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Dotties, Australia

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Mandurah, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: User:Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Dotties

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

The spot faces NW (321°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (141°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–16 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 41). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 22°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Mandurah, 1.8 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 14 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

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 33 h 25 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. 1 h 30 from the airport to Dotties.

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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 18Oct307 ft10 ssoft805kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct366 ft9 ssoft498kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct306 ft10 smushy758kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct287 ft12 smushy1,288kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct358 ft11 smushy1,382kJ18°C
Fri 23Oct348 ft11 ssoft1,637kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct467 ft10 ssoft1,032kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct286 ft9 smushy494kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct215 ft8 smushy210kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct163 ft8 smushy131kJ20°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 1h 30 by road. About 33h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Singleton

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Singleton

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 12 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Singleton

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 11 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf 4th groyne

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 11 s, wind 15 kn (29 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Caves

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 1h 30 by road. About 33h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 19 spots near Mandurah each day: 4th groyne, Calypso reef, Caves, Cozzies, Dotties, Fifths, Gearies, Hunchies hunchies bay, Hunchies - the passage, Madora bay, outer madora, roberts point, scars, secret groyne, Sidewinders, Singleton, sucky lefts, Tobes, townies.

The trip from Mandurah, 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 Mandurah

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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