The Neck, Australia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Adventure Bay, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HBA (HBA), 46 km.

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About The Neck

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

The spot faces SE (122°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (302°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 4–17 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 12°C in September, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in January, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Adventure Bay, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HBA (HBA), 46 km.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 32 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to HBA, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL).
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Getting there. 1 h 05 from the airport to The Neck.
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Accommodation.
No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Adventure Bay, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HBA (HBA), 46 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at The Neck, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	7, too small	1 ft8 shollow	22kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	16°C
Mon 19Oct	6, too small	2 ft9 shollow	35kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots	18°C
Tue 20Oct	10, too small	2 ft9 shollow	42kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	2 ft8 shollow	29kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	21, too small	3 ft10 shollow	151kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots	20°C
Fri 23Oct	18, too small	2 ft10 shollow	108kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	18°C
Sat 24Oct	21, too small	3 ft9 shollow	99kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	15°C
Sun 25Oct	13, too small	2 ft5 shollow	34kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots	13°C
Mon 26Oct	9, too small	2 ft9 shollow	33kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots, offshore	11°C
Tue 27Oct	33, too small	3 ft9 shollow	155kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots, offshore	14°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to HBA, changing at DFW and AKL, then 1h 05 by road. About 32h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to HBA, changing at DFW and AKL, then 1h 05 by road. About 32h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,350–£2,655 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 MDW to HBA, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£855–£1,780
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£110–£180
Food	7 days eating out	£245–£455
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£105–£175
Total		£1,350–£2,655

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

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