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 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Malibu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	7	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSW	4.0 S	2.5 S	1.3 S	1.0 NE	1.9 E	0.5 S	2.3 NE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	4	7	8	8	10	9	6	7	7	8	9	7	10	7	9	8	10	9
Energy(?)	260	227	181	84	8	337	1049	2273	1328	271	142	369	59	944	563	21	50	454	2611	1229	2543	821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:35PM 1.12		3:14AM 1.35	2:23PM 1.30		3:49AM 1.32	3:34PM 1.35		3:49AM 1.42	4:26PM 1.35		5:53AM 1.90		6:18PM 1.97	11:37AM 2.21		6:56PM 1.96	6:42AM 1.93		7:30PM 1.75	7:07AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14AM 0.79		8:15PM 0.35	8:54AM 0.79		8:57PM 0.36	9:40AM 0.60		9:32PM 0.41	9:54AM 0.47		10:03PM 0.47		12:03PM 0.15	12:20AM 0.33	5:54AM 0.43	5:58PM 0.26	12:50AM 0.44		1:07PM -0.01	1:12AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	10	80	-	9	-	-	14	26	4	2	1	-	-	26	20	8	6	-
High °C	18	18	16	16	17	20	22	18	14	15	13	13	12	9	9	15	13	19	21	15	18	15
Low °C	16	17	14	16	17	19	20	17	12	14	13	12	12	9	8	13	13	17	19	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	16	20	22	16	12	14	11	10	11	5	6	15	12	18	21	14	17	13
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	1.9 SSE	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	1.3 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.5 S	1.2 S	1.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	-	10	8	10	10	9	7	8	7	9	9	7	7	8	-	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	4	4	-	-	9	9	16	13	6	14	8	14	8	6	6	10	-	10	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSW	4.0 S	1.0 NW	0.3 NE	1.0 NE	1.9 E	0.2 NNE	2.3 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	2.1 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	4	7	8	8	4	3	6	7	3	8	-	3	3	7	9	8	10	4

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	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.7 SE	2.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	6	5	6	7	8	8	10	8
Energy(?)	689	604	311	260	254	227	211	205	181	179	208	163	76	113	236	90	144	581	647	1049	3746	1068
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						1:12PM 1.22					3:27AM 1.21				4:16PM 1.69		9:53PM 2.08		5:04AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				8:21AM 0.96				8:39PM 0.34				8:54AM 0.79	10:31AM 0.67								11:09AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	3	12	1	48	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	17	17	14	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	19	20	20	21	23
Chill °C (?)	17	17	13	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	15	14	19	20	20	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.5 E	1.7 SE	1.9 SSE	0.1 SE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	5	9	8	8	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	6	18	9	9	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	6	7	8	8	10	8

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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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	3	10	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	683	685	307	313	297	335	337	327	311	268	321	260	112	112	108	2	1	128	128	98	53	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						2:57AM 1.30	3:20AM 1.25												3:23PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)												8:21AM 0.96	9:58AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	19	20	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	19	20	20	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	4	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 NW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	2	5	2

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