Conditions at Shitovaya in January
January: The Frozen Monsoon Machine
January at Shitovaya is a raw, cold affair. The Siberian High is at full strength with the wind rose locked around the NNE-to-NNW offshore quadrant-NNW 53.4% and N 14.0%-blowing cleanly off the land. The average swell height reaches 2.6ft (0.8m), but the average period is just 5.0s, meaning a choppy, short-period windswell rather than proper groundswell. The swell direction table shows a massive NNW peak (44.6%) and a secondary N peak (17.0%), while only modest S (3.6%) and SSW (6.2%) energy creeps in. For this SSE-facing beach, those S/SSW components are the gold that can link up under a NNW offshore breeze, but the ideal-wind window is only 4% of the time. Water temperature sits at -0.4°C, average air temperature is -9.6°C, and even with low precipitation, the cold is the main enemy. Expect mostly 2-3ft (0.6-0.9m) micro-to-fun-sized waves, with the rare 3-5ft (0.9-1.5m) set on the best NNW windswell days.
Average Spot conditions at Shitovaya in January
Swell history for January
Wind history for January
Swell quality
Analyze the groundswell consistency at Shitovaya during January. Based on historical data, there is a % probability of groundswell occurring this month. The chart below provides a detailed breakdown of the average wave height distribution, offering deep insights into the swell quality and surf potential you can expect at Shitovaya for your next trip in January.
Ground swell
Ground swell by size
Wind conditions
Evaluate the wind and swell alignment at Shitovaya for January. Our analysis shows that favorable offshore or side-shore winds coincide with surfable swell approximately % of the time. The accompanying graph illustrates the average size distribution of waves during these optimal wind windows at Shitovaya.