Dillon bay, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Emu Point, is 137 km away. Nearest airport: ALH (ALH), 145 km.

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About Dillon bay

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

The spot faces SE (141°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (321°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–17 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 70). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in August, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 20°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Emu Point, is 137 km away. Nearest airport: ALH (ALH), 145 km.

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Dillon bay, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	30, too small	5 ft7 smushy	272kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots, offshore	19°C
Tue 20Oct	26, too small	5 ft8 ssoft	267kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 8 knots, offshore	21°C
Wed 21Oct	44, fair	6 ft10 ssoft	628kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots, offshore	27°C
Thu 22Oct	26, poor	6 ft9 ssoft	618kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	5 ft8 ssoft	359kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots	14°C
Sat 24Oct	31, poor	8 ft9 ssoft	831kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 14 knots	14°C
Sun 25Oct	55, good	8 ft9 ssoft	870kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	15°C
Mon 26Oct	16, too small	5 ft9 ssoft	404kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	18°C
Tue 27Oct	3, too small	3 ft8 smushy	92kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 15 knots	19°C
Wed 28Oct	9, too small	4 ft8 smushy	161kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	17°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.

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6 nights from Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Dillon bay
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Dillon bay
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 22 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Dillon bay
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 14 kn (26 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Dillon bay
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Mon 26 Oct
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