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Currumbin Alley, Australia

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Surfing at Currumbin Rock, northern tip of Currumbin Beach, 2020, 01
Currumbin Alley. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Currumbin Alley

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

The spot faces NE (40°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (220°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 500 m out (1 in 49). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 21°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April and May, with about 2 good days in 7; in October, November and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Currumbin, 0.8 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 13 surf spots.

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 28 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Brisbane International Airport (BNE), changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 55 from the airport to Currumbin Alley.

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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 18Oct284 ft6 smushy99kJ20°C
Mon 19Oct445 ft6 smushy124kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct435 ft6 smushy136kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct435 ft6 smushy150kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct174 ft6 smushy110kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct254 ft6 smushy102kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct264 ft6 smushy104kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct153 ft7 smushy81kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct253 ft5 smushy55kJ23°C
Tue 27Oct192 ft6 smushy25kJ22°C
Wed 28Oct222 ft6 smushy22kJ18°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 BNE, changing at LAX, then 1h 55 by road. About 28h 05 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Currumbin Alley

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Currumbin Alley

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 23 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Currumbin Alley

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to BNE, changing at LAX, then 1h 55 by road. About 28h 05 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,530–£2,920 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 BNE, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£795–£1,650
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£1,530–£2,920

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

Places to eat near Currumbin

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