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Three Mile, United States

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Kodiak, View from Pillar Mountain
Kodiak, the nearest town, 39 km away. Photo: Katie Walker, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Three Mile

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

The spot faces S (183°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (3°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.0 km out (1 in 103). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 5°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 12°C in August, its warmest (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January and December, with about 2 good days in 7; in July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Kodiak. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 9°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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  1. Accommodation.

    Nearest beds: Kodiak, 39 km (about 1h 10 by car)Ad

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Forecast

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Three Mile, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct51, good6 ft7 smushy348kJwind from the west-south-west, 2 knots9°C
Tue 20Oct27, poor6 ft8 smushy532kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots6°C
Wed 21Oct32, too small5 ft8 smushy279kJwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots4°C
Thu 22Oct13, too small2 ft7 smushy47kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot3°C
Fri 23Oct9, too small2 ft13 ssoft79kJwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots5°C
Sat 24Oct5, too small3 ft6 smushy53kJwind from the south, 12 knots7°C
Sun 25Oct33, poor6 ft6 smushy279kJwind from the north, 1 knot, offshore8°C
Mon 26Oct20, too small4 ft6 smushy85kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots, offshore8°C
Tue 27Oct14, too small2 ft6 smushy40kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot7°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.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Three Mile

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Surf Three Mile

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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