Tombstones, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Carnarvon, is 113 km away.

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

The spot faces NW (302°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (122°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 22°C in September, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in April, 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. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Carnarvon, is 113 km away. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Tombstones does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Tombstones, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 shollow	1,050kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	35, poor	5 ft10 shollow	504kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots, offshore	24°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	6 ft13 shollow	1,015kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	9 ft13 shollow	2,189kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	9 ft13 shollow	2,187kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 17 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft10 shollow	1,592kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 19 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	21, poor	6 ft11 shollow	652kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots, offshore	30°C
Mon 26Oct	18, poor	4 ft8 shollow	229kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots	30°C
Tue 27Oct	37, fair	4 ft5 smushy	67kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	25°C
Wed 28Oct	27, poor	4 ft7 shollow	119kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots	24°C
Thu 29Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Tombstones
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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