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Punchbowls, Australia

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Also within 20 km of Emu Point

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Gull Rock Beach. Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Punchbowls

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

The spot faces SE (145°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (325°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 6–20 ft of swell. The sea is about 17°C in September, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 21°C in April, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Emu Point, 7.2 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

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

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  1. Accommodation.

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  2. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct287 ft10 s944kJ17°C
Mon 19Oct347 ft8 s484kJ17°C
Tue 20Oct437 ft9 s698kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct678 ft12 s1,586kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct399 ft10 s1,467kJ15°C
Fri 23Oct228 ft10 s1,069kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct288 ft11 s1,284kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct527 ft10 s916kJ14°C
Mon 26Oct227 ft9 s703kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct146 ft8 s468kJ17°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. 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 blue moon

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf blue moon

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Punchbowls

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 9 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Emu beach

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Emu beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Emu Point each day: blue moon, Caseys, Emu beach, Punchbowls.

The trip from Emu Point, with every spot near it

Places to eat near Emu Point

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