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

	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Susuki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa
Rating	0	3	4	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 SE	1.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	6	9	8	8	9	9	7	10	7	10	6	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	14	48	1010	606	2600	897	55	71	262	72	191	421	174	280	62	155	200	236	265	278	595	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 1.33	8:43PM 0.55	4:52AM 1.48		8:19PM 1.72	7:04AM 1.90		8:34PM 1.56	7:28AM 1.67		9:20PM 1.48	8:05AM 1.68		9:10PM 1.11	6:56AM 1.17		10:25PM 1.08	9:06AM 1.28		12:40AM 1.41	11:23AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	11:23AM -0.03		2:43AM 0.06	11:56AM 0.13		1:42AM 0.94		1:41PM 0.04	1:45AM 1.02		2:35PM 0.16	2:20AM 1.08		2:15PM 0.17	1:42AM 0.91		3:20PM 0.31	3:00AM 0.92	4:19AM 1.08			6:43AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	18	-	-	-	-	-	50	-	4	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	-
High °C	20	22	21	19	19	17	22	17	21	19	18	20	20	21	20	23	21	19	20	23	25	24
Low °C	19	22	18	19	18	15	17	17	19	19	18	18	19	21	18	21	20	17	19	23	24	23
Chill °C (?)	20	22	20	19	18	16	22	16	21	19	17	20	20	21	20	23	21	19	20	23	25	24
Sunrise	4:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	2.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.3 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	10	10	10	9	7	10	6	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	11	10	10	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 NW	0.5 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	11	4	7	-	6	10	12	9	-	-	5	-	5	6	-	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.1 SE	1.7 ESE	2.2 SE	-	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	8	9	9	3	3	7	6	6	7	-	3	7	-	-	5	5	5	10	-

	Sunday 03						Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chikura Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	2	3	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.8 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 ESE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	8	9	5	4	5	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10
Energy	377	200	106	55	111	1185	671	2489	754	1456	1197	338	52	1319	1290	449	547	214	54	93	65	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:31AM 1.38					7:44PM 1.78				6:27AM 1.75				7:08PM 1.26								8:43PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)								12:38AM 0.76				1:08PM 0.18			11:57PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	15	21	19	20	18	20	18	18	18	19	18	19	17	15	14	16	16	23	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	14	21	18	20	18	20	18	18	18	19	17	19	16	14	14	16	16	23	17	16
Sunrise	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.3 SSW	0.4 SE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	7	10	10	7	7	9	10	9	8	8	7	8	10	9	9	9	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	-	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	10	7	-	-	-	9	9	10	-	6	4	10	10	7	-	7	10	7	10	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 W	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 NE	1.4 NW	0.5 NE	0.7 NNW	0.3 SSE	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	5	4	5	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	4	8	9	3	6	4	4	2	-	4

	Sunday 03	Mon
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chikura Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	2	3	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.7 N	3.0 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s)	8	10	7	7	7	10	10	9	5	5	6	6	9	5	5	6	6	6	7	4	9	8
Energy	294	194	19	18	15	52	52	25	110	155	185	224	48	90	204	242	165	333	434	27	1378	788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02AM 1.43														6:16PM 1.26	7:02PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)										12:42PM 0.01										10:36PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
High °C	18	18	13	18	19	21	22	22	21	21	21	20	22	20	19	19	19	19	20	12	21	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	13	18	19	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	22	19	18	18	18	18	19	10	21	18
Sunrise	-	4:46	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.5 S
Period (s)	8	10	4	7	7	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	7	7	7	10	-	-	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	6	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.7 N	3.0 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	4	9	8

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