Official Rating
User Rating
Difficulty 6
Break frequency 5
180 days a year
Wave Direction
Swell Direction
1.5m - 2.0m Swell
Wind Direction
Tide
spot author
Username: longinus
Date created: 03/08/2008
recommended board
- Shaper: Mc Tavish
- Design: Fireball
- Sizes: 9'1" to 9'6"
- Surfer Weight: >80kg to any weight
Originally designed for Gareth Donovan when he won the 1995 Australian Longboard Title at famous Bell's Beach, the FIREBALL has gone from strength to strength, becoming the benchmark Longboard across the wor... Read more
general information
A real gem of the coast around Newcastle. Incredibly crowded most days, the single take off point over the reef does little to reduce crowd stress. Try and catch it at dawn on a clean SE swell with calm surface conditions to maximise your shot of a few waves here.
Popular with the Newcastle air mattress surfing community. A real treat to watch from the carpark. Flatrock is the outer slab you will to the south on the point shutting down on top of 6 bodyboarders at a time. Spare a thought for them as you stall inside a typical 5-7 second barrel. Watch the take off on lower tides, a nasty ledge to it at times.
Wave length
100-200m
Best months
March - September
Equipment
Body Board, Short board, Long board, Air Mattress
Wave type
Barreling
Access
Standard Paddle
Hazards
Urchins, Reef/Rock, Locals, Man Made Objects (piers, navigation markers etc)
5 Day Forecast
5 day forecast not available.
Air - Sea - Swell - Wind
- Spring suit
- 3/2 steamer
- 3/2 steamer
- Spring suit
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