Qingdao, China

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Seoul, is 599 km away.

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About Qingdao

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

The spot faces S (163°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (343°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 66). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 6°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Seoul, is 599 km away. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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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 Qingdao, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	46, fair	3 ft6 smushy	79kJ	wind from the north-west, 15 knots, offshore	21°C
Mon 19Oct	15, too small	1 ft6 smushy	12kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	19°C
Tue 20Oct	9, too small	1 ft4 smushy	3kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 1 knot	19°C
Wed 21Oct	6, too small	1 ft10 s	7kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 8 knots, offshore	14°C
Thu 22Oct	11, too small	1 ft11 scrumbling	16kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	1 ft10 smushy	9kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	18°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	21°C
Sun 25Oct	23, too small	3 ft6 smushy	48kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots	17°C
Mon 26Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 smushy	16kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots, offshore	18°C
Tue 27Oct	7, too small	1 ft7 s	3kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots, offshore	16°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.

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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
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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