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Under the Sunrepo 43.0

#4537 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇯🇵 Japan · Mie · near Tsu

Very consistent, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearBeginner friendlyBeginner
Under the Sunrepo, Japan
Photo: Tawashi2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score43.0 /100
Surfable days78% of the year
Clean days3% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell5% period 11 s+
Typical size0.8 m 2.8 ft median
Water19°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Under the Sunrepo

The best time to surf Under the Sunrepo is July, August, September. It rarely works. In August the water sits around 28°C, so pack boardshorts, and the typical wave is 0.8 m. The nearest airport is NGO (49 km) and the nearest town is Tsu (49 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan74%0%0.8 m13°C5/4
Feb77%0%0.8 m11°C5/4
Mar81%0%0.9 m13°C5/4
Apr85%2%0.9 m16°C4/3
May78%0%0.8 m19°C3/2
Jun73%0%0.8 m22°Cvest
Jul78%4%0.8 m26°Cboardies
Aug68%8%0.8 m28°Cboardies
Sep83%6%1.0 m26°Cboardies
Oct84%4%0.9 m23°Cvest
Nov80%2%0.8 m19°C2mm
Dec77%0%0.8 m16°C4/3

What is under Under the Sunrepo

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 42 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 69 m against 42 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out42 m
Depth 4 km out24 m
Channel beside it69 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 43.0

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
9.9
Best days 22.4%
6.9
Clean days 18.4%
0.8
Consistency 10.2%
9.3
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
2.8
Access 4.1%
3.4

The detail

Faces 85° with 50% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 56% of days. Mean peak period 7.6 s. Days over 3 m: 1%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.5 m, with a peak period of 10 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 76%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 34.428, 136.920 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,430/ month
typically €1,260 – €1,600
Rent, one bedroom€750
Groceries€300
Eating out€170
Getting around€100
Phone + internet€105
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,780/ month
typically €2,450 – €3,110
Somewhere to stay€1,640
Eating out€585
Car, transfers, fuel€380
Data + extras€180
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Japan (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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