Dock Bay, Taiwan

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Taipei, 39 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA), 37 km.

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About Dock Bay

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

The spot faces SE (130°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (310°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 4–15 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 22°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Taipei, 39 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA), 37 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 21 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), direct.
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Getting there. 1 h 30 from the airport to Dock Bay.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Taipei, 39 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA), 37 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Dock Bay, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	13, too small	2 ft5 shollow	24kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	13, too small	2 ft6 shollow	36kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	25°C
Tue 20Oct	17, too small	3 ft9 shollow	187kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	47, fair	7 ft11 shollow	952kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 10 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	15 ft14 shollow	7,822kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 21 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	18 ft13 shollow	10,479kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 26 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	10, poor	6 ft8 smushy	441kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 27 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	11, too small	4 ft6 smushy	131kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	15, too small	3 ft7 shollow	66kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	12, too small	3 ft7 shollow	62kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore	26°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.

Your trip, day by day

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to TPE, then 1h 30 by road. About 21h 15 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Dock Bay
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 11 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to TPE, then 1h 30 by road. About 21h 15 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,000–£1,980 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 TPE, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag	£675–£1,405
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£1,000–£1,980

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

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