Payangan, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Pejarakan, is 114 km away. Nearest airport: MLG (MLG), 111 km.

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About Payangan

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

The spot faces SW (222°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (42°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 25°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually November, with about 5 good days in 7; in July, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Pejarakan, is 114 km away. Nearest airport: MLG (MLG), 111 km.

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

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From Chicago: about 33 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to SUB, changing at HKG.
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Getting there. 5 h 20 from the airport to Payangan.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Pejarakan, is 114 km away. Nearest airport: MLG (MLG), 111 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Payangan, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	42, fair	3 ft11 shollow	159kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	26, poor	5 ft13 shollow	593kJ	wind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	11, poor	6 ft10 shollow	590kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	46, fair	5 ft10 shollow	381kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	47, fair	3 ft8 shollow	106kJ	wind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	7 ft12 shollow	1,240kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	8 ft12 shollow	1,495kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	29°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 shollow	1,276kJ	wind from the east, 1 knot	29°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 shollow	1,100kJ	wind from the north-west, 1 knot	30°C
Tue 27Oct	15, poor	5 ft10 shollow	464kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	29°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
Fly ORD to SUB, changing at HKG, then 5h 20 by road. About 33h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Payangan
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Payangan
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Payangan
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to SUB, changing at HKG, then 5h 20 by road. About 33h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,045–£2,115 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to SUB, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£860–£1,790
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£35–£60
Food	7 days eating out	£80–£145
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£35–£55
Total		£1,045–£2,115

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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