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Muncha, Australia

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The Entrance
The Entrance, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: FotoSleuth, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Muncha

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

The spot faces SE (116°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (296°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May and June, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is The Entrance, 3.4 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 14 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 28 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. MDW to SYD, changing at LAX.

    See flights MDW → SYD · Skyscanner from about £820 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 1 h 30 from the airport to Muncha.

  3. Accommodation.

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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 Muncha, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct49, good4 ft7 smushy170kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots20°C
Mon 19Oct26, too small3 ft6 smushy51kJwind from the south-west, 1 knot21°C
Tue 20Oct34, poor3 ft5 smushy54kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots22°C
Wed 21Oct27, too small3 ft5 smushy25kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots22°C
Thu 22Oct26, poor3 ft5 smushy64kJwind from the north-north-east, 7 knots21°C
Fri 23Oct23, poor4 ft5 smushy69kJwind from the north-east, 8 knots20°C
Sat 24Oct42, fair4 ft5 smushy105kJwind from the north, 3 knots25°C
Sun 25Oct58, good4 ft6 smushy120kJwind from the north-north-west, 8 knots, offshore28°C
Mon 26Oct49, good4 ft7 smushy103kJwind from the south-west, 8 knots22°C
Tue 27Oct46, fair4 ft7 smushy106kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots, offshore22°C
Wed 28Oct16, too small1 ft7 shollow13kJwind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore19°C

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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 1h 30 by road. About 28h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Blue Lagoon Point

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Poo Pipes

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Poo Pipes

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Poo Pipes

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Muncha

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 1h 30 by road. About 28h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 11 spots near The Entrance each day: Blue Bay, Blue bay shorey, Blue Lagoon Point, Crackneck, Indies, Lakes Reef, Muncha, North Ennie, Poo Pipes, Shelly Beach, The Entrance.

The trip from The Entrance, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,555–£2,975 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SYD, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£820–£1,705
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£1,555–£2,975

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

Places to eat near The Entrance

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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