Fanning Island, Kiribati

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Captain Cook, is 1779 km away.

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About Fanning Island

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

The spot faces SW (238°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (58°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–19 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in June, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Captain Cook, is 1779 km away.

Water about 28°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 Fanning Island, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	21, too small	3 ft8 shollow	105kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 19Oct	26, too small	3 ft10 shollow	151kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	13, too small	2 ft10 shollow	64kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	26, too small	3 ft11 shollow	205kJ	wind from the south-east, 8 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	34, too small	4 ft10 shollow	305kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	37, fair	4 ft10 shollow	281kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	49, good	4 ft11 shollow	378kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 9 knots, offshore	29°C
Sun 25Oct	49, good	4 ft11 shollow	387kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 26Oct	49, good	4 ft10 shollow	363kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 27Oct	51, good	5 ft11 shollow	483kJ	wind from the west, 4 knots	28°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.

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: 3 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Fanning Island
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 6 kn (10 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Fanning Island
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Fanning Island
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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