Alofau, American Samoa

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Tāfuna, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PPG (PPG), 13 km.

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About Alofau

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (219°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (39°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 8). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 28°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Tāfuna, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PPG (PPG), 13 km.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Alofau.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Tāfuna, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PPG (PPG), 13 km.
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Forecast

Alofau does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Alofau, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	10, poor	7 ft8 smushy	530kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	17, poor	6 ft9 smushy	520kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	6 ft9 shollow	470kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	15, too small	6 ft8 shollow	400kJ	wind from the south-east, 17 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	6 ft6 shollow	251kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	6 ft7 shollow	292kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 21 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	12, too small	5 ft7 shollow	250kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 22 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	14, poor	7 ft7 shollow	357kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	22, poor	6 ft7 shollow	345kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	27°C
Tue 27Oct	18, too small	6 ft6 shollow	251kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	26°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to PPG, changing at HNL, then 35 min by road. About 22h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 23 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to PPG, changing at HNL, then 35 min by road. About 22h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £875–£1,745 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to PPG, estimated from distance and season, changing at HNL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£600–£1,250
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£20–£35
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£875–£1,745

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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