Raft Cove, Canada

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Sayward, is 163 km away. Nearest airport: YZT (YZT), 63 km.

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About Raft Cove

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

The spot faces SW (241°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (61°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 600 m out (1 in 60). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 8°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 13°C in July, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually September, with about 2 good days in 7; in January and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Sayward, is 163 km away. Nearest airport: YZT (YZT), 63 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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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Sayward, is 163 km away. Nearest airport: YZT (YZT), 63 km.
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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Raft Cove, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	45, fair	8 ft9 ssoft	832kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	10°C
Mon 19Oct	33, too small	5 ft8 smushy	337kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	4 ft6 smushy	110kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots	13°C
Wed 21Oct	42, fair	6 ft11 ssoft	779kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	10°C
Thu 22Oct	49, good	8 ft9 ssoft	803kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 7 knots	10°C
Fri 23Oct	45, fair	6 ft8 ssoft	434kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	10°C
Sat 24Oct	34, too small	5 ft7 smushy	235kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots, offshore	10°C
Sun 25Oct	16, too small	3 ft7 smushy	81kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	11°C
Mon 26Oct	25, too small	4 ft6 smushy	107kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 27Oct	17, too small	3 ft10 ssoft	134kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots	10°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Raft Cove
Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Raft Cove
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Raft Cove
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Raft Cove
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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