Shark Pit, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 343 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 63 km.

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About Shark Pit

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

The spot faces W (265°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (85°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 44). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually February, with about 6 good days in 7; in July and August, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 343 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 63 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Shark Pit, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	29, too small	4 ft12 scrumbling	416kJ	wind from the east, 2 knots, offshore	28°C
Mon 19Oct	47, fair	6 ft12 ssoft	870kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	50, good	6 ft11 ssoft	815kJ	wind from the south-east, 1 knot, offshore	28°C
Wed 21Oct	35, too small	5 ft10 ssoft	492kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	182kJ	wind from the north-west, 1 knot	29°C
Fri 23Oct	35, too small	5 ft14 scrumbling	722kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	52, good	6 ft13 scrumbling	1,066kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	53, good	6 ft11 ssoft	882kJ	wind from the west, 0 knots	27°C
Mon 26Oct	37, fair	5 ft9 ssoft	460kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	41, fair	5 ft9 ssoft	457kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	29°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.

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6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Shark Pit
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Shark Pit
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Shark Pit
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 6 ft at 13 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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