Red Bluff, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Carnarvon, is 97 km away.

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About Red Bluff

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

The spot faces NW (309°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (129°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 9). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 22°C in September, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in April, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually June, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Carnarvon, is 97 km away.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Red Bluff 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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Red Bluff, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 shollow	1,480kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft11 shollow	981kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	34, poor	5 ft10 shollow	414kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	14, poor	5 ft13 shollow	851kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots, offshore	26°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft13 shollow	2,089kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft13 shollow	2,057kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	7 ft12 shollow	1,479kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 17 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 shollow	1,141kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	31°C
Mon 26Oct	43, fair	4 ft9 shollow	275kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 27Oct	43, fair	4 ft9 shollow	204kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	24°C
Wed 28Oct	0, 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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Red Bluff
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 11 kn (21 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Red Bluff
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 13 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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