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Sandbar, Australia

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00 1761 Geraldton, Western Australia
Geraldton, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sandbar

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

The spot faces W (277°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (97°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea is about 19°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually June, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Geraldton, 5.9 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sandbar, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct14, poor5 ft9 s418kJwind from the south-south-west, 9 knots22°C
Tue 20Oct35, poor5 ft8 s237kJwind from the south-south-west, 10 knots21°C
Wed 21Oct0, too big8 ft11 s1,581kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots22°C
Thu 22Oct0, too big9 ft11 s1,924kJwind from the south, 10 knots21°C
Fri 23Oct0, too big9 ft11 s2,004kJwind from the south, 14 knots19°C
Sat 24Oct0, too big9 ft10 s1,408kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots20°C
Sun 25Oct0, too big7 ft11 s998kJwind from the south-east, 9 knots21°C
Mon 26Oct23, poor6 ft10 s533kJwind from the south, 9 knots23°C
Tue 27Oct36, fair5 ft8 s254kJwind from the west-south-west, 5 knots22°C
Wed 28Oct38, fair3 ft7 s105kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots19°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. 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 today, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Wedge

    Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

The plan picks the best of 14 spots near Geraldton each day: Back beach, Backers 'Back Beach', Explosives, Glenfield, Greenough, Hamers, Hells gates, Pipeline, Sandbar, Separation Point, Sunset (Shorebreak), Tarcoola - chanties, The point, Wedge.

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