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Cable Beach, Australia

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LOVE art installation, Cable Beach, September 2025
Cable Beach. Photo: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cable Beach

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

The spot faces W (287°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (107°). 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 200 m out (1 in 22). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 24°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 31°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Broome, 2.2 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 35 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to BME, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Melbourne Airport (MEL).

    See flights MDW → BME · Skyscanner from about £885 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 20 min from the airport to Cable Beach.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

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Forecast

Cable Beach 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 18Oct172 ft4 smushy20kJ29°C
Mon 19Oct142 ft5 smushy20kJ29°C
Tue 20Oct82 ft9 smushy58kJ29°C
Wed 21Oct253 ft5 smushy32kJ29°C
Thu 22Oct172 ft4 smushy12kJ28°C
Fri 23Oct192 ft5 smushy21kJ28°C
Sat 24Oct253 ft5 smushy47kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct344 ft7 smushy114kJ27°C
Mon 26Oct71 ft5 smushy7kJ28°C
Tue 27Oct31 ft3 smushy1kJ28°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 BME, changing at LAX and MEL, then 20 min by road. About 35h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Riddell Beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to BME, changing at LAX and MEL, then 20 min by road. About 35h 30 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Broome each day: Cable Beach, Riddell Beach.

The trip from Broome, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,525–£2,955 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 BME, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and MEL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£885–£1,840
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
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£1,525–£2,955

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

Places to eat near Broome

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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