Turtles, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Carnarvon, is 121 km away.

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About Turtles

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

The spot faces W (290°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (110°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 7). 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 months are usually June and July, 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 121 km away.

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

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Turtles 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 Turtles, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	0, too big	8 ft12 shollow	1,444kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft11 shollow	980kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	23, poor	5 ft10 shollow	426kJ	wind from the south, 14 knots	22°C
Wed 21Oct	9, poor	5 ft13 shollow	865kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	23°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft13 shollow	2,056kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft13 shollow	1,945kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 20 knots	23°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	9 ft11 shollow	1,609kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 21 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 shollow	1,118kJ	wind from the south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	22, poor	4 ft10 shollow	293kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 16 knots	22°C
Tue 27Oct	30, poor	4 ft5 shollow	65kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	21°C
Wed 28Oct	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 Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Turtles
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 13 s, wind 14 kn (25 km/h).
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
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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