5	7	9	9	8	14	10	10	12	13	13	14	13	-	5	8	10	12	9	13
Energy(?)	750	644	223	301	3278	402	1676	1787	1060	365	1078	1575	1929	193	46	0	70	1369	2028	615	447	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 1.68	4:28PM 1.32		5:51AM 1.25	5:13PM 1.40	6:08PM 1.97	6:12AM 1.32		6:46PM 1.98	7:16AM 2.02		12:30AM 2.35	7:25AM 1.89	12:42PM 2.29	7:47PM 1.78	7:43AM 1.77		1:39AM 2.22	8:20AM 1.88		9:11PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	10:53PM -0.02	11:46AM 0.63		10:15PM 0.16	11:19AM 0.50		12:33AM 0.18	11:52AM 0.43	12:33PM 0.49	1:03AM 0.28		1:24PM 0.27	6:36PM 0.34			1:46AM 0.50		1:58PM 0.12	7:34PM 0.41		4:10PM 0.11	2:47AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	11	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	15	17	11	13	9	5	8	12	12	13	20	15	14	11	11	10	12	9	8
Low °C	16	16	17	14	17	10	11	5	5	7	9	11	12	19	12	6	11	10	8	10	9	6
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	14	16	9	11	5	3	6	9	9	13	20	13	12	7	7	7	12	7	5
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:19	-	-	5:34	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 ESE	1.5 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.6 ENE	2.0 NNE	1.9 SSE	2.3 NE	1.4 NNE	1.7 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 W	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	9	7	9	9	8	9	10	10	12	13	13	14	13	-	14	12	10	10	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.1 NW	1.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	-	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	1.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 E	-	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	15	11	6	-	7	9	9	-	-	8	8	12	9	8	-	10	-	12	12	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	1.3 SE	-	3.5 SE	1.6 NW	2.5 NNE	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	2.0 WNW	1.1 ESE	-	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 SW	0.5 NW	1.7 NNE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	3	5	5	-	9	7	8	5	-	-	-	4	8	6	-	5	5	8	10	3	9	4

	Sun		Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	2	3	2	3	3	1	3	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 ESE	1.4 NE	0.6 SE	1.5 E	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.5 ENE	1.8 SE	1.8 ENE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	11	10	10	9	14	8	6	7	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8
Energy(?)	60	304	750	274	554	644	134	919	67	283	283	621	1224	521	556	1036	1037	622	724	1551	1861	1754
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:10PM 1.45				5:29AM 1.17				5:14PM 1.80					6:13AM 1.85	11:25AM 2.57		5:56PM 1.86		11:20PM 2.27			6:53AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			10:36PM -0.08				11:46AM 0.75					12:05AM -0.05	4:59AM 0.07			12:06PM 0.61				12:36AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	6	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	17	13	16	17	12	16	11	13	15	16	9	16	11	15	12	11	9	11	4	11
Chill °C (?)	15	14	17	12	15	16	11	16	9	12	14	16	8	16	11	14	10	10	8	9	1	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 NE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 ESE	1.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.5 ENE	1.8 SE	1.8 ENE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	8	9	10	11	10	10	9	14	8	9	7	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.8 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.5 SE	-	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	15	11	8	5	6	7	7	7	18	7	-	7	7	6	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.2 E	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	-	0.7 NNE	1.5 E	0.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 NE	1.2 SW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 N	1.0 NNE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 NNE
Period (s)	4	9	3	2	5	5	4	-	4	6	4	7	10	7	5	3	4	6	9	8	9	8

	Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	2	3	2	3	3	1	3	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 SE	1.8 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	3.0 ENE	0.8 ESE	3.0 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.5 E	0.6 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	11	10	10	9	10	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	11
Energy(?)	50	92	741	278	741	799	82	750	78	126	338	252	1170	151	1374	85	68	74	1786	222	954	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)								10:36PM -0.08	11:11PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	2	1	1	1
High °C	15	15	17	12	17	17	12	17	10	12	16	15	12	15	12	11	11	12	13	16	8	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	10	16	16	12	17	9	12	15	14	8	14	8	10	10	11	10	15	3	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 SE	1.8 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	10	11	10	10	9	10	8	9	9	9	12	9	-	8	8	8	-	11	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	13	8	9	8	8	6	8	12	9	12	12	-	12	-	12	12	12	-	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	3.0 ENE	0.7 E	3.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	3.5 E	1.3 ESE	3.0 ENE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	4	9	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	3	8	8	8	5	8	3	3	3	8	5	8	5

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