general information

North Point North Point is an extremely heavy right-hand reef break. It is located inside of Cowaramup Bay and is overlooked by the small township of Gracetown. The wave grinds down the point, and mutates over the shallow barnacle covered reef. There are steps and ledges through the face of the wave, plus double up sections, and boils all through the trough. For such a difficult and intimidating wave, there’s no shortage of people trying to get a big barrel at North Point. At the optimum size of eight to twelve foot (three to six times overhead) there’ll be 40 – 50 guys in the water.

Some of the local crew are unbelievable to say the least, their standard of surfing is simply world class. They make deep, late take-offs on the most hideous of waves. North Point does break relatively nicely when it’s head high, however as it gets bigger it becomes progressively heavier and hollow. Anything bigger than twelve foot will tend to close-out the bay. On smaller days you can enter the water from the top of the point – paddling out behind the take-off spot, between the sets.

When it’s big taking the longer paddling from inside the bay is the preferred option. How to surf big North Point is not something that can be explained in one paragraph. However, your first step is to get a proper surfboard – a gun, and sit and watch it for a good hour before paddling out for your first session. As North Point is inside Cowaramup Bay it’s only when big swells hit the south-west does North Point come to life. North Point is easy to find, simply drive to Gracetown and you’ll see it. The view of the wave from land is quite spectacular. North Point is almost a natural modern day colosseum of sorts. North Point offers an excellent view of surfers being torn apart by mother nature. BT