Boulders, Australia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kings Beach, 41 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 52 km.

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About Boulders

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

The spot faces E (72°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (252°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 32). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 22°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May and June, with about 2 good days in 7; in February, November and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kings Beach, 41 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 52 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 27 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Brisbane International Airport (BNE), changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
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Getting there. 1 h 15 from the airport to Boulders.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Kings Beach, 41 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 52 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Boulders, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	9, too small	5 ft6 smushy	136kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	11, too small	5 ft6 smushy	201kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	23, too small	5 ft6 smushy	156kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	17, too small	5 ft6 smushy	171kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	6, too small	4 ft7 smushy	131kJ	wind from the north-east, 15 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	4 ft6 smushy	121kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	17, too small	4 ft6 smushy	113kJ	wind from the north, 8 knots	23°C
Sun 25Oct	7, too small	3 ft7 smushy	90kJ	wind from the north, 18 knots	22°C
Mon 26Oct	7, too small	3 ft5 smushy	44kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 14 knots	24°C
Tue 27Oct	5, too small	2 ft6 smushy	26kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	23°C
Wed 28Oct	3, too small	2 ft7 smushy	18kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	21°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to BNE, changing at LAX, then 1h 15 by road. About 27h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to BNE, changing at LAX, then 1h 15 by road. About 27h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,290–£2,525 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return MDW to BNE, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£795–£1,650
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£110–£180
Food	7 days eating out	£245–£455
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£105–£175
Total		£1,290–£2,525

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

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