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Raoul's, China

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Seoul, is 608 km away.

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About Raoul's

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

The spot faces S (168°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (348°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 36). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 6°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 27°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 608 km away.

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

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    No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Seoul, is 608 km away.

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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Raoul's, each day
DayScore for beginnersSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct28, poor3 ft7 smushy61kJwind from the north-north-west, 16 knots, offshore21°C
Mon 19Oct55, good2 ft6 smushy17kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, offshore19°C
Tue 20Oct40, fair1 ft4 smushy6kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots20°C
Wed 21Oct19, too small1 ft10 shollow8kJwind from the north-north-west, 12 knots, offshore15°C
Thu 22Oct30, too small1 ft11 shollow15kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore16°C
Fri 23Oct18, too small1 ft10 shollow12kJwind from the east, 9 knots18°C
Sat 24Oct34, poor2 ft5 smushy14kJwind from the east-north-east, 12 knots21°C
Sun 25Oct44, fair3 ft6 smushy51kJwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots20°C
Mon 26Oct55, good2 ft5 smushy22kJwind from the north, 7 knots, offshore20°C
Tue 27Oct23, too small1 ft7 shollow5kJwind from the north-north-west, 8 knots, offshore18°C
Wed 28Oct0, 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 beginner surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Raoul's

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 1 ft at 4 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Raoul's

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 2 ft at 5 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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