Sliding Rock rating

Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.5
Difficulty when good: 3.5
Crowds: 4.5

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Sliding Rock, American Samoa 6 Day Surf / Weather Forecast

Issued (local time): 00 am Friday 12 Mar 2010
  Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 71mm), heaviest during Sat morning Very warm air temperatures (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 28°C on Thu night) Mainly strong winds Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon Very warm air temperatures (max 30°C on Sun night, min 28°C on Tue night) Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sun night, light winds from the ENE by Wed afternoon)
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.4
NNW 		2.2
NNE 		2.2
NNE 		2.4
N 		2.4
NNE 		2.4
NNE 		2.2
NE 		1.4
NW 		1.2
WNW 		2.5
NE 		2.5
NE 		2.3
NNE 		1.9
NNE 		2.0
NNE 		0.7
W 		0.7
WNW 		0.7
WNW 		1.5
NE
Period (s) (?) 12 8 8 10 8 7 7 11 12 8 7 7 8 10 9 9 9 10
Wave
Graph
(?) 		Slidingrock
Max-energy 52 560 666 1115 620 587 476 463 353 703 684 584 419 778 73 90 88 425
Wind
(km/h) 		35 NE 30 NE 25 NE 30 NE 35 NE 35 NE 35 NE 40 NE 35 NE 35 NE 35 NNE 30 NNE 25 NNE 25 NNE 25 NE 25 NE 20 NE 15 ENE
Wind State (?) cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
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off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Sliding Rock blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Advanced Surf Forecast
Swell1 (m) & direction 0.4
NNW 		0.4
NNW 		-
- 		-
- 		1.3
NNW 		1.4
NNW 		1.1
NW 		1.4
NW 		1.2
WNW 		1.1
WNW 		1.1
WNW 		1.1
WNW 		1.2
W 		1.0
W 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
-
Period (s) 12 12 - - 10 10 10 11 12 11 11 10 10 9 - - - -
Swell2 (m) & direction 0.4
NNW 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.7
WNW 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.9
NNE 		-
- 		0.7
W 		0.7
WNW 		0.7
WNW 		1.5
NE
Period (s) 13 - - - - - 13 - - - - - 11 - 9 9 9 10
Wind waves (m) & direction -
- 		2.2
NNE 		2.2
NNE 		2.4
N 		2.4
NNE 		2.4
NNE 		2.2
NE 		-
- 		-
- 		2.5
NE 		2.5
NE 		2.3
NNE 		1.9
NNE 		2.0
NNE 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
-
Period (s) - 8 8 10 8 7 7 - - 8 7 7 8 10 - - - -
Wave
Graph
(?)
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.70 		5:27PM
0.78
5:51AM
0.72 		6:00PM
0.79
6:24AM
0.75 		6:34PM
0.79
6:58AM
0.77
7:10PM
0.78 		7:33AM
0.77
7:47PM
0.76 		8:10AM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m) 		11:13PM
0.05 		11:16AM
0.06
11:44PM
0.05 		11:51AM
0.05
12:15AM
0.04 		12:27PM
0.04
12:47AM
0.04
1:04PM
0.04 		1:20AM
0.04
1:42PM
0.05 		1:55AM
0.05
2:23PM
0.06
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Note: the tide data above is for Pago Pago, American Samoa which is 16 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Sliding Rock. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.
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Today's sea temperature is 29.5 °C (Statistics for 12 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 29.2 max: 30.0 min: 28.1 °C)
  rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud rain showers rain showers clear clear rain showers rain showers rain showers
Summary rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs
Rain (mm) 9 7 1 23 18 8 5 - - - - 5 2 - - 2 1 1
High °C 29 29 30 29 28 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 29
Low °C 28 28 29 28 28 28 30 30 30 30 30 29 29 30 30 28 29 29
Chill °C (?) 29 29 30 29 28 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 29
Sunrise - 6:26 - - 6:26 - - 6:26 - - 6:26 - - 6:26 - - 6:26 -
Sunset - - 18:38 - - 18:37 - - 18:37 - - 18:37 - - 18:36 - - 18:35
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Nearest Offshore or Glassy Frigates Lighthouse_3 Slidingrock Lighthouse_3 Thebowl_2 Rutakipassage Golfcourse Golfcourse Golfcourse Cloudbreak Cloudbreak Cloudbreak Asilipoint Slidingrock Nua Nua Slidingrock Slidingrock
Distance 1277 km 882 km 0 km 882 km 883 km 1393 km 1388 km 1388 km 1388 km 1341 km 1341 km 1341 km 4 km 0 km 4 km 4 km 0 km 0 km
 
Best in Region None None Slidingrock None None None None None None None None None Asilipoint Slidingrock Nua Nua Nua Nua
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Best in Country None None Slidingrock None None None None None None None None None Asilipoint Slidingrock Nua Nua Nua Nua
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