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Tathra, Australia

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Tathra, the nearest town. Photo: Cimexus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Tathra

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

The spot faces E (104°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (284°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 350 m out (1 in 36). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 16°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May and June, with about 2 good days in 7; in January, October and November, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tathra, 0.4 km away (about 5 min by car).

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

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

    See flights MDW → MIM · Skyscanner from about £835 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Tathra.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct43 ft6 smushy53kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct32 ft6 smushy39kJ19°C
Tue 20Oct22 ft6 smushy36kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct43 ft5 smushy56kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct22 ft6 smushy31kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct23 ft6 smushy52kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct44 ft7 smushy125kJ21°C
Sun 25Oct226 ft6 smushy210kJ16°C
Mon 26Oct122 ft7 smushy51kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct52 ft7 smushy39kJ15°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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 MIM, changing at LAX and SYD, then 40 min by road. About 31h 20 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: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MIM, changing at LAX and SYD, then 40 min by road. About 31h 20 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Tathra each day: Tathra, Wallagoot.

The trip from Tathra, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,495–£2,885 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 MIM, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and SYD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£835–£1,735
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£35–£60
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£1,495–£2,885

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

Places to eat near Tathra

  • Beach Break TathraFish and chips · 0.4 km from the centre
  • Drift TathraBar and grill · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Pizza's UpPizza · 0.5 km from the centre
  • BlendTathra0.7 km from the centre
  • Tathra Beach Kiosk1.4 km from the centre

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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