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Blackfellows Point, Australia

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Tuross Head, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Blackfellows Point

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

The spot faces E (91°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (271°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 750 m out (1 in 76). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 23°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May and June, with about 2 good days in 7; in October and November, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tuross Head, 2.7 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf 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 MYA, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD).

    See flights MDW → MYA · Skyscanner from about £830 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Blackfellows Point.

  3. Accommodation.

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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 Blackfellows Point, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct43, fair4 ft6 smushy103kJwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots20°C
Mon 19Oct17, too small2 ft7 smushy42kJwind from the north, 4 knots21°C
Tue 20Oct14, too small2 ft5 smushy30kJwind from the north, 5 knots21°C
Wed 21Oct24, poor3 ft5 smushy43kJwind from the north, 3 knots22°C
Thu 22Oct22, too small3 ft5 smushy35kJwind from the north, 1 knot22°C
Fri 23Oct22, poor4 ft5 smushy68kJwind from the north, 5 knots22°C
Sat 24Oct26, poor5 ft6 smushy130kJwind from the north, 7 knots23°C
Sun 25Oct43, fair5 ft7 smushy190kJwind from the south, 8 knots17°C
Mon 26Oct45, fair4 ft6 smushy89kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots, offshore20°C
Tue 27Oct17, too small2 ft7 smushy33kJwind from the south, 3 knots16°C
Wed 28Oct13, too small1 ft4 smushy6kJwind from the south-south-west, 7 knots14°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 MYA, changing at LAX and SYD, then 40 min by road. About 31h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Blackfellows Point

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 2 ft at 5 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Blackfellows Point

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

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Potatoe Point

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 1 kn (3 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Blackfellows Point

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Blackfellows Point

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MYA, changing at LAX and SYD, then 40 min by road. About 31h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Tuross Head each day: Blackfellows Point, Brou Beach, Potatoe Point.

The trip from Tuross Head, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,490–£2,875 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MYA, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and SYD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£830–£1,725
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£60
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£1,490–£2,875

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

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