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St George's River Lookout, Lorne view to the North-West
Lorne, the nearest town, 11 km away. Photo: BennyG3255, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Separation Creek

Kitesurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

21Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sat 7: 14 kn gusting 34, side-shore, Water: waves 1.4 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 7 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side-on
Water
0.9 mwaves
Air
15°C

Wed 4 · 21 out of 100

Wind
W 13 kn
Gusts
31kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
18°C

Thu 5 · 14 out of 100

Wind
SW 11 kn
Gusts
26kn
Shore
side
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
14°C

Fri 6 · 22 out of 100

Wind
SW 13 kn
Gusts
31kn
Shore
side
Water
1.3 mwaves
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 51 out of 100

Wind
SW 14 kn
Gusts
34kn
Shore
side
Water
1.4 mwaves
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 7 kn
Gusts
21kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
12°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 432, poor
  5. Thu 522, poor
  6. Fri 622, poor
  7. Sat 751, fair
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 15 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Separation Creek
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 5 knots14kncross-offchop17°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the east, 6 knots15knside-onchop16°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the south, 7 knots19knside-on0.9 mwaves15°C
Wed 4Nov32, poorwind from the west, 13 knots31kncross-off1.1 mwaves18°C
Thu 5Nov22, poorwind from the south-west, 11 knots26knside1.0 mwaves14°C
Fri 6Nov22, poorwind from the south-west, 13 knots31knside1.3 mwaves17°C
Sat 7Nov51, fairwind from the south-west, 14 knots34knside1.4 mwaves11°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south, 7 knots21knside-on1.2 mwaves12°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the east, 6 knots18knside-onchop14°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 6 knots14knonchop14°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 04:35 +1.1 mLow 10:17 −0.5 mHigh 16:11 +0.7 mLow 22:15 −1.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:18 +1.0 mLow 11:00 −0.5 mHigh 17:01 +0.6 mLow 23:02 −1.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 06:04 +0.9 mLow 11:47 −0.5 mHigh 17:59 +0.6 mLow 23:53 −0.8 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Separation Creek

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). The sea is about 13°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 19°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Lorne. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 wind sports spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,780–US$3,430 each

about US$1,780–US$3,430 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MEL, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$958–US$2,000
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,780–US$3,430

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Lorne

Closest

Lorne

19 min by car · 43 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 43 places to stay in Lorne · Booking.com

About Lorne its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 30h 15m

About 30h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MEL, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 2h 25m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.