Choose your actual offshore rotation and first work day to discover which scheduled duty days could create a longer continuous break. Leave still requires employer approval; travel and irregular duty need real overrides.
Your year at a glance
Enter your confirmed first duty date; this calculation uses 14 duty days followed by 14 rest days. Calculations run in your browser.
Build the real calendar, not just the pattern.
Offshore leave optimizer is illustrated by a 14-duty / 14-rest sequence. Choose its real anchor in the planner before comparing work blocks across 2027.
Whole-year view28-day cycle projected against 2027 dates.
Real-world changesMark exceptions to the Offshore leave optimizer duty/rest example.
Leave optimizationTest proposed leave beside a 14-day rest block.
Offshore leave optimizer illustrative annual totals: 2027 annual example
Assumptions: first duty day 1 Jan 2027; 14 consecutive duty days followed by 14 consecutive rest days; no travel-day allocation, overrides or leave taken. A duty day is a calendar date marked by the repeating work/rest cycle, not a shift-hours calculation.
Month
Duty days
Rest days
January
17
14
February
14
14
March
17
14
April
16
14
May
17
14
June
16
14
July
15
16
August
14
17
September
14
16
October
14
17
November
14
16
December
15
16
2027 total
183
182
These counts change if the first duty date changes. Calculate your actual annual totals using the interactive planner.
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The Offshore leave optimizer example starts with duty on 1 January 2027. Real shift changes, travel and approved leave can alter the dates.
Nationwide public holidays do not convert scheduled duty into time off. Regional holidays and employer rules may differ.
2027 pattern facts for Offshore leave optimizer
Using 1 Jan 2027 as the first duty date, this 14-on / 14-off illustration contains 182 rostered rest dates in 2027, with a longest uninterrupted rest stretch of 14 days inside the calendar year. That starting point is illustrative, not your employer’s published duty roster.
Across all 28 equally weighted possible starting phases, the entire 24–26 Dec Christmas period is free in 12 phases (42.9%); 31 Dec through 1 Jan is free in 13 phases (46.4%).
For illustrative summer-school intervals, the mean number of rostered rest dates is 21.0 of 42 dates for an Australian December–January example, 21.0 of 42 for a UK July–August example, and 31.0 of 62 for a US June–August example. These fixed windows are not official countrywide school calendars and do not include travel or approved leave.
Planning notes specific to Offshore leave optimizer
Offshore crews often work long continuous duty blocks with a comparable period of scheduled rest. An attractive leave window is not necessarily the week with the most public holidays. It is usually a set of duty shifts next to an existing rest interval, subject to the employer’s leave accounting. Compare the initial schedule with a proposed change and record exactly which duty dates would need approval. Two identical 14/14 cycles can have very different leave outcomes if their anchor dates differ. Do not assume that the last shift finishes at home or that a crew-change flight counts as a free calendar date.
When evaluating a 2027 offshore example, check the month boundaries in the annual table. A two-week duty segment may cross January into February, and the natural rest segment may span two ordinary work weeks. Annual day totals follow calendar dates, while paid hours, overtime and offshore allowances follow employment terms. If your contract uses 12-hour shifts, one calendar duty day is not automatically equivalent to one day of annual leave. This tool proposes dates; an approved holiday request remains an employer decision.
For longer-term planning, compare several candidate breaks before committing travel or family bookings. Keep actual travel days distinct from duty and rest. An offshore worker can be scheduled off but still be travelling, and a partner with a different rotation may have no shared break. Use Together to make the trade-off visible, then generate the final subscription link after published changes have been entered.
A useful check is to annotate the first duty day and the first genuine home day separately on the 2027 calendar. If the employer publishes a crew-change schedule, take the approved dates from that document and compare them with the planner’s repeating illustration. A proposed leave stretch that coincides with a required helicopter or vessel transfer may not produce the apparent holiday. Distinguish contractual rest, travel recovery and paid annual leave as separate concepts. Record the exact shift dates that need permission, rather than asking for an unspecified number of calendar days.
Frequently asked questions
How does Offshore leave optimizer repeat?
Choose your actual offshore rotation and first work day to discover which scheduled duty days could create a longer continuous break. Leave still requires employer approval; travel and irregular duty need real overrides. Each projection depends on the verified first duty date.
How should I interpret the Offshore leave optimizer 2027 example?
The Offshore leave optimizer table describes calendar duty and rest dates. Use the exact confirmed shift start; exceptions, flights and hourly leave charging must be handled separately.
Can I plan time together using Offshore leave optimizer?
Yes. Begin with the Offshore leave optimizer cycle, then compare the other person’s individually anchored roster. Suggested leave dates are not approved absences.