Town Beach, Robe 20230214 1 — Near Stony Rises, 1 km away. Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Robe

Robe is a town in South Australia, Australia. From Robe you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 kite spot and 1 windsurf spot. The nearest is Robe, a kite and windsurf spot 0.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 65 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 7 of them campsites. The nearest airport is MGB, 111 km away.

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Staying in Robe

65 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 7 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: MGB, 111 km, PTJ, 198 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Robe.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Robe each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Robe too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert Intermediate

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Hairy Maclareys10.6 kmabout 20 min by carExperts only

3 ft225 kJ

6 ft953 kJ

6 ft792 kJ

5 ft411 kJ

10 ft2820 kJ

10 ft2600 kJ

10 ft2192 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Hairy Maclareys, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	27, too small	3 ft11 ssoft	225kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 11 knots, offshore	22°C
Mon 19Oct	45, fair	6 ft11 ssoft	953kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 8 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	33, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	792kJ	wind from the north, 14 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	31, too small	5 ft10 ssoft	411kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	55, good	10 ft12 ssoft	2,820kJ	wind from the north, 11 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	56, good	10 ft12 smushy	2,600kJ	wind from the south-west, 6 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	26, poor	10 ft11 smushy	2,192kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	16°C

Robe Long Beach4.5 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft207 kJ

6 ft843 kJ

6 ft781 kJ

5 ft417 kJ

10 ft2805 kJ

10 ft2475 kJ

9 ft2147 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Robe Long Beach, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	36, fair	3 ft11 ssoft	207kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 11 knots	23°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft12 ssoft	843kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 15 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 smushy	781kJ	wind from the north, 14 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	17, poor	5 ft9 ssoft	417kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	10 ft12 smushy	2,805kJ	wind from the north, 10 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	10 ft12 smushy	2,475kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 12 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft12 smushy	2,147kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	16°C

Stony Rises1.8 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft216 kJ

6 ft878 kJ

7 ft840 kJ

5 ft403 kJ

10 ft2820 kJ

10 ft2495 kJ

10 ft2211 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Stony Rises, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	45, fair	3 ft11 ssoft	216kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 11 knots	23°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft12 ssoft	878kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 15 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 ssoft	840kJ	wind from the north, 14 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	18, poor	5 ft10 ssoft	403kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	10 ft12 ssoft	2,820kJ	wind from the north, 10 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	10 ft12 smushy	2,495kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 12 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	10 ft12 smushy	2,211kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	16°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Robe, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Kite near Robe

Robe 0.5 km · stays here

Windsurf near Robe

Robe 0.5 km · stays here

Places to eat near Robe

Robe Seafood and TakeawaySeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
Pizza ProjectPizza · 0.3 km from the centre
Dragon Village RobeChinese · 0.6 km from the centre
Sky Seafoods RobeSeafood · 1.0 km from the centre
Robe Chinese RestaurantChinese · 0.1 km from the centre
Viet 21Vietnamese · 0.1 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Robe, Australia