Thandwe Airport, Myanmar

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kolkata, is 769 km away. Nearest airport: SNW (SNW), 1 km.

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About Thandwe Airport

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

The spot faces SW (244°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (64°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.6 km out (1 in 263). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in May, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually August and September, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kolkata, is 769 km away. Nearest airport: SNW (SNW), 1 km.

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

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Thandwe Airport, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	51kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	31°C
Mon 19Oct	21, too small	2 ft11 ssoft	62kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots	31°C
Tue 20Oct	33, too small	2 ft11 ssoft	95kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 0 knots	31°C
Wed 21Oct	39, fair	2 ft10 ssoft	111kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	31°C
Thu 22Oct	40, fair	2 ft10 ssoft	124kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 2 knots	31°C
Fri 23Oct	30, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	76kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots	30°C
Sat 24Oct	17, too small	1 ft12 ssoft	35kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	31°C
Sun 25Oct	26, too small	2 ft14 ssoft	99kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots	31°C
Mon 26Oct	30, too small	2 ft11 ssoft	86kJ	wind from the north-west, 1 knot	31°C
Tue 27Oct	21, too small	2 ft12 ssoft	55kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	30°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
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Thandwe Airport
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 2 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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