Salmon beach, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Augusta, is 95 km away. Nearest airport: ALH (ALH), 165 km.

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About Salmon beach

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

The spot faces W (258°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (78°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits expert surfers. It works in 4–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 21°C in March, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For expert surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 3 good days in 7; in July, August and December, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Augusta, is 95 km away. Nearest airport: ALH (ALH), 165 km.

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

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Augusta, is 95 km away. Nearest airport: ALH (ALH), 165 km.
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Forecast

Salmon beach does not suit intermediates. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Salmon beach, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, poor	10 ft11 smushy	1,964kJ	wind from the west, 14 knots	17°C
Mon 19Oct	23, poor	8 ft8 smushy	844kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	17°C
Tue 20Oct	18, poor	11 ft11 smushy	2,647kJ	wind from the north-west, 19 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	20, poor	12 ft13 smushy	3,971kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 25 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	20, poor	14 ft11 smushy	4,389kJ	wind from the west, 15 knots	15°C
Fri 23Oct	20, poor	12 ft11 smushy	3,126kJ	wind from the south-west, 15 knots	13°C
Sat 24Oct	21, poor	12 ft11 smushy	3,093kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 14 knots	14°C
Sun 25Oct	53, good	10 ft9 scrumbling	1,468kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots	15°C
Mon 26Oct	56, good	8 ft8 smushy	714kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots, offshore	18°C
Tue 27Oct	50, good	7 ft8 scrumbling	578kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots, offshore	18°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 20 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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