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

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	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	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Green Pole Okinawa
Rating	3	2	2	1	4	3	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	1.8 S	3.5 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.5 SE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	10	10	6	9	6	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	11
Energy	2919	664	394	15	246	1447	515	1920	359	85	64	8	53	160	196	270	177	277	223	346	287	373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:25AM 1.36		6:26PM 1.29	4:47AM 1.39		6:52PM 1.27	5:13AM 1.36		7:41PM 1.20	7:21AM 1.64		10:21PM 0.51	8:00AM 1.61		10:31PM 1.39	8:22AM 1.47		11:27PM 1.40	9:58AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			10:58PM 0.68	11:18AM -0.02	12:37PM 0.16	11:37PM 0.77	11:50AM -0.02		11:57PM 0.79		1:05PM -0.03	12:22AM 0.86		3:51PM 0.21			3:24PM 0.29		3:07AM 1.14	3:51PM 0.49		4:57AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	20	5	39	-	-	-	-	-	30	1	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	15	21	23	18	20	15	19	19	20	18	18	16	19	22	18	25	21	18	25
Low °C	17	19	18	14	21	19	18	19	12	17	18	19	18	17	16	19	22	17	24	21	17	25
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	14	21	23	18	19	12	19	19	20	17	18	16	19	22	17	25	21	18	25
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	8	7	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	-	-	6	-	8	6	6	6	11	7	8	8	-	-	12	12	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 S	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	0.7 NNW	3.5 SW	1.4 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.8 N	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 S	1.0 NE	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	4	6	8	5	9	5	-	3	5	6	6	-	4	-	3	-	5	5	-

	Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Monday 04
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku
Rating	3	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	10	7	10	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	579	547	1358	947	78	1406	528	1061	352	253	229	218	85	144	180	538	1011	2713	2694	679	586	386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:02AM 1.36				5:38PM 1.32				4:59AM 1.49					7:28PM 1.81				6:20AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	11:49PM 0.76								10:55PM 0.70					2:21PM 0.13				12:38AM 0.76				1:17PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	17	-	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	16	19	22	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	15	15	22	19	22	19	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	13	16	19	22	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	14	14	22	19	22	19	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	10	9	6	7	9	8	9	9	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	10	10	4	9	7	7	11	10	10	10	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 S	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	6	9	-	8	-	-	-	7	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	4

	Fri	Saturday 02
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku
Rating	3	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	215	192	2215	2170	372	1568	2891	6283	5706	5366	2952	1682	63	13	12	57	49	28	50	54	54	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)							3:57AM 1.39	4:07AM 1.34														6:45PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)																12:20PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	17	17	16	18	21	19	20	24	23	20	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	15	13	14	14	17	17	14	18	21	19	20	24	23	20	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.5 ESE	3.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	6	7	7	10	10	10	10	5	5	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	9	-	12	9	9	9	12	8	10	-	-	9	9	6	6	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	4	4	9	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	6	6	6	3	-	6	5	5	-

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