Red Island, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Pejarakan, is 80 km away. Nearest airport: Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), 126 km.

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About Red Island

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

The spot faces SW (217°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (37°). 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 200 m out (1 in 18). 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 months are usually March and November, with about 5 good days in 7; in July, August and September, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Pejarakan, is 80 km away. Nearest airport: Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), 126 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 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).
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Getting there. 4 h 40 from the airport to Red Island.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Pejarakan, is 80 km away. Nearest airport: Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), 126 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 Red Island, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	52, good	4 ft12 shollow	410kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 shollow	855kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	7 ft11 shollow	953kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	45, fair	6 ft10 shollow	533kJ	wind from the east, 2 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	48, good	4 ft8 smushy	218kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	7 ft13 shollow	1,537kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft12 shollow	1,862kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	9 ft11 scrumbling	1,590kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	9 ft10 scrumbling	1,339kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 shollow	711kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	27°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 DPS, changing at HKG, then 4h 40 by road. About 33h 10 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Red Island
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Red Island
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
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 DPS, changing at HKG, then 4h 40 by road. About 33h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,050–£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 DPS, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£865–£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		£1,050–£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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