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Muttonbird island, Australia

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Also within 20 km of Kronkup

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About Muttonbird island

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

The spot faces S (178°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (358°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.7 km out (1 in 167). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 21°C in April, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Kronkup, 6.2 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Muttonbird island does not suit beginners. 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

DayScoreExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct357 ft10 ssoft861kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct438 ft8 smushy690kJ18°C
Tue 20Oct508 ft8 ssoft767kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct5711 ft12 ssoft3,096kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct4712 ft10 ssoft2,286kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct2810 ft10 ssoft1,782kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct2013 ft10 smushy3,138kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct4111 ft9 ssoft2,123kJ15°C
Mon 26Oct358 ft8 smushy766kJ16°C
Tue 27Oct479 ft9 smushy1,200kJ17°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

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Muttonbird island

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Muttonbird island

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 11 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Cosy Corner

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 11 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Muttonbird island

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 10 ft at 10 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Cosy Corner

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 13 ft at 10 s, wind 14 kn (27 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Kronkup each day: Cosy Corner, Dingo beach, Muttonbird island.

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