Nootka Island, Canada

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tofino, is 88 km away. Nearest airport: YAZ (YAZ), 101 km.

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About Nootka Island

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

The spot faces SW (225°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (45°). 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 very gently: 10 m deep about 1.2 km out (1 in 122). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 9°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 14°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually September, with about 3 good days in 7; in January, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tofino, is 88 km away. Nearest airport: YAZ (YAZ), 101 km.

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Nootka Island, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 ssoft	902kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots	11°C
Mon 19Oct	49, good	6 ft8 smushy	350kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore	12°C
Tue 20Oct	53, good	4 ft6 smushy	114kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore	13°C
Wed 21Oct	53, good	4 ft7 smushy	123kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, offshore	10°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 ssoft	776kJ	wind from the north-west, 10 knots	10°C
Fri 23Oct	33, poor	6 ft8 ssoft	363kJ	wind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore	9°C
Sat 24Oct	61, good	4 ft7 smushy	157kJ	wind from the north, 8 knots, offshore	9°C
Sun 25Oct	40, fair	4 ft7 smushy	103kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	10°C
Mon 26Oct	38, fair	3 ft7 smushy	71kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots	9°C
Tue 27Oct	29, too small	2 ft11 ssoft	103kJ	wind from the north-west, 2 knots	9°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
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Tue 20 Oct
Surf Nootka Island
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Nootka Island
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Nootka Island
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Nootka Island
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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