Qijin Beach

Qijin Beach is a WSW-facing beach break in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It picks up swell from S to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 60% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ENE: light winds or ENE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WSW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: a Babuyan Islands gap lets in swell from 149.5° (SSE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 302 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

WSW (250°)

Best swell

SSW to W (210°–269°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNE to ESE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to W (179.5° to 269.5°)

Rare slot

Babuyan Islands gap, 149.5° SSE

Offshore wind

ENE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

2 (2 play here)