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Blowies, Australia

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Kioloa, NSW
Kioloa, the nearest town. Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Blowies

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 exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 32). 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 February, 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 January and February, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Kioloa, 0.9 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

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 30 h 30 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).

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  2. Getting there. 3 h 40 from the airport to Blowies.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Blowies 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
Mon 19Oct113 ft6 smushy46kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct132 ft4 smushy18kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct143 ft5 smushy33kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct173 ft5 smushy36kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct193 ft5 smushy51kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct254 ft6 smushy117kJ20°C
Sun 25Oct295 ft7 smushy165kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct424 ft7 smushy125kJ19°C
Tue 27Oct324 ft5 smushy70kJ16°C
Wed 28Oct102 ft6 smushy35kJ18°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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 3h 40 by road. About 30h 30 door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Pretty beach

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

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Blowies

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

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Blowies

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Blowies

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Surf Blowies

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 3h 40 by road. About 30h 30 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Kioloa each day: Blacks, Blowies, Pretty beach.

The trip from Kioloa, 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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