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Castle Rock, Australia

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Castle Rock. Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Castle Rock

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

The spot faces NE (34°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (214°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 39). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 17°C in August, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 21°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Dunsborough, 3.6 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 35 h 40 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. 3 h 45 from the airport to Castle Rock.

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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

Castle Rock does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct447 ft9 ssoft854kJ17°C
Mon 19Oct306 ft8 ssoft453kJ17°C
Tue 20Oct317 ft9 ssoft827kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct298 ft11 ssoft1,481kJ18°C
Thu 22Oct639 ft11 ssoft1,941kJ15°C
Fri 23Oct639 ft11 ssoft1,643kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct628 ft10 ssoft1,076kJ15°C
Sun 25Oct426 ft9 ssoft481kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct305 ft7 smushy223kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct214 ft8 ssoft163kJ18°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 3h 45 by road. About 35h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Castle Rock

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 14 kn (26 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

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

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Bunker Bay - Bommie

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Bunker bay - Boneyards

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf The Farm

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

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 3h 45 by road. About 35h 40 door to door

The plan picks the best of 17 spots near Dunsborough each day: Bunker Bay - Bommie, Bunker bay - Boneyards, Bunker Bay - Quarries, Bunker bay ,WAPMS, Castle Rock, Copeys left, Lighthouse, Meelup, Mini-rocks, Old Dunsborough Boat Ramp, Point Picquet, Rocky point, Sandtracks, Sugarloaf Rock, The Farm, Three Bears, Windmills.

The trip from Dunsborough, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,695–£3,265 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
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£1,695–£3,265

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

Places to eat near Dunsborough

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

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