Overview

Sun Beach is a kitesurfing spot in Ibaraki Prefecture, on the Pacific coast. This beach spot offers typical Pacific coast wind conditions with southwest breezes in summer and northeast winds in winter.

The water is oceanic. Tides are significant. Suited for intermediate riders.

Suggest an edit

Spot forecast for Sun Beach

Sunrise 05:49 · Sunset 16:54

Open-Meteo

Premium weather models. Get the professional models (ECMWF, GFS, ICON, MeteoSwiss…) and a 16-day forecast. Without a subscription: Open-Meteo over 5 days.

Go Premium

< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Forecasts provided by Open-Meteo

Swell and waves

Swell and tides over 8 days. Premium members see the swell and tides over 8 days. Without a subscription: 5 days.

Go Premium

Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

Swell data by Open-Meteo Marine

Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 6.2 km from the spot.

Wednesday 21 October Low tide 06:09 · 0.6 m High tide 13:49 · 1.3 m Low tide 19:27 · 1 m
Thursday 22 October High tide 00:24 · 1.1 m Low tide 07:02 · 0.6 m High tide 14:03 · 1.3 m Low tide 19:55 · 0.8 m
Friday 23 October High tide 01:39 · 1.2 m Low tide 07:46 · 0.6 m High tide 14:18 · 1.3 m Low tide 20:24 · 0.6 m
Saturday 24 October High tide 02:34 · 1.3 m Low tide 08:25 · 0.6 m High tide 14:35 · 1.4 m Low tide 20:55 · 0.5 m
Sunday 25 October High tide 03:21 · 1.4 m Low tide 10:01 · 0.7 m High tide 14:54 · 1.4 m Low tide 21:28 · 0.3 m

Sun Beach: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

141h

in May · 17.5 rideable days

The season runs from March to May, peaking in May: 15 rideable days a month and 141 hours of usable wind, at 17 °C. The low point is June, at 5.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 77%13-20 knots · 22%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 77% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 10 °C. The wettest month is May, with 249 mm.

Monthly averages: Sun Beach

Monthly averages — Sun Beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	10.0	48 h	10 °C	53 mm
February	9.5	79 h	10 °C	49 mm
March	14.0	112 h	13 °C	198 mm
April	13.0	88 h	17 °C	149 mm
May	17.5	141 h	20 °C	249 mm
June	5.5	35 h	24 °C	153 mm
July	6.0	57 h	28 °C	57 mm
August	10.0	73 h	29 °C	105 mm
September	14.5	115 h	27 °C	88 mm
October	21.0	203 h	21 °C	201 mm
November	11.5	82 h	16 °C	57 mm
December	9.0	51 h	11 °C	39 mm

Photo gallery of Sun Beach

This spot is waiting for its first images

Ridden here? One photo or video, and the spot comes alive for everyone discovering it.

Technical details of Sun Beach spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, S, SSW, SW.

Rideable Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

Something out of date? Suggest an edit

Live

Ogimet - Mito (Japan)10.4 kmsource ogimet

Readings reserved for Premium members

Live readings from Ogimet - Mito (Japan) weather station are reserved for Premium members.

Real-time readings
Last 48 hours history
Custom alerts
Extended weather forecasts

Discover Premium

Already a Premium member? Log in

All the details of your session on windtracker.app

Webcams near Sun Beach

Webcams provided by Windy.com

Nearby spots

All spots: Japan

Comments 0

No comments yet.

Log in to comment

Sun Beach kitesurf, wingfoil and surf spot