Atagawa Katase Beach

Atagawa Katase Beach is an E-facing beach break in Higashiizu, Shizuoka, Japan. It picks up swell from E and ESE to SSE and S to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 68% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: an Izu Islands gap lets in swell from 168.2° (SSE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 54 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

E (100°)

Best swell

ESE to SE (120°–141°) or E (83°–91°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

SW to NW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

E (83° to 91°); ESE to SSE (120° to 151°); S to SSW (180° to 213°)

Rare slot

Izu Islands gap, 168.2° SSE

Offshore wind

W

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

1 (1 plays here)