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Brighton Beach, Australia

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Brighton Beach. Photo: Ché Lydia Xyang, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Brighton Beach

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

The spot faces W (268°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (88°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 19°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 22°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March and April, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Scarborough, 1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 14 surf spots and 3 wind sports spots.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 32 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Perth International Airport (PER), changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).

    See flights ORD → PER · Skyscanner from about £960 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Brighton Beach.

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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

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DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct407 ft11 smushy1,087kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct396 ft9 scrumbling515kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct326 ft11 shollow649kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct497 ft12 shollow1,432kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct408 ft12 smushy1,676kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct239 ft12 smushy1,753kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct468 ft10 scrumbling1,111kJ18°C
Sun 25Oct406 ft10 scrumbling592kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct244 ft9 shollow244kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct163 ft9 shollow146kJ22°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 40 min by road. About 32h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf City Beach

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Brighton Beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 12 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf City Beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Bennion Beach - cleggies

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 40 min by road. About 32h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 10 spots near Scarborough each day: Bennion Beach - cleggies, Brighton Beach, City Beach, Contacios, Floreat Groyne, Mettams pool, Scabourough - cruncher, Scarborough, Trigg 3rds - Serpintine, Trigg point.

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Rough cost

About £1,620–£3,145 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 ORD to PER, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£960–£1,995
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£60
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£1,620–£3,145

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

Places to eat near Scarborough

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