Afulu, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 424 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 52 km.

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

The spot faces S (187°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (7°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.3 km out (1 in 227). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. 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 months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 6 good days in 7; in July and August, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 424 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 52 km.

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 Afulu, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	28, too small	4 ft12 ssoft	393kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	56, good	6 ft12 ssoft	877kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	55, good	6 ft11 ssoft	822kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 1 knot	28°C
Wed 21Oct	42, fair	5 ft10 ssoft	527kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	25, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	202kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	39, fair	4 ft15 ssoft	731kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 1 knot, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	53, good	6 ft13 ssoft	1,003kJ	wind from the west, 3 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	52, good	6 ft12 ssoft	846kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	39, fair	5 ft10 ssoft	477kJ	wind from the north-west, 1 knot	29°C
Tue 27Oct	44, fair	5 ft9 ssoft	402kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	27°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 Afulu
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 1 kn (3 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Afulu
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: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Afulu
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 6 ft at 13 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
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