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Second Beach Tannum Sands, Australia

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Looking north on the Tannum Sands Main Beach - panoramio
Second Beach Tannum Sands. Photo: wood26, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Second Beach Tannum Sands

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

The spot faces NE (55°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (235°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 5.0 km out (1 in 500). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 20°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, May, June and August, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tannum Sands, 0.9 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 30 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. MDW to GLT, changing at LAX and BNE.

    See flights MDW → GLT · Skyscanner from about £790 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Second Beach Tannum Sands.

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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 18Oct21 ft6 smushy13kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct82 ft4 smushy8kJ23°C
Tue 20Oct82 ft4 smushy8kJ23°C
Wed 21Oct81 ft5 smushy5kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct71 ft3 smushy4kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct112 ft5 smushy10kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct71 ft5 smushy7kJ23°C
Sun 25Oct51 ft4 smushy4kJ24°C
Mon 26Oct71 ft3 smushy3kJ24°C
Tue 27Oct61 ft6 smushy3kJ23°C
Wed 28Oct61 ft5 smushy2kJ22°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 GLT, changing at LAX and BNE, then 35 min by road. About 30h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to GLT, changing at LAX and BNE, then 35 min by road. About 30h 40 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,445–£2,780 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 GLT, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and BNE, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£790–£1,645
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£30–£45
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£1,445–£2,780

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

Places to eat near Tannum Sands

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