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

	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	0	3	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	0.9 S	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	1.2 SE	3.0 ENE	1.2 SE	1.7 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	2.0 N	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	2.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	8	4	8	9	7	8	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	10
Energy(?)	252	770	93	82	31	220	1693	178	412	1366	1920	802	675	658	442	493	437	625	132	1824	402	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:19PM 1.45	8:02AM 1.44		11:02PM 0.99	8:36AM 1.22	12:08PM 1.56		9:08AM 1.19			4:43AM 1.30	3:40PM 1.70	6:33PM 1.53	5:26AM 1.62	4:28PM 1.53		10:19AM 2.51			6:30AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 0.24			3:37PM 0.37	1:25AM 0.97			7:55PM 0.38			9:38PM 0.33	9:42AM 0.97		1:26AM 0.23	10:47AM 1.03		11:20PM 0.06	3:27AM 0.24	4:27PM 0.70	9:53PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	21	14	20	10	14	13	14	15	14	16	15	14	17	13	10	11	12	13	13
Low °C	16	16	11	20	12	20	9	14	13	13	14	14	16	13	14	17	13	7	7	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	21	14	20	7	14	11	14	15	14	16	15	14	16	11	7	10	12	13	13
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	5:29	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.7 N	0.2 N	1.2 SE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SE	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	8	8	11	8	9	9	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.3 E	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.6 E	1.1 NE	0.1 E	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	12	9	8	12	-	11	-	6	14	7	6	6	9	12	11	5	13	8	12	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	0.2 NNE	1.4 SE	0.8 NNE	-	3.0 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.7 E	-	-	-	2.0 N	1.5 NE	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	2.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	5	7	4	-	9	2	3	8	9	9	-	-	-	8	6	4	4	11	-	-

	Monday 23						Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa
Rating	3	4	1	0	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 N	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	2.0 NE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 SSE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	6	7	8	7	8	6	6	8	7	8	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	760	1022	135	231	301	562	651	67	106	135	104	64	251	200	321	242	217	207	1753	1622	523	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		8:46AM 1.52	9:05AM 1.74			8:57PM 1.09	9:02PM 1.03			7:57AM 1.30						12:40AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				2:35PM 0.35					5:00AM 0.77				5:57PM 0.30	6:20PM 0.53			5:35AM 0.90		11:47AM 1.22		5:00PM 0.25	7:32PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Temp. °C	15	13	17	19	19	14	13	20	20	12	13	21	20	20	13	20	20	20	10	11	13	18
Chill °C (?)	15	11	17	18	19	14	12	20	20	10	12	21	20	20	13	20	20	20	7	8	12	18
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.6 N	1.4 SE	0.4 NNW	-	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	11	6	7	8	7	8	7	11	8	7	7	-	8	8	8	7	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 E	0.5 N	0.3 E	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	8	-	11	11	11	12	12	5	5	11	7	11	-	11	11	11	-	-	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 SE	-	1.3 SE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 NE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	-	7	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	-	8	6	-	-	-	9	9	5	4

	Monday 23	Tue
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa
Rating	3	4	1	0	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 SE	1.1 N	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 S	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	12	12	7	7	12	12	8	10	8	8	8	6	6	6	8
Energy(?)	887	407	287	226	237	429	563	26	26	589	607	26	95	88	223	120	112	112	9	7	93	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					7:37AM 1.48			10:27AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)																			9:15PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	21	21	17	17	21	20	21	8	20	20	20	9	9	13	20
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	14	14	14	14	21	21	15	15	21	20	21	5	20	20	20	7	7	12	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.2 E	1.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.3 E	0.3 W	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.9 S	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	7	12	7	10	10	11	11	9	9	11	11	12	7	12	6	12	12	12	6	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 S	0.3 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	6	8	-	12	9	12	12	12	9	9	-	12	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	0.7 SE	-	0.9 SE	1.1 N	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.2 NNE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	7	-	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	-	8	10	8	8	8	4	4	5	8

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