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The Boot, Australia

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00 3178 Sydney, Australia
Sydney, the nearest town, 7 km away. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About The Boot

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

The spot faces SE (126°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (306°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 14). 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 24°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 2 good days in 7; in January, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Sydney, 7 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 13 surf spots, 6 wind sports spots and 1 dive site.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 27 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. MDW to SYD, changing at LAX.

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  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to The Boot.

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  3. Accommodation.

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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 18Oct485 ft7 shollow188kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct353 ft6 shollow69kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct313 ft5 smushy45kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct263 ft5 smushy36kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct313 ft5 smushy63kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct214 ft5 smushy75kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct335 ft6 smushy128kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct374 ft6 smushy140kJ25°C
Mon 26Oct415 ft6 smushy158kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct443 ft6 shollow92kJ21°C
Wed 28Oct151 ft7 shollow13kJ18°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 30 min by road. About 27h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf The Boot

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

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Washaway

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Washaway

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf The Boot

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 14 kn (25 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Fairlight Pool

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 30 min by road. About 27h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 25 spots near Sydney each day: Balmoral point, Bondi, Bronte Reef, Coogee, Coogee Bombie, Coogee Reef, d-head reef, Diamonds, Fairlight Pool, honeycombe, Kahnies, Lady Jane Bay, Maroubra Beach, Maroubra North End Point, Mckenzies, Middle Head, Nielsen Park, Nielson Park, North Bondi, South Bondi, Surf club reef, Tama Reef, The Boot, vaucliff reef, Washaway.

The trip from Sydney, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,465–£2,825 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
Taxiairport and back, shared£20–£30
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£1,465–£2,825

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

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