Lovers cove, Australia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Esperance, 20 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: EPR (EPR), 37 km.

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About Lovers cove

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

The spot faces SW (242°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (62°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 31). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 16°C in August, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 20°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7; in July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Esperance, 20 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: EPR (EPR), 37 km.

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Lovers cove, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	32, too small	6 ft8 smushy	344kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	17°C
Tue 20Oct	29, too small	4 ft9 scrumbling	297kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	65, good	7 ft12 scrumbling	1,288kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	48, good	8 ft10 scrumbling	1,275kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots	17°C
Fri 23Oct	18, poor	7 ft11 smushy	1,002kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	14°C
Sat 24Oct	24, poor	8 ft10 smushy	1,100kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	13°C
Sun 25Oct	51, good	8 ft10 ssoft	1,003kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	14°C
Mon 26Oct	39, fair	6 ft9 scrumbling	497kJ	wind from the north-east, 7 knots, offshore	18°C
Tue 27Oct	18, too small	3 ft9 scrumbling	109kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots, offshore	21°C
Wed 28Oct	9, too small	1 ft9 shollow	26kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots, offshore	17°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.

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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
Surf Lovers cove
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 7 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Lovers cove
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Lovers cove
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Lovers cove
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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