Kaalkop Strand, South Africa

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Alfred, is 1742 km away.

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About Kaalkop Strand

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

The spot faces NE (62°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (242°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 10–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 4). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 5°C in June, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 7°C in January, its warmest (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Alfred, is 1742 km away. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 5°C: 5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Kaalkop Strand 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 Kaalkop Strand, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	8, too small	5 ft7 shollow	234kJ	wind from the north-west, 9 knots	6°C
Tue 20Oct	3, too small	3 ft7 shollow	72kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 14 knots	6°C
Wed 21Oct	12, too small	5 ft6 shollow	159kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 6 knots	6°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	5 ft7 shollow	191kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots, offshore	5°C
Fri 23Oct	10, too small	3 ft8 shollow	146kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 17 knots, offshore	2°C
Sat 24Oct	19, too small	6 ft7 shollow	325kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	3°C
Sun 25Oct	5, too small	4 ft7 shollow	149kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 10 knots	5°C
Mon 26Oct	5, too small	3 ft5 shollow	33kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	5°C
Tue 27Oct	5, too small	3 ft6 shollow	47kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 8 knots	5°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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 6 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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