Cactus, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Elliston, is 249 km away. Nearest airport: CED (CED), 69 km.

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

The spot faces W (249°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (69°). 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 gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 63). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 15°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 20°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Elliston, is 249 km away. Nearest airport: CED (CED), 69 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Elliston, is 249 km away. Nearest airport: CED (CED), 69 km.
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Forecast

Cactus 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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cactus, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	66, good	4 ft11 ssoft	328kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots, offshore	28°C
Mon 19Oct	18, poor	6 ft11 smushy	724kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 14 knots	19°C
Tue 20Oct	22, poor	6 ft8 ssoft	390kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	17°C
Wed 21Oct	15, poor	6 ft11 ssoft	661kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	19°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft13 ssoft	1,898kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft12 ssoft	1,752kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	7 ft12 smushy	1,468kJ	wind from the south, 14 knots	17°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 smushy	1,363kJ	wind from the west, 17 knots	16°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	9 ft10 smushy	1,319kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	15°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	7 ft8 smushy	623kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots	16°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Cactus
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Cactus
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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