Great Keppel Island Airport, Australia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Emu Park, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ROK (ROK), 51 km.

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About Great Keppel Island Airport

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

The spot faces SW (220°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (40°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 26). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 20°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Emu Park, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ROK (ROK), 51 km.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 31 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to ROK, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Brisbane International Airport (BNE).
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Emu Park, 14 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ROK (ROK), 51 km.
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Forecast

Great Keppel Island Airport does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Great Keppel Island Airport, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	0, too small	under 1 ft7 s	2kJ	wind from the east, 20 knots	23°C
Mon 19Oct	1, too small	1 ft6 s	2kJ	wind from the east, 15 knots, offshore	23°C
Tue 20Oct	1, too small	1 ft5 s	1kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots, offshore	23°C
Wed 21Oct	1, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots	23°C
Thu 22Oct	2, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots, offshore	24°C
Fri 23Oct	3, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	23°C
Sat 24Oct	2, too small	1 ft3 smushy	2kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 13 knots, offshore	24°C
Sun 25Oct	2, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the north, 12 knots, offshore	25°C
Mon 26Oct	4, too small	1 ft3 smushy	2kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 9 knots, offshore	24°C
Tue 27Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft4 s	0kJ	wind from the south, 2 knots	23°C
Wed 28Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft5 s	0kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	22°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to ROK, changing at LAX and BNE, then 1h 15 by road. About 31h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to ROK, changing at LAX and BNE, then 1h 15 by road. About 31h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,290–£2,525 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return MDW to ROK, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and BNE, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£795–£1,650
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£110–£180
Food	7 days eating out	£245–£455
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£105–£175
Total		£1,290–£2,525

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

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