Jackals, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Iboih, is 394 km away. Nearest airport: MEQ (MEQ), 176 km.

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About Jackals

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

The spot faces SW (237°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (57°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 29°C in October, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 6 good days in 7; in July, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Iboih, is 394 km away. Nearest airport: MEQ (MEQ), 176 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Jackals, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	27, too small	4 ft13 shollow	398kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	52, good	6 ft12 shollow	848kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	58, good	6 ft11 shollow	888kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 0 knots, offshore	28°C
Wed 21Oct	46, fair	6 ft10 shollow	601kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	28, too small	4 ft9 shollow	255kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	30°C
Fri 23Oct	39, fair	4 ft15 shollow	748kJ	wind from the north-west, 2 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	57, good	6 ft13 shollow	1,050kJ	wind from the west, 3 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	50, good	6 ft13 shollow	907kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	40, fair	5 ft11 shollow	524kJ	wind from the south-west, 1 knot	29°C
Tue 27Oct	45, fair	6 ft9 shollow	474kJ	wind from the south-west, 1 knot	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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Jackals
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Jackals
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
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 Jackals
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 6 ft at 13 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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