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Ballina North Wall, Australia

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Near Ballina North Wall. Photo: Jpatokal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Ballina North Wall

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (115°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (295°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 66). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 21°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 3 good days in 7; in February, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ballina, 2.7 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 11 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 29 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Brisbane International Airport (BNE), changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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  2. Getting there. 3 h 15 from the airport to Ballina North Wall.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Ballina North Wall does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct235 ft7 smushy207kJ20°C
Mon 19Oct434 ft5 smushy81kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct385 ft6 smushy164kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct345 ft6 smushy170kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct184 ft6 smushy98kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct304 ft6 smushy98kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct364 ft6 smushy115kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct253 ft7 smushy95kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct444 ft6 smushy76kJ25°C
Tue 27Oct263 ft6 smushy52kJ22°C
Wed 28Oct212 ft7 smushy33kJ18°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to BNE, changing at LAX, then 3h 15 by road. About 29h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf South wall

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf South wall

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 4 kn (6 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf South wall

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf South wall

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf South wall

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to BNE, changing at LAX, then 3h 15 by road. About 29h 30 door to door

The plan picks the best of 12 spots near Ballina each day: Backsides, Ballina North Wall, Black Head, Flat rock, Flat Rock - Ballina - Left, Flat Rock Reef, Missingham Bridge, North wall, Sharps Beach, Shelly beach, South wall, Speeds reef.

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Rough cost

About £1,530–£2,920 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to BNE, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£795–£1,650
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£110–£180
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£240–£395
Food7 days eating out£245–£455
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£105–£175
Total£1,530–£2,920

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Ballina

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