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The hub, Australia

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Wonthaggi Main Street Shopping
Wonthaggi, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Dalysporter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About The hub

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

The spot faces SW (217°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (37°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 63). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 13°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 19°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Wonthaggi, 6.2 km away (about 15 min by car).

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 30 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights MDW → MEL · Skyscanner from about £855 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 2 h 30 from the airport to The hub.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in WonthaggiAd

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Wonthaggi · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Wonthaggi · GetYourGuideAd

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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 18Oct252 ft10 scrumbling61kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct644 ft12 ssoft303kJ26°C
Tue 20Oct574 ft10 ssoft270kJ26°C
Wed 21Oct654 ft9 ssoft204kJ26°C
Thu 22Oct06 ft12 ssoft982kJ25°C
Fri 23Oct06 ft12 ssoft882kJ28°C
Sat 24Oct146 ft11 ssoft754kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct245 ft11 smushy646kJ13°C
Mon 26Oct06 ft10 smushy663kJ12°C
Tue 27Oct06 ft8 ssoft429kJ15°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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 MEL, changing at LAX, then 2h 30 by road. About 30h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf The hub

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf The hub

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf The hub

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MEL, changing at LAX, then 2h 30 by road. About 30h 20 door to door

The trip from Wonthaggi, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,590–£3,050 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 MEL, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£855–£1,780
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£1,590–£3,050

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

Places to eat near Wonthaggi

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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