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Seals Wedge, Australia

Stay in Seal Rocks: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

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2015-12-25 Seal Rocks beach
Near Seals Wedge. Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Seals Wedge

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

The spot faces E (72°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (252°). 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 gently: 10 m deep about 800 m out (1 in 78). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 19°C in September, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 25°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Seal Rocks, 0.9 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 7 surf spots.

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

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From Chicago: about 30 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

    See flights MDW → SYD · Skyscanner from about £820 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 3 h 55 from the airport to Seals Wedge.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct264 ft7 smushy185kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct204 ft6 smushy88kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct193 ft5 smushy64kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct133 ft6 smushy49kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct43 ft6 smushy45kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct63 ft5 smushy43kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct234 ft6 smushy97kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct215 ft6 smushy156kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct424 ft7 smushy144kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct344 ft7 smushy153kJ19°C
Wed 28Oct42 ft6 smushy18kJ18°C

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

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 3h 55 by road. About 30h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Seal Rocks, Treachery

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Seal Rocks, Treachery

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Yagin

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 3h 55 by road. About 30h 50 door to door

The plan picks the best of 8 spots near Seal Rocks each day: Seal Rocks-Lighthouse Beach, Seal Rocks Stilettos,, Seal Rocks, Treachery, seals rocks, Seals Wedge, Treachery, Trechery Beach, Yagin.

The trip from Seal Rocks, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,555–£2,975 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SYD, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£820–£1,705
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£110–£180
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£240–£395
Food7 days eating out£245–£455
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£105–£175
Total£1,555–£2,975

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

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