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Sand patch, Australia

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About Sand patch

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

The spot faces S (197°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (17°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 850 m out (1 in 86). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 21°C in April, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Albany, 7.5 km away (about 15 min by car).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

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DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct298 ft10 ssoft1,187kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct428 ft8 smushy731kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct448 ft9 ssoft831kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct012 ft12 ssoft3,470kJ26°C
Thu 22Oct012 ft10 ssoft2,823kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct98 ft12 smushy1,681kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct410 ft11 smushy2,294kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct2610 ft10 ssoft1,541kJ15°C
Mon 26Oct409 ft9 ssoft992kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct357 ft8 ssoft638kJ19°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

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  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Sand patch

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 8 kn (16 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Middelton Beach (Surfers)

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 7 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Middelton Beach (Surfers)

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Middelton Beach (Surfers)

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Middelton Beach (Surfers)

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Albany each day: Middelton Beach (Surfers), Mids Point South, Sand patch.

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