Katahama Surf Forecast

/ Shizuoka (8 surf breaks) /

Japan (129 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Katahama surfForecast / Shizuoka / Japan

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 26 May 2026 JST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Katahama surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Katahama sea temperature is 19.6° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Katahama today?

The current surf forecast for Katahama at 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am May 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (JST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 May)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (26 May)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (26 May)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

Table - waves today at Katahama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 19°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 26						Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Fri 29
	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 6	ESE 8	S 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	142	137	122	125	140	140	144	116	109	112	115	123	151	123	127	94	94	111	94	72	74	70	72	33
Wind (km/h)	NNE	ENE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	ESE	SSE	S	SW	WSW	S	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				2:28PM1.19m				2:15AM1.46m					3:27PM1.27m			2:48AM1.49m					4:14PM1.34m
Low Tide		8:23AM0.59m				7:54PM0.75m					9:07AM0.46m			8:49PM0.81m					9:43AM0.34m				9:33PM0.86m


	4:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:35
	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—	6:52
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	21	23	23	23	22	21	20	21	23	24	24	22	22	21	20	20	19	20	20	21	21	21	22
Feels °C	19	21	23	22	23	23	22	20	21	22	24	24	23	24	22	22	21	19	21	21	24	23	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 6	S 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 6	S 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8
kJ	142	137	122	125	7	6	144	116	109	112	115	123	151	123	127	94	94	111	94	56	74	70	72	33
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	S 6	S 6	ENE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 14	SSW 3	ESE 13	S 5	ESE 8	SW 7	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 10
kJ	15	13	7	22	20	19	3	3	2	2	2	2	19	19	18	18	2	17	13	72	63	16	15	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	S 6	SE 15	SE 15	E 11	E 10	SE 14	SE 14	ESE 14	ESE 14	SE 10	S 5	S 5	—	ESE 13	SE 10	SSW 5	SSW 6	ESE 8	S 9	S 9	ESE 12
kJ	41	40	23	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	19	19	4	2	1	—	18	4	5	25	70	2	2	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	NNE 2	—	—	—	—	S 5	—	SW 2	SW 3	—	ENE 2	S 6	—	SSW 7	SSW 7	SW 8	SW 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	140	140	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	2	—	1	72	—	204	223	416	427
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Usami Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Susuki Shizuoka	Susuki Shizuoka	Susuki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Susuki Shizuoka	Susuki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	2	13	13	13	85	103	13	13	13	13	13	104	104	6	6	6	13	13	13	2	2	6	6	94
Best forecast wave conditions in Shizuoka	Omaezaki	Omaezaki	Omaezaki	Omaezaki	Usami		Shimoda Yamatoken (Tatado Hama)	Shimoda Yamatoken (Tatado Hama)	Omaezaki	Omaezaki	Omaezaki			Susuki	Shimoda Yamatoken (Tatado Hama)	Shimoda Yamatoken (Tatado Hama)	Shimoda Yamatoken (Tatado Hama)	Shimoda Yamatoken (Tatado Hama)	Omaezaki	Omaezaki	Akabane Long Beach	Akabane Long Beach	Akabane Long Beach	Akabane Long Beach
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kuminatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Header Global	Albatross South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Fare Left French Polynesia	Fare Left French Polynesia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu New Zealand	Fish Boma South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	6	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	6	8	6	6	6	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	7

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