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

Raft Cove does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Raft Cove, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	56, good	4 ft8 ssoft	227kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	11°C
Tue 20Oct	53, good	4 ft6 smushy	84kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	13°C
Wed 21Oct	14, poor	5 ft8 ssoft	287kJ	wind from the east, 2 knots, offshore	10°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 ssoft	864kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots	10°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	7 ft8 smushy	497kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots	10°C
Sat 24Oct	61, good	4 ft8 smushy	154kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	10°C
Sun 25Oct	30, too small	2 ft7 smushy	60kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	11°C
Mon 26Oct	23, too small	2 ft12 scrumbling	61kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 27Oct	50, good	3 ft12 scrumbling	210kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 6 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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Raft Cove
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Raft Cove
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Raft Cove
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 2 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
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