Shitovaya

Best Surf Season (December - February)

Shitovaya is a cold-water micro-wave spot, but winter is when the pieces finally come together. The Siberian High locks in over the continent and drives a steady NNW/N offshore flow across this SSE-facing bight, while the North Pacific storm track pushes more energy toward the coast. Average swell heights climb to 2.5-2.6ft (0.7-0.8m), with NNW windswell dominating the rose and occasional S/SSW lobes adding the right direction for the beach. The wave period still averages only around 5s, so surf is short-period and raw, but the combination of increased size and offshore wind makes December through February the most consistent-if most arctic-surf windows of the year.