Suminoenotsu was located in the cove called Sumiyoshi no hosoe, the south of Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine (Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City), which enshrines the sea gods, Sumiyoshi Okami (the great gods of Sumiyoshi).
海の神である住吉大神を祀る住吉大社（大阪市住吉区）の南の住吉の細江と呼ばれた入り江にあった。