Sandtrax, Australia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Cottesloe, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Perth International Airport (PER), 24 km.

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About Sandtrax

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

The spot faces NW (301°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (121°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–13 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 26). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 19°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 22°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Cottesloe, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Perth International Airport (PER), 24 km. Within 5 km we also list 18 surf spots, 3 wind sports spots and 1 dive site.

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 32 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Perth International Airport (PER), changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Sandtrax.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Cottesloe, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Perth International Airport (PER), 24 km.
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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Sandtrax, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	25, poor	6 ft10 smushy	776kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	18°C
Mon 19Oct	34, too small	6 ft9 scrumbling	490kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots, offshore	17°C
Tue 20Oct	30, too small	6 ft10 smushy	634kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	34, poor	8 ft12 smushy	1,521kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	36, fair	8 ft12 smushy	1,715kJ	wind from the south-west, 9 knots	17°C
Fri 23Oct	34, poor	9 ft12 scrumbling	1,769kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 17 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	50, good	8 ft10 scrumbling	1,170kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots, offshore	16°C
Sun 25Oct	41, fair	6 ft10 scrumbling	679kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots	16°C
Mon 26Oct	24, too small	5 ft9 scrumbling	286kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots	18°C
Tue 27Oct	17, too small	3 ft9 scrumbling	159kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 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
Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 45 min by road. About 32h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 34 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Sandtrax
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Sandtrax
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Sandtrax
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to PER, changing at HKG, then 45 min by road. About 32h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,385–£2,760 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to PER, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£960–£1,995
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£40–£70
Food	7 days eating out	£245–£455
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£105–£175
Total		£1,385–£2,760

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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