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Surf spot near Terrigal. Photo: Ray Hayward, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Surf spot near Terrigal

Surf spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

39Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 39 out of 100

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Tue 3 · 39 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 39 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 39 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 39 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 39 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 39 out of 100

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No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Stakes swell from the S
  • Offshore: Nwind from the land
  • Intermediate +who it suits
  • Works 3–12 ftof swell
  • Water 21 °C2 mm shorty

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual surf conditions at Surf spot near Terrigal, each day of your trip
DaySwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 2to 8usually3 ft6 s71kJS20°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

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Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Surf spot near Terrigal

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More surf near here

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About

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About Surf spot near Terrigal

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated.

The spot faces S (176°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (356°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 29). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. 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 Terrigal, 9.8 km away (about 20 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 11 surf spots.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$1,890–US$3,580 each

about US$1,890–US$3,580 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, board and wetsuit.

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
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
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$141–US$234
Totalabout US$1,890–US$3,580

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Terrigal

17 min by car · 27 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 27 places to stay in Terrigal · Booking.com

About Terrigal 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 28h 15m

About 28h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SYD, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 1h 25m by road

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

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