Monument, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tumby Bay, is 69 km away. Nearest airport: PLO (PLO), 47 km.

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About Monument

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

The spot faces NW (310°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (130°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 10.0 km out (1 in 1000). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 15°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 19°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tumby Bay, is 69 km away. Nearest airport: PLO (PLO), 47 km.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Monument 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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Monument, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	2 ft10 ssoft	111kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots, offshore	28°C
Mon 19Oct	12, too small	4 ft11 smushy	417kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	27, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	256kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	17°C
Wed 21Oct	35, too small	5 ft11 ssoft	496kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots, offshore	21°C
Thu 22Oct	30, too small	5 ft12 smushy	617kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 6 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	36, fair	5 ft12 ssoft	572kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	33, too small	5 ft12 ssoft	647kJ	wind from the south-west, 11 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	9, too small	5 ft10 smushy	418kJ	wind from the west, 16 knots	14°C
Mon 26Oct	31, too small	5 ft10 ssoft	514kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	13°C
Tue 27Oct	24, too small	5 ft8 ssoft	316kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots, offshore	14°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Monument
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 5 ft at 12 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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