Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’ve taken a good hard look at what’s coming for Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach over the next couple weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – we’ve got a long flat spell to sit through. There's basically nothing going on until we get into the first few days of August. The swell is tiny, winds aren't helping, and the score out of ten is pretty much a zero for most of July.

For the start, you'll be looking at conditions through late July that are pretty ordinary. From the 23rd through the 31st, wave heights are stuck between about 1ft and maybe 2ft at best. Winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore from the east and northeast, chopping up what little bump there is. A couple of afternoons on the 26th and 29th might offer cleaner conditions with a light cross-off breeze, but there's just not enough swell to make it worth paddling out. The combined swell energy sits low, mostly between 51 and 159 – that’s weak, weak, weak.

There is a small window on the morning of August 2nd when things start to change. A new southeast swell builds quickly, reaching about 5ft with a long 16-second period. That’s groundswell, and combined energy jumps to 1071 – moderate to strong. The wind is light and onshore though, so it won’t be as clean as we’d like. Still, this is where the action starts for more experienced surfers comfortable with a bit of size.

But the real standout arrives early in the second week. On August 3rd and 4th, a solid long-period swell from the ESE pushes in with heights around 8ft to 8ft and a period between 16 and 18 seconds. The combined swell energy is huge, somewhere between 3152 and 3924, showing this is punchy and powerful. Now, with that size, this is definitely for experts only – too big for beginners. The wind stays onshore from the NE/E at about 9 mph, so the surface will be choppy, and with that long period, waves might be a bit too straight for the beach break here, but there’s still plenty of grunt.

That big swell fades a little by the 5th, dropping to 5ft – 5ft, but still decent energy with cross-onshore breezes. Then by the 6th and 7th, things mellow out again with cleaner but much smaller 2ft to 3ft waves. Not a finish to write home about.

So to sum it up – July is a write-off. Mark your calendars for the morning of August 2nd as the start of a proper run, and if you’re experienced, the 3rd and 4th are the ones that pack a real punch. Just don't expect perfection with those onshore winds.

Rusty.

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