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1:15 pm 24 Apr 2011

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11:27 am 14 Oct 2011

Bancoora ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.5
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Wind and kite surfing: 2.0
Crowds: 2.0

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Bancoora Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Victoria – Torquay, Australia)

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Name: Bancoora
Type: reef
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best Swell: SSW Offshore Wind: NW

Bancoora in Qeenscliff is an exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the northwest. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. A right hand reef break. It's often crowded here. Take care of rips and rocks.

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Overall Bancoora Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Bancoora:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Point Impossible 1 mi
Second closest break Fishermans Beach 4 mi
Third closest break 13th Beach-The Beacon 4 mi
Fourth closest break Torquay Point and Beach 4 mi
Fifth closest break Bird Rock 5 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Bancoora:

Closest wave buoy W Hawaii Buoy 5354 mi
Second closest wave buoy SW Hawaii Buoy 5382 mi
Third closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5515 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5571 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy N Hawaii 1 Buoy 5889 mi

Tide stations nearest to Bancoora:

Closest tide station Geelong, Australia 11 mi
Second closest tide station Port Phillip Heads, Australia 12 mi
Third closest tide station Loutit Bay, Australia 28 mi
Fourth closest tide station Melbourne, Australia 39 mi
Fifth closest tide station Stony Point, Australia 45 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to Bancoora:

Closest ski area Mt Donna Buang (Australia) 80 mi
Second closest ski area Lake Mountain (Australia) 98 mi
Third closest ski area Mount Baw Baw (Australia) 107 mi
Fourth closest ski area Mt St Gwinear (Australia) 109 mi
Fifth closest ski area Mount Buller (Australia) 137 mi

city weather forecast website

Town and city forecasts close to Bancoora:

Closest city location Leopold (Australia) 9 mi
Second closest city location Geelong (Australia) 9 mi
Third closest city location Geelong West (Australia) 12 mi
Fourth closest city location Clifton Springs (Australia) 14 mi
Fifth closest city location Queenscliff (Australia) 14 mi
  • The closest passenger airport to Bancoora is Avalon Airport (AVV) in Australia, 30 km (19 miles) away (directly).
  • The second nearest airport to Bancoora is Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW), also in Australia, 72 km (45 miles) away.
  • Third is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) in Australia, 78 km (48 miles) away.
  • Melbourne International Airport (MEL) in Australia is 80 km (50 miles) away.
  • Albury Airport (ABX), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Bancoora and is 336 km (209 miles) away.
Bancoora break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Bancoora, Victoria - Torquay. Use the tab navigation above to view Bancoora sea temperature, Bancoora photographs, Bancoora detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Bancoora webcams, current wind from Victoria - Torquay live weather stations and Bancoora tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Bancoora.