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Prawning Jetty, Australia

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Carnarvon Jetty, Western Australia
Carnarvon, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Nachoman-au, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Prawning Jetty

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

The spot faces SW (246°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (66°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 7.7 km out (1 in 769). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 20°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 26°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually June and July, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Carnarvon, 2.5 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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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 Prawning Jetty, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct22, poor3 ft11 smushy183kJwind from the south, 12 knots22°C
Mon 19Oct17, too small3 ft10 ssoft130kJwind from the south-east, 13 knots21°C
Tue 20Oct6, too small2 ft9 smushy51kJwind from the south-south-west, 14 knots21°C
Wed 21Oct9, too small2 ft12 smushy129kJwind from the south-south-west, 16 knots21°C
Thu 22Oct21, poor3 ft12 ssoft219kJwind from the south-south-east, 16 knots22°C
Fri 23Oct20, poor3 ft11 ssoft227kJwind from the south-south-east, 22 knots21°C
Sat 24Oct17, too small3 ft11 ssoft152kJwind from the south-south-east, 18 knots21°C
Sun 25Oct12, too small2 ft10 ssoft81kJwind from the south-south-east, 16 knots22°C
Mon 26Oct6, too small2 ft5 smushy13kJwind from the south-south-east, 17 knots21°C
Tue 27Oct10, too small2 ft4 smushy7kJwind from the south-west, 5 knots20°C
Wed 28Oct0, 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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 32 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Carnarvon each day: Pelican Point, Prawning Jetty.

The trip from Carnarvon, with every spot near it

Places to eat near Carnarvon

  • Chicken TreatChicken · 0.4 km from the centre
  • Westcoast Fish and ChipsFish and chips · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Fang's KitchenAsian · 0.4 km from the centre
  • A Taste of Thai by fonThai · 1.0 km from the centre
  • Sails Restaurant1.0 km from the centre
  • Harbourside Cafe Restaurant1.9 km from the centre

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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