Smitingen, Sweden

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Järvsö, is 138 km away. Nearest airport: SDL (SDL), 31 km.

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

The spot faces SE (147°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (327°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–5 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 27). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 1°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 16°C in July, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually January, February, March and August, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Järvsö, is 138 km away. Nearest airport: SDL (SDL), 31 km.

Water about 9°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Smitingen, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	9, too small	under 1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the north-west, 12 knots, offshore	8°C
Mon 19Oct	9, too small	1 ft4 smushy	3kJ	wind from the south-west, 12 knots	9°C
Tue 20Oct	29, poor	2 ft4 smushy	6kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	8°C
Wed 21Oct	25, poor	2 ft3 smushy	6kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots	9°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	2 ft4 smushy	10kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots	10°C
Fri 23Oct	27, poor	3 ft4 smushy	23kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	10°C
Sat 24Oct	24, poor	2 ft3 smushy	5kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	10°C
Sun 25Oct	9, poor	2 ft4 smushy	6kJ	wind from the south, 23 knots	10°C
Mon 26Oct	2, too small	1 ft7 smushy	11kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 24 knots	10°C
Tue 27Oct	10, poor	2 ft4 smushy	7kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 12 knots	9°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 beginner surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Smitingen
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 2 ft at 4 s, wind 8 kn (16 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Smitingen
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 2 ft at 4 s, wind 7 kn (14 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Smitingen
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 3 ft at 4 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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