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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Forecast

Fanning Island does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	24, too small	3 ft10 shollow	169kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	17, too small	2 ft12 shollow	112kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	28, too small	3 ft11 shollow	216kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	31, too small	4 ft10 shollow	321kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	42, fair	4 ft10 shollow	314kJ	wind from the south, 1 knot	29°C
Sat 24Oct	48, good	4 ft11 shollow	375kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	29°C
Sun 25Oct	42, fair	4 ft11 shollow	385kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 26Oct	47, fair	4 ft11 shollow	354kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 27Oct	49, 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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Fanning Island
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 1 kn (3 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Fanning Island
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Fanning Island
Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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