Yantaiqian, China

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Seoul, is 626 km away.

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About Yantaiqian

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

The spot faces SE (138°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (318°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 850 m out (1 in 83). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 6°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best month is usually August, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Seoul, is 626 km away. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Yantaiqian, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	33, poor	4 ft6 smushy	112kJ	wind from the north-west, 19 knots, offshore	21°C
Mon 19Oct	12, poor	2 ft6 smushy	14kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	19°C
Tue 20Oct	9, poor	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	1, too small	1 ft5 s	1kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 17 knots, offshore	15°C
Thu 22Oct	3, too small	1 ft10 scrumbling	10kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots, offshore	16°C
Fri 23Oct	3, too small	1 ft5 smushy	8kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	18°C
Sat 24Oct	5, poor	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	20°C
Sun 25Oct	19, poor	3 ft6 smushy	40kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	19°C
Mon 26Oct	16, poor	2 ft5 smushy	20kJ	wind from the north, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Tue 27Oct	2, too small	1 ft7 smushy	4kJ	wind from the north, 11 knots, offshore	18°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
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 12 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 4 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 7 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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