wreck beach, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tumby Bay, is 64 km away. Nearest airport: PLO (PLO), 32 km.

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

The spot faces S (160°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (340°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–17 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 15°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 20°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. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Tumby Bay, is 64 km away. Nearest airport: PLO (PLO), 32 km.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at wreck beach, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	54, good	7 ft11 ssoft	1,035kJ	wind from the north-west, 11 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	50, good	7 ft9 ssoft	798kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	57, good	8 ft12 smushy	1,507kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	62, good	9 ft12 ssoft	2,427kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	30°C
Fri 23Oct	58, good	10 ft12 ssoft	2,701kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	39, fair	10 ft11 smushy	2,334kJ	wind from the south-west, 9 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	36, fair	10 ft10 ssoft	1,953kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots	14°C
Mon 26Oct	42, fair	12 ft9 smushy	2,321kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	13°C
Tue 27Oct	31, poor	9 ft8 smushy	913kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots	14°C
Wed 28Oct	49, good	7 ft8 smushy	578kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	16°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.

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6 nights from Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
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Wed 21 Oct
Surf wreck beach
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 8 ft at 12 s, wind 6 kn (10 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf wreck beach
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 9 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf wreck beach
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 10 ft at 12 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf wreck beach
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 10 ft at 11 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Surf wreck beach
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 10 ft at 10 s, wind 13 kn (24 km/h).
Mon 26 Oct
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