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

	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	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	Ada Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	0	3	3	3	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	9	10	10	9	4	6	7	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	264	849	2478	2792	410	48	16	328	991	656	964	1882	1312	705	129	64	50	155	101	220	251	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	on	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:27AM 1.83		6:29PM 1.75	5:56AM 1.74		6:16PM 1.26	4:50AM 1.35		7:03PM 1.26	5:13AM 1.36		7:31PM 1.36	6:21AM 1.45		9:06PM 1.38	6:50AM 1.40		11:03PM 0.48	3:02AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	11:43AM 0.09		10:32PM 0.79		12:07PM 0.17	12:07AM 0.68		12:26PM -0.05	11:28PM 0.73	11:49AM -0.02	1:08PM 0.18	12:08AM 0.82		12:36PM -0.04	12:18AM 0.99		2:45PM 0.11	1:53AM 1.06		4:24PM 0.24		9:51AM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	1	28	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	16	18	20	19	15	22	23	19	21	19	17	18	18	19	19	18	19	20	19	21
Low °C	18	15	15	17	20	17	14	21	22	19	20	18	17	18	17	19	18	17	19	19	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	15	14	18	20	19	14	22	23	19	21	18	16	18	18	19	18	18	19	20	18	21
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:20	-	-	4:47
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.0 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	7	7	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	5	8	12	9	9	9	4	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	9	11	7	6	4	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	-	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	7	7	9	10	-	-	4	6	7	9	9	9	10	-	5	5	6	6	3	7	4	4

	Friday 01						Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	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	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea
Rating	2	4	4	0	2	2	3	3	4	3	1	3	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	1.3 NNW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	10	10	6	9	9	8	8	6	10	10	9	6	7	7
Energy	273	1327	2530	200	254	215	507	565	1449	936	94	1591	1666	1436	213	255	55	140	108	298	235	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	5:15AM 1.81								4:02AM 1.36				5:38PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)			10:26AM 0.20	12:34PM 0.15			11:50PM 0.76								10:48PM 0.77				11:48AM -0.05	2:21PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	1	-
Temp. °C	17	19	14	19	15	14	16	14	15	19	21	19	19	18	19	18	17	19	20	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	19	14	18	14	14	15	13	14	19	21	19	19	18	19	18	17	19	20	16	14	14
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSE	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 NE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	10	6	6	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SE	-	0.2 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	7	8	-	5	9	10	9	10	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	10	-	10	9	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	1.3 NNW	1.1 W	0.8 NW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	-	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	4	8	8	7	5	6	7	7	10	-	6	9	9	8	-	6	4	3	-	6	7	7

	Friday 01	Sat
	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	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea
Rating	2	4	4	0	2	2	3	3	4	3	1	3	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.7 SE	0.9 SSE	1.5 NNW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	7	7	6
Energy	265	375	93	267	671	1327	967	649	2481	2481	857	1645	2574	2754	2403	2748	49	208	161	85	86	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				6:04AM 1.81										4:49PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	1	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	11	19	21	20	20	18	19	19	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	15	14	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	8	18	21	20	20	18	18	18	16	18	19	18	16	16	17	12	11	17	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	1.7 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	7	9	8	8	8	9	13	13	9	9	13	12	9	9	10	9	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.3 N	0.3 S	0.7 E	0.9 SE	0.7 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	13	3	5	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	-	13	8	12	12	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 S	0.4 NNE	1.5 NNW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	0.3 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	3	8	3	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	3	9	9	7	7	-

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