Saffas, Papua New Guinea

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About Saffas

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

The spot faces SE (150°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (330°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 1–5 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 3). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 29°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May and September, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Rabaul, 28 km away, is the nearest town we list.

Water about 30°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

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Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Saffas, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	2, too small	1 ft7 smushy	11kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 19 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	2, too small	1 ft6 smushy	7kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 16 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	3, too small	1 ft7 smushy	13kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	3, too small	1 ft7 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south, 17 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	3, too small	1 ft7 smushy	12kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 17 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	5, too small	1 ft7 smushy	13kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	1 ft7 shollow	12kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	5, too small	1 ft6 shollow	4kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	6, too small	1 ft5 shollow	4kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	6, too small	1 ft6 shollow	6kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	28°C
Wed 28Oct	6, too small	1 ft5 shollow	5kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots	27°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 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: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
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