About Shanklin

Shanklin is a town in Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. From Shanklin you can reach 3 surf spots. The nearest is Shanklin, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 127 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is SOU, 38 km away.

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Staying in Shanklin

127 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: SOU, 38 km, BOH, 50 km, LGW, 90 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Shanklin.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 2 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Shanklin too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Niton8.9 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Ventnor, 6 kmIntermediate and up

2 ft16 kJ

1 ft1 kJ

3 ft20 kJ

3 ft28 kJ

5 ft205 kJ

5 ft565 kJ

3 ft58 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Niton, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	14, too small	2 ft5 shollow	16kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 16 knots, offshore	14°C
Mon 19Oct	1, too small	1 ft4 smushy	1kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	17, too small	3 ft4 smushy	20kJ	wind from the south-east, 8 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	10, poor	3 ft4 smushy	28kJ	wind from the west, 23 knots	13°C
Thu 22Oct	19, poor	5 ft7 shollow	205kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	15°C
Fri 23Oct	16, poor	5 ft12 shollow	565kJ	wind from the west, 33 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	3 ft6 shollow	58kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots	13°C

Shanklin0.2 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 3 ft+

2 ft10 kJ

1 ft2 kJ

3 ft21 kJ

3 ft20 kJ

4 ft160 kJ

4 ft410 kJ

3 ft55 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Shanklin, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	4, too small	2 ft5 smushy	10kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 19 knots	14°C
Mon 19Oct	2, too small	1 ft3 smushy	2kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	18, too small	3 ft4 smushy	21kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	15, too small	3 ft4 smushy	20kJ	wind from the west, 23 knots, offshore	13°C
Thu 22Oct	33, poor	4 ft7 smushy	160kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots, offshore	15°C
Fri 23Oct	36, fair	4 ft11 ssoft	410kJ	wind from the west, 36 knots, offshore	12°C
Sat 24Oct	19, too small	3 ft6 smushy	55kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots, offshore	13°C

Ventnor4.5 kmabout 10 min by carStays in VentnorIntermediate and up

1 ft4 kJ

1 ft2 kJ

3 ft19 kJ

3 ft21 kJ

4 ft156 kJ

5 ft351 kJ

2 ft44 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ventnor, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	6, too small	1 ft5 smushy	4kJ	wind from the north, 15 knots, offshore	14°C
Mon 19Oct	2, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	15, too small	3 ft4 smushy	19kJ	wind from the south-east, 8 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	3 ft4 smushy	21kJ	wind from the west, 23 knots	13°C
Thu 22Oct	20, poor	4 ft7 smushy	156kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	15°C
Fri 23Oct	15, poor	5 ft10 scrumbling	351kJ	wind from the west, 28 knots	12°C
Sat 24Oct	10, too small	2 ft6 smushy	44kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots	13°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Shanklin, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

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Where it is

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