Maqai, Fiji

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Suva, is 239 km away. Nearest airport: LBS (LBS), 101 km.

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About Maqai

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

The spot faces SE (150°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (330°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 38). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 26°C in September, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually March, with about 3 good days in 7; in June, August and September, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Suva, is 239 km away. Nearest airport: LBS (LBS), 101 km.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Maqai, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	13, poor	4 ft6 smushy	122kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	18, poor	4 ft9 smushy	254kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	13, poor	4 ft7 smushy	190kJ	wind from the south-east, 19 knots	24°C
Wed 21Oct	15, poor	4 ft7 smushy	155kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 20 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	15, poor	4 ft7 smushy	123kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	13, poor	4 ft6 smushy	114kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	12, poor	5 ft6 smushy	155kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	11, poor	5 ft7 smushy	178kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	25°C
Mon 26Oct	18, poor	4 ft6 smushy	140kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	25°C
Tue 27Oct	16, poor	5 ft6 smushy	138kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	25°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 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 15 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 12 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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