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Wallagoot, Australia

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Tathra, the nearest town, 8 km away. Photo: Cimexus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Wallagoot

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

The spot faces SE (128°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (308°). It is exposed 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 1.0 km out (1 in 103). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 2 good days in 7; in November, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tathra, 8.4 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 31 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights MDW → MIM · Skyscanner from about £835 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Wallagoot.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in TathraAd

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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 18Oct182 ft6 smushy42kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct193 ft6 smushy47kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct202 ft5 smushy34kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct263 ft5 smushy63kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct102 ft6 smushy32kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct153 ft6 smushy58kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct294 ft7 smushy123kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct105 ft7 smushy216kJ22°C
Mon 26Oct192 ft7 smushy56kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct252 ft7 smushy35kJ20°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 MIM, changing at LAX and SYD, then 35 min by road. About 31h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 23 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Wallagoot

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 23 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Wallagoot

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 13 kn (23 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MIM, changing at LAX and SYD, then 35 min by road. About 31h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Tathra each day: Tathra, Wallagoot.

The trip from Tathra, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,480–£2,860 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 MIM, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and SYD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£835–£1,735
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£20–£35
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£1,480–£2,860

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

Places to eat near Tathra

  • Beach Break TathraFish and chips · 0.4 km from the centre
  • Drift TathraBar and grill · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Pizza's UpPizza · 0.5 km from the centre
  • BlendTathra0.7 km from the centre
  • Tathra Beach Kiosk1.4 km from the centre

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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