Middles, Tonga

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About Middles

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

The spot faces S (200°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (20°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 28°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Neiafu, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: VAV (VAV), 24 km.

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Middles, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	13, poor	4 ft7 smushy	165kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 21 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	14, poor	4 ft8 smushy	238kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 18 knots	23°C
Tue 20Oct	14, poor	4 ft8 smushy	160kJ	wind from the south-east, 19 knots	23°C
Wed 21Oct	25, poor	4 ft7 shollow	150kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	23°C
Thu 22Oct	33, poor	4 ft7 shollow	152kJ	wind from the east, 15 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	16, poor	3 ft6 shollow	90kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 22 knots	23°C
Sat 24Oct	22, poor	4 ft6 smushy	108kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	23°C
Sun 25Oct	22, poor	3 ft9 shollow	129kJ	wind from the east, 19 knots	23°C
Mon 26Oct	21, poor	6 ft6 smushy	203kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	24°C
Tue 27Oct	16, poor	5 ft6 smushy	179kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots	24°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 intermediate 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 17 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Middles
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 15 kn (28 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 23 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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