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3 way, Australia

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Bendalong Beach, Bendalong, New South Wales, 2021
Near 3 way. Photo: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About 3 way

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

The spot faces SE (113°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (293°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 28). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 17°C in August, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 23°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. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bendalong, 1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 7 surf spots.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 29 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights MDW → SYD · Skyscanner from about £820 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 3 h from the airport to 3 way.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in BendalongAd

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

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Forecast

3 way does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct474 ft7 smushy149kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct223 ft6 smushy52kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct112 ft4 smushy11kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct122 ft5 smushy26kJ21°C
Thu 22Oct142 ft5 smushy27kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct203 ft5 smushy43kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct204 ft6 smushy80kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct294 ft6 smushy126kJ20°C
Mon 26Oct524 ft6 smushy120kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct162 ft5 smushy23kJ16°C
Wed 28Oct31 ft7 smushy6kJ16°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 3h by road. About 29h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Hamburgers

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 2 ft at 5 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf 3 way

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 2 ft at 5 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Bendalong

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

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Hamburgers

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 3h by road. About 29h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 7 spots near Bendalong each day: 3 way, Bendalong, Green Island, Hamburgers, Inyadda, Monument Beach, Panther Country.

The trip from Bendalong, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,555–£2,975 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
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£1,555–£2,975

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

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