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 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			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	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	1.9 NE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	0.6 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	7	7	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	14
Energy(?)	229	176	286	140	273	254	391	414	778	2212	2355	903	1418	1091	378	2839	3606	1937	775	4338	3281	963
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:06AM 2.20			5:07AM 1.59	4:05PM 1.65		8:21AM 2.04		7:51PM 2.13	9:11AM 1.95		6:34PM 1.80	8:32AM 1.72		7:42PM 1.81	9:53AM 1.58		8:28PM 1.67	10:32AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 0.06	9:56PM 0.23		12:50PM 0.59	10:14PM 0.00	10:34AM 0.83		11:00PM -0.12		1:55PM 0.76	2:36AM -0.09		1:17PM 0.96	1:30AM 0.11		2:00PM 1.05	2:53AM 0.15		3:14PM 1.17		3:29AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	2	57	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	24	17	17	17	21	17	19	21	20	18	21	20	15	26	26	22	17	26	25	14
Low °C	15	15	23	17	17	16	19	16	17	18	20	15	19	18	15	25	25	20	16	25	25	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	24	17	17	16	21	16	19	21	20	18	21	20	15	26	26	22	16	26	25	12
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	4:42	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:42	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.2 S	2.3 E	2.3 E	1.9 E	0.6 SE	2.0 E	0.7 ESE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 ESE	1.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	7	7	9	8	8	10	10	10	11	14	10	6	16	16	10	15	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 SSE	0.7 SE	1.9 ESE	1.5 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	8	12	10	-	10	9	16	13	15	10	12	12	15	6	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	1.9 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 N	1.5 ENE	0.7 N	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.4 N	2.3 E	-	1.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	-	0.8 N	-	1.4 NE	1.4 NW
Period (s)	8	8	6	3	-	4	9	4	9	10	10	3	11	-	6	10	10	-	5	-	5	5

	Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Big Ben Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	4	3	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NNE	1.2 N	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.4 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	737	314	200	315	184	207	139	137	143	680	1147	908	1229	273	1062	1026	986	601	1154	1092	635	808
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:54AM 1.48	8:18AM 2.12		2:57PM 1.44	3:04PM 1.56					6:58AM 2.07			5:07PM 1.84					6:29AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		12:02AM 0.05							9:39PM 0.13	12:22AM 0.04							11:39PM -0.05					12:30PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	31	-	8	1	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	14	25	15	15	15	15	24	24	24	25	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	21
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	14	25	14	15	15	14	24	24	24	25	17	17	17	17	15	16	17	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.4 NNE	1.2 N	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	-	9	-	9	10	9	9	9	-	15	14	13	-	-	-	-	8	-	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NE	-	0.3 ESE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	2.4 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	-	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	-	2.2 E	1.7 ENE	0.7 N	2.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	7	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	-	8	8	8	-	8	9	4	9

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	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Big Ben Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	4	3	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NNE	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	1.9 NNE	1.5 N	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 N	0.9 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	963	392	71	647	304	211	190	194	200	210	194	197	184	43	43	45	34	97	53	94	94	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:22AM 1.50													4:44PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)														10:36AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	12	13	22	13	12	12	12	23	23	23	24	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	12	22	11	10	10	10	23	23	23	24	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	1.9 NNE	1.5 N	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 N	0.9 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	10	9	9	8	9	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.4 E	0.1 W	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	10	6	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	-	10	4	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NNE	-	0.9 NE	-	0.2 E	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	-	-	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	-	6	-	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	-	5	4	-	-	6

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