Ingonish Beach, Canada

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, St. Esprit, is 111 km away. Nearest airport: YQY (YQY), 58 km.

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About Ingonish Beach

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

The spot faces E (103°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (283°). 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 50 m out (1 in 7). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about -1°C in March, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, St. Esprit, is 111 km away. Nearest airport: YQY (YQY), 58 km.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Ingonish Beach 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 Ingonish Beach, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	7, too small	2 ft6 shollow	14kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 9 knots, offshore	5°C
Mon 19Oct	4, too small	1 ft4 shollow	5kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 11 knots	10°C
Tue 20Oct	5, too small	1 ft5 shollow	6kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	7, too small	2 ft6 shollow	15kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots	9°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	4 ft6 shollow	80kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	7°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	4 ft6 smushy	135kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	6°C
Sat 24Oct	29, poor	7 ft6 shollow	311kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots	3°C
Sun 25Oct	20, too small	3 ft6 shollow	78kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots, offshore	9°C
Mon 26Oct	4, too small	1 ft7 shollow	7kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots, offshore	14°C
Tue 27Oct	4, too small	1 ft6 shollow	8kJ	wind from the north-west, 10 knots, offshore	7°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
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: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Ingonish Beach
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 7 ft at 6 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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