Peppermints, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Emu Point, is 158 km away. Nearest airport: ALH (ALH), 166 km.

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

The spot faces SW (229°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (49°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 750 m out (1 in 75). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in August, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 21°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Emu Point, is 158 km away. Nearest airport: ALH (ALH), 166 km.

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Peppermints does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Peppermints, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	14, too small	5 ft10 smushy	473kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	20°C
Mon 19Oct	31, too small	5 ft7 smushy	232kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	17°C
Tue 20Oct	28, too small	5 ft10 ssoft	431kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	58, good	6 ft12 ssoft	1,103kJ	wind from the west, 4 knots	22°C
Thu 22Oct	20, too small	6 ft9 smushy	526kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	18°C
Fri 23Oct	11, poor	6 ft9 smushy	481kJ	wind from the west, 16 knots	14°C
Sat 24Oct	19, poor	8 ft9 smushy	859kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots	17°C
Sun 25Oct	60, good	7 ft9 ssoft	820kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	14°C
Mon 26Oct	41, fair	7 ft8 ssoft	562kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore	16°C
Tue 27Oct	36, fair	6 ft8 smushy	332kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 18 knots, offshore	17°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 Peppermints
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Peppermints
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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