Waldo's Cove, Canada

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lax Kw Alaams, is 174 km away. Nearest airport: ZMT (ZMT), 61 km.

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About Waldo's Cove

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

The spot faces W (248°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (68°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.1 km out (1 in 115). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 7°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 14°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May and July, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lax Kw Alaams, is 174 km away. Nearest airport: ZMT (ZMT), 61 km. Within 5 km we also list 5 dive sites.

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lax Kw Alaams, is 174 km away. Nearest airport: ZMT (ZMT), 61 km.
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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Waldo's Cove, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	39, fair	8 ft7 smushy	592kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 6 knots	10°C
Mon 19Oct	25, too small	5 ft7 smushy	250kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 12 knots	10°C
Tue 20Oct	8, poor	6 ft9 smushy	514kJ	wind from the south, 22 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	30, poor	11 ft9 smushy	1,817kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	35, poor	9 ft8 smushy	952kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 7 knots	9°C
Fri 23Oct	55, good	7 ft8 smushy	450kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	8°C
Sat 24Oct	25, too small	4 ft7 smushy	157kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 17 knots, offshore	10°C
Sun 25Oct	15, too small	3 ft6 smushy	59kJ	wind from the north-east, 17 knots, offshore	11°C
Mon 26Oct	22, too small	4 ft5 smushy	77kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	10°C
Tue 27Oct	20, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	132kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots, offshore	10°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Waldo's Cove
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 9 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (14 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Waldo's Cove
Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 7 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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