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Patonga point, Australia

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Brooklyn, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: FotoSleuth, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Patonga point

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

The spot faces SE (126°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (306°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 23). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Brooklyn, 4.7 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots.

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

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

    See flights MDW → SYD · Skyscanner from about £820 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 05 from the airport to Patonga point.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Patonga point 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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct283 ft6 smushy60kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct172 ft6 smushy33kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct213 ft5 smushy30kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct173 ft5 smushy27kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct193 ft5 smushy42kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct203 ft5 smushy49kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct333 ft5 smushy62kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct424 ft6 smushy98kJ29°C
Mon 26Oct213 ft7 smushy63kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct142 ft7 shollow23kJ21°C
Wed 28Oct81 ft7 shollow7kJ18°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 05 by road. About 28h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 34 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Flathead - Pearl Beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Flathead - Pearl Beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Flathead - Pearl Beach

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

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 1h 05 by road. About 28h door to door

The plan picks the best of 6 spots near Brooklyn each day: Flathead - Pearl Beach, Ocean Beach,NSW,australia, Patonga point, Pearl beach point, Umina Beach, Umina Point.

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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.

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.

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