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Copeys left 69.0

#2446 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇦🇺 Australia · Western Australia · near Busselton

Works almost every day, no off season, gentle enough to learn.

Works all yearBeginner friendlyRemoteBeginner
Copeys left, Australia
Photo: Phil Evans perthhealthcoach · CC0 · source · photo taken 1.5 km from the spot
Surf score69.0 /100
Surfable days94% of the year
Clean days30% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell62% period 11 s+
Typical size0.9 m 3.1 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Copeys left

The best time to surf Copeys left is May, August, October. The season runs Aug to Aug. In October the water sits around 19°C, so pack a 3/2 wetsuit, and the typical wave is 1.0 m. The nearest airport is PER (202 km) and the nearest town is Busselton (23 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan95%17%0.8 m21°C2mm
Feb91%15%0.8 m21°C2mm
Mar86%24%0.8 m21°C2mm
Apr96%27%0.9 m21°C2mm
May94%37%1.1 m21°C2mm
Jun96%36%1.3 m20°C2mm
Jul98%32%1.5 m19°C3/2
Aug96%41%1.2 m18°C3/2
Sep100%26%1.1 m18°C3/2
Oct95%46%1.0 m19°C3/2
Nov93%28%0.8 m20°C2mm
Dec93%22%0.8 m21°C2mm

What is under Copeys left

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 24 m.

Depth 8 km out24 m
Depth 4 km out22 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 69.0

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
16.4
Best days 22.4%
10.2
Clean days 18.4%
13.5
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
3.0
Access 4.1%
2.4

The detail

Faces 55° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 48% of days. Mean peak period 12.6 s. Days over 3 m: 2%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.9 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 72%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates -33.602, 115.108 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,560/ month
typically €1,380 – €1,750
Rent, one bedroom€824
Groceries€327
Eating out€187
Getting around€110
Phone + internet€119
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€3,060/ month
typically €2,690 – €3,430
Somewhere to stay€1,800
Eating out€642
Car, transfers, fuel€416
Data + extras€196
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Australia (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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