Satans Shank, Heard Island and McDonald Islands

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Sud Est, is 3798 km away.

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About Satans Shank

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

The spot faces N (356°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (176°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 10–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 71). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 2°C in July, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 4°C in February, its warmest (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Sud Est, is 3798 km away.

Water about 2°C: 5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Satans Shank does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Satans Shank, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	30, poor	15 ft12 ssoft	6,498kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 22 knots	-2°C
Tue 20Oct	33, poor	12 ft11 ssoft	2,920kJ	wind from the south-west, 24 knots, offshore	-2°C
Wed 21Oct	29, too small	10 ft10 ssoft	1,488kJ	wind from the south-west, 18 knots, offshore	-1°C
Thu 22Oct	4, too small	6 ft8 smushy	354kJ	wind from the north, 11 knots	0°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	8 ft7 smushy	474kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	2°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	6 ft7 smushy	311kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 9 knots	3°C
Sun 25Oct	15, poor	10 ft8 smushy	1,117kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 22 knots	0°C
Mon 26Oct	18, poor	11 ft10 ssoft	2,229kJ	wind from the south-west, 21 knots	-1°C
Tue 27Oct	18, too small	9 ft8 ssoft	1,059kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots	0°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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Satans Shank
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 10 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 6 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 8 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 6 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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