Leighton Beach, Australia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Cottesloe, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Perth International Airport (PER), 23 km.

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About Leighton Beach

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

The spot faces W (288°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (108°). It is sheltered 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 550 m out (1 in 57). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. 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 January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Cottesloe, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Perth International Airport (PER), 23 km. Within 5 km we also list 21 surf spots, 4 wind sports spots and 1 dive site.

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 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Perth International Airport (PER), changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Leighton Beach.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Cottesloe, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Perth International Airport (PER), 23 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Leighton Beach, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 smushy	1,352kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 14 knots	18°C
Mon 19Oct	8, poor	6 ft9 smushy	454kJ	wind from the south-west, 9 knots	17°C
Tue 20Oct	23, poor	5 ft9 ssoft	379kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	8 ft12 smushy	1,726kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	9 ft11 smushy	1,901kJ	wind from the south-west, 11 knots	17°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	10 ft11 ssoft	2,214kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 16 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft10 ssoft	1,394kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	15°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 ssoft	831kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 7 knots	17°C
Mon 26Oct	43, fair	4 ft9 ssoft	268kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 9 knots	19°C
Tue 27Oct	56, good	4 ft8 ssoft	199kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, offshore	27°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
Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 45 min by road. About 32h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Leighton Beach
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
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
Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 45 min by road. About 32h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,385–£2,755 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to PER, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£960–£1,995
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£40–£65
Food	7 days eating out	£245–£455
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£105–£175
Total		£1,385–£2,755

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

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