Churches left, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Jayapura, is 556 km away. Nearest airport: BIK (BIK), 42 km.

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

The spot faces NE (33°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (213°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 5). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 29°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, April and December, with about 5 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Jayapura, is 556 km away. Nearest airport: BIK (BIK), 42 km.

Water about 30°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Churches left does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Churches left, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	25, too small	2 ft8 shollow	39kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 1 knot, offshore	28°C
Mon 19Oct	25, too small	2 ft9 shollow	63kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	46, fair	3 ft9 shollow	140kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	58, good	4 ft10 shollow	229kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	52, good	3 ft9 shollow	170kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	43, fair	3 ft10 shollow	138kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	59, good	4 ft11 shollow	320kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	40, fair	3 ft11 shollow	141kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	36, fair	2 ft8 shollow	59kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots, offshore	28°C
Tue 27Oct	32, too small	2 ft8 shollow	51kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots, offshore	28°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Churches left
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Churches left
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Churches left
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Churches left
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Churches left
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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