This document provides information about surfing locations near Melbourne, Australia including travel times from Melbourne to popular surfing beaches. It also includes statistics on the number of surfers in Australia, the percentage of female surfers, typical sea surface temperatures at different surf breaks during winter and summer, and visitor numbers to some top surfing destinations near Melbourne.

1. Surfing Around Melbourne
Melbourne30 minutes
1 hour
1.5 hours
2 hours
Lorne
Anglesea
Torquay
Mornington
Peninsula
Bell’s Beach
Point Leo
Philip
Island
Visitors by nationality
Melbourne visitors
go to the beach
There are approximately 2 million surfers in Australia
Female surfers
Sea surface temperature
Surf spots
Winter Summer
18-20 Cº12-14 Cº
60%
Sources:
http://www.surfingaustralia.com/documents/surfingaus_arpt_all2_lr.pdf
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/change/averagemaps.cgi?map=sst&sea-
son=1202
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/climate/change/averagemaps.cgi?map=sst&sea-
son=0608
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/enterprisemelbourne/industries/tourism/Pages/
Top10.aspx
= 50,000
276,000
244,000
166,000
124,000
88,000
81,000
62,000
59,000
46,000
44,000
All surfers
Experienced surfers
30%
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