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Gerroa - Seven Miles Beach 59.4

#3249 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇦🇺 Australia · New South Wales · near Kiama

Works almost every day, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Surf score59.4 /100
Surfable days99% of the year
Clean days12% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell14% period 11 s+
Typical size1.5 m 4.9 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Gerroa - Seven Miles Beach

The best time to surf Gerroa - Seven Miles Beach is April, May, July. It rarely works. In April the water sits around 22°C, so pack a rash vest or 2 mm, and the typical wave is 1.3 m. The nearest airport is SYD (100 km) and the nearest town is Kiama (9 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan100%6%1.4 m22°C2mm
Feb100%12%1.6 m23°Cvest
Mar98%9%1.6 m24°Cvest
Apr98%20%1.3 m22°Cvest
May96%20%1.4 m21°C2mm
Jun97%16%1.5 m19°C3/2
Jul99%17%1.6 m18°C3/2
Aug97%14%1.5 m18°C3/2
Sep100%10%1.6 m19°C2mm
Oct100%10%1.6 m20°C2mm
Nov100%5%1.4 m20°C2mm
Dec100%4%1.4 m22°C2mm

What is under Gerroa - Seven Miles Beach

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 18 m.

Depth 8 km out18 m
Depth 4 km out13 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 59.4

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%
12.9
Best days 22.4%
12.4
Clean days 18.4%
5.0
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
3.3
Access 4.1%
3.5

The detail

Faces 145° with 31% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 82% of days. Mean peak period 9.0 s. Days over 3 m: 4%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.4 m, with a peak period of 11 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 22%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates -34.781, 150.796 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,840/ month
typically €1,620 – €2,060
Rent, one bedroom€970
Groceries€385
Eating out€220
Getting around€130
Phone + internet€140
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€3,600/ month
typically €3,170 – €4,030
Somewhere to stay€2,120
Eating out€755
Car, transfers, fuel€490
Data + extras€230
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

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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