Flatrock, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tumby Bay, is 76 km away. Nearest airport: PLO (PLO), 49 km.

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About Flatrock

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

The spot faces W (274°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (94°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–14 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.1 km out (1 in 114). 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 19°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually March, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tumby Bay, is 76 km away. Nearest airport: PLO (PLO), 49 km.

Water about 16°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, Tumby Bay, is 76 km away. Nearest airport: PLO (PLO), 49 km.
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Forecast

Flatrock 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 Flatrock, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	37, fair	3 ft11 ssoft	214kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	11, poor	5 ft12 smushy	698kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 10 knots	23°C
Tue 20Oct	10, poor	6 ft9 smushy	424kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 10 knots	16°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 ssoft	755kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots	18°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft13 ssoft	2,040kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft12 ssoft	1,869kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	8 ft12 smushy	1,694kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 14 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 smushy	1,334kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots	14°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 smushy	1,311kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots	16°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 smushy	625kJ	wind from the west, 17 knots	17°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
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 29 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
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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