Raoul's, China

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

The spot faces S (168°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (348°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 1–6 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 36). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 6°C in February, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners 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 bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Seoul, is 608 km away.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Raoul's, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	55, good	2 ft6 smushy	17kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	19°C
Tue 20Oct	40, fair	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the south-east, 1 knot	20°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	1 ft10 s	6kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 12 knots, offshore	15°C
Thu 22Oct	33, too small	1 ft11 shollow	18kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	20, too small	1 ft11 shollow	24kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	18°C
Sat 24Oct	35, poor	2 ft5 smushy	16kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots	20°C
Sun 25Oct	44, fair	2 ft6 smushy	36kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	20°C
Mon 26Oct	53, good	2 ft5 smushy	17kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 11 knots, offshore	20°C
Tue 27Oct	28, too small	1 ft5 smushy	6kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 8 knots, offshore	18°C
Wed 28Oct	18, too small	1 ft7 s	3kJ	wind from the north, 16 knots, offshore	13°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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Mon 19 Oct
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Tue 20 Oct
Surf Raoul's
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 1 ft at 4 s, wind 1 kn (3 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Raoul's
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 2 ft at 5 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
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