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Scar Rock, Australia

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Tomakin, the nearest town. Photo: Maksym Kozlenko (Мак…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Scar Rock

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

The spot faces SE (152°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (332°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.6 km out (1 in 161). 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 23°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tomakin, 0.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 8 surf spots.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 30 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to MYA, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD).

    See flights MDW → MYA · Skyscanner from about £830 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Scar Rock.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in TomakinAd

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Tomakin · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Tomakin · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

Scar Rock on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct214 ft7 smushy139kJ21°C
Mon 19Oct113 ft7 smushy50kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct62 ft5 smushy27kJ23°C
Wed 21Oct83 ft5 smushy42kJ24°C
Thu 22Oct83 ft5 smushy35kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct104 ft5 smushy64kJ25°C
Sat 24Oct154 ft6 smushy120kJ26°C
Sun 25Oct195 ft6 smushy161kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct194 ft6 smushy95kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct72 ft5 smushy19kJ17°C
Wed 28Oct21 ft7 smushy9kJ14°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to MYA, changing at LAX and SYD, then 30 min by road. About 30h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MYA, changing at LAX and SYD, then 30 min by road. About 30h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 5 spots near Tomakin each day: Barlings Beach, Broulee North, Pink rocks, Scar Rock, Tomakin Rivermouth.

The trip from Tomakin, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,470–£2,840 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 MYA, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and SYD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£830–£1,725
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
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£1,470–£2,840

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

Places to eat near Tomakin

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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