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 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	2	4	3	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	2.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 N	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	7	8	11	10	7	5	7	8	8	8	11	11	6	6	7	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	619	228	243	389	584	247	276	440	114	239	591	234	140	619	575	245	207	387	910	422	434	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 1.57	8:30AM 1.75		10:40PM 1.50	8:49AM 1.57		1:15AM 1.50	11:59AM 1.56		1:30AM 1.37	11:45AM 1.23				12:52PM 1.10		3:04AM 1.21	3:05PM 1.55		3:58AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 0.06	2:18AM 1.05		1:34PM 0.12		3:29AM 1.17		6:01PM 0.32	6:27AM 1.13			7:24AM 1.10	5:40PM 0.44	7:43PM 0.47	7:51AM 0.92		7:52PM 0.45	8:48AM 0.77		8:45PM 0.52	10:11AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	26	28	1	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	40	32	13	1	-	-
High °C	19	23	16	18	19	19	19	16	13	13	14	15	22	14	15	18	17	16	19	15	15	19
Low °C	16	23	15	18	19	16	18	15	13	13	14	12	21	14	14	17	17	15	16	15	14	18
Chill °C (?)	19	23	14	18	19	19	19	15	11	11	12	15	22	12	14	17	16	15	19	14	15	19
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 N	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	12	12	10	7	8	11	10	8	9	7	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	13	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 NNW	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 S	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	5	5	15	10	10	14	13	13	12	8	12	9	7	7	16	14	13	11	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	1.0 E	2.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.5 NW	1.8 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.3 ENE	-	0.6 SSE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.8 N	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	-	4	-	-	-	5	7	5	4	8	2	3	-	6	6	6	7	8	12	5	5

	Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 NE	0.8 E	0.8 NE	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	7	10	10	8	8	10	14	10	14	7
Energy(?)	1053	696	666	589	594	555	297	234	230	220	215	276	270	356	205	550	510	649	599	318	458	803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:50AM 1.87					10:40PM 1.68			7:43AM 1.62					10:22PM 1.08			8:43AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		1:56AM 0.92				2:29PM 0.10					3:58AM 0.93			2:10PM 0.12	3:39PM 0.15			1:52AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	3
Temp. °C	17	18	17	19	20	21	17	22	22	22	22	16	17	19	18	19	19	19	20	18	20	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	19	20	21	16	22	22	22	22	16	17	19	18	19	19	19	20	18	20	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	7	7	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 SE	1.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 ESE	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	-	16	6	5	15	5	5	6	6	10	10	13	14	12	12	14	14	13	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.9 NE	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	1.1 ENE	-	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	5	-	7

	Mon		Tuesday 21
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	11
Energy(?)	1081	742	833	711	1007	882	692	375	382	381	380	515	463	422	384	555	545	545	497	480	480	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																	1:55PM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	21	21	22	22	14	15	20	16	19	19	19	18	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	16	17	17	21	21	22	22	11	13	20	14	18	18	18	17	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	11	5	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	13	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 NE	1.4 WNW	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7

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