Machines, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 335 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 67 km.

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About Machines

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

The spot faces SW (234°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (54°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 65). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February and March, with about 6 good days in 7; in July, August and September, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 335 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 67 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

Machines does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Machines, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	68, good	4 ft12 ssoft	359kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	38, fair	6 ft12 ssoft	776kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 ssoft	772kJ	wind from the south-east, 1 knot	28°C
Wed 21Oct	56, good	5 ft10 ssoft	383kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	30°C
Thu 22Oct	59, good	4 ft9 ssoft	191kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	30°C
Fri 23Oct	72, good	4 ft15 scrumbling	647kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	57, good	6 ft13 ssoft	988kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	6 ft12 ssoft	820kJ	wind from the north-west, 1 knot	27°C
Mon 26Oct	53, good	5 ft10 ssoft	430kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	29°C
Tue 27Oct	51, good	5 ft9 ssoft	420kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots	30°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Machines
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Machines
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Machines
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 4 ft at 15 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Machines
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 13 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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