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Chips, Australia

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Sea rocket on beach
Near Chips. Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Chips

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

The spot faces S (172°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (352°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–14 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 750 m out (1 in 77). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 18°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually April, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Gerroa, 0.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 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 28 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. 2 h from the airport to Chips.

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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

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct283 ft6 smushy68kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct182 ft5 smushy34kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct152 ft5 smushy19kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct143 ft5 smushy27kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct183 ft5 smushy33kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct213 ft5 smushy46kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct244 ft5 smushy76kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct484 ft6 smushy138kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct183 ft7 smushy79kJ17°C
Tue 27Oct82 ft7 smushy24kJ19°C
Wed 28Oct31 ft7 smushy9kJ19°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 2h by road. About 28h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Kiama Bombie

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Kiama Bombie

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

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Kiama Bombie

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

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Kiama Bombie

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Gerroa - Seven Miles Beach

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to SYD, changing at LAX, then 2h by road. About 28h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Gerroa each day: Chips, Gerroa - Seven Miles Beach, Kiama Bombie.

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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.

Places to eat near Gerroa

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