Nihiwatu, Indonesia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Waingapu, is 99 km away. Nearest airport: BMU (BMU), 158 km.

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About Nihiwatu

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

The spot faces SW (218°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (38°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 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 August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April and November, with about 5 good days in 7; in July and August, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Waingapu, is 99 km away. Nearest airport: BMU (BMU), 158 km.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Waingapu, is 99 km away. Nearest airport: BMU (BMU), 158 km.
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The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Nihiwatu, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	43, fair	3 ft12 shollow	235kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	52, good	5 ft12 shollow	529kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	28°C
Tue 20Oct	43, fair	6 ft11 shollow	676kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	28°C
Wed 21Oct	58, good	4 ft10 shollow	296kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	53, good	4 ft8 shollow	182kJ	wind from the east, 0 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	15, poor	6 ft13 shollow	879kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	7 ft12 shollow	1,370kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	29°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	7 ft12 shollow	1,301kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 shollow	1,063kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	32, poor	5 ft10 shollow	514kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 7 knots	29°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Nihiwatu
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Nihiwatu
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Nihiwatu
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 0 kn (1 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Nihiwatu
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 13 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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