Banc de Pabos, Canada

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Gaspé, is 52 km away. Nearest airport: YGP (YGP), 45 km.

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

The spot faces SE (148°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (328°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–7 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 65). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about -1°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 17°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Gaspé, is 52 km away. Nearest airport: YGP (YGP), 45 km.

Water about 10°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Banc de Pabos, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	3, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots	7°C
Mon 19Oct	5, too small	2 ft4 smushy	21kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots	12°C
Tue 20Oct	5, too small	1 ft4 smushy	3kJ	wind from the north-west, 9 knots, offshore	11°C
Wed 21Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft4 s	0kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	9°C
Thu 22Oct	2, too small	1 ft5 smushy	2kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	8°C
Fri 23Oct	31, poor	6 ft7 smushy	385kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots, offshore	3°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	5 ft6 smushy	179kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	10°C
Sun 25Oct	5, too small	1 ft5 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots	14°C
Mon 26Oct	3, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	14°C
Tue 27Oct	2, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots, offshore	6°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.

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: under 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Banc de Pabos
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Banc de Pabos
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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