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Sydney Avalon. Photo: Matt Langbehn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sydney Avalon

Kitesurf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

41Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sat 7: 18 kn gusting 41, side-onshore, Water: waves 1.2 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 21 out of 100

Wind
NE 10 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
22°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
24°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 9 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
23°C

Thu 5 · 47 out of 100

Wind
SSE 12 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.7 mwaves
Air
22°C

Fri 6 · 33 out of 100

Wind
NE 11 kn
Gusts
26kn
Shore
side
Water
1.3 mwaves
Air
21°C

Sat 7 · 66 out of 100

Wind
S 18 kn
Gusts
41kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 55 out of 100

Wind
S 13 kn
Gusts
29kn
Shore
side-on
Water
2.1 mwaves
Air
17°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 221, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 553, fair
  6. Fri 649, fair
  7. Sat 766, good
  8. Sun 866, good
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 1022, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 21 °C2 mm shorty

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Sydney Avalon
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 7 knots20knon1.1 mwaves23°C
Mon 2Nov21, poorwind from the north-east, 10 knots24knside1.0 mwaves22°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north, 3 knots9kncross-off1.0 mwaves24°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots20kncross-off1.2 mwaves23°C
Thu 5Nov53, fairwind from the south-south-east, 12 knots27knside-on1.7 mwaves22°C
Fri 6Nov49, fairwind from the north-east, 11 knots26knside1.3 mwaves21°C
Sat 7Nov66, goodwind from the south, 18 knots41knside-on1.2 mwaves28°C
Sun 8Nov66, goodwind from the south, 13 knots29knside-on2.1 mwaves17°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 6 knots18knside1.8 mwaves19°C
Tue 10Nov22, poorwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots26knside-on1.4 mwaves22°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 1 knot11knoffnot safe1.5 mwaves19°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 01:49 +0.3 mLow 07:12 −0.4 mHigh 13:53 +0.8 mLow 20:56 −0.6 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 03:04 +0.3 mLow 08:31 −0.3 mHigh 15:02 +0.7 mLow 22:02 −0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 04:15 +0.3 mLow 09:54 −0.3 mHigh 16:12 +0.7 mLow 23:02 −0.6 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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Sydney Avalon

Bee hives on urban garage roof Avalon Beach NSW
Photo: Aussiestarship44, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palm Beach Nsw
Photo: Chad Ajamian, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Avalon Beach - panoramio (1)
Near Sydney Avalon. Photo: Maurice van Creij, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sydney Avalon

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 21°C: 2 mm shorty. 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 exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). The sea is about 18°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Brooklyn. Within 5 km we also list 14 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

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$1,690–US$3,260 each

about US$1,690–US$3,260 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 SYD, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$925–US$1,920
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$87–US$147
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,690–US$3,260

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: Brooklyn

Closest

Brooklyn

23 min by car · 7 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 7 places to stay in Brooklyn · Booking.com

About Brooklyn 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 27h 50m

About 27h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SYD, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 1h by road

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