This might not break very often, but when it does it is fantastic spot. If you do find yourself here waiting for the surf, you can spend the time snorkelling, watching the huge variety of wildlife, or just gazing at the fantastic scenery.
The beach is a sandy piece of the land at the bottom of some frankly spectacular cliffs. It is empty during the week and at weekends you’ll only get a handful of surfers here, so it never gets crowded.
This area needs a big swell at other east coast spots before it will fire – you’re looking at over 2m before you should consider coming here. It is sheltered by the cliffs around, but if the wind is coming from the west, southwest, south, southeast or east and the swell is coming from the north or northeast it will work. Catch it at mid or high tide for the best effect, when the waves will start working at about 1.5m and hold up to just over 3m. It breaks to the right, on a rocky reef, and the waves are hollow and pretty powerful, but lots of fun if you can manage them. Length doesn’t change much, once the spot is firing you can expect 100m – 150m.
Use the car park at the tops of the cliffs, then hike down the trail. There aren’t any facilities here though, there has been no development of the surrounding areas.
There are plenty of rocks around here and you’ll want to avoid getting pushed into them, especially where the break is. There are also frequent shark sightings, but they aren’t anything aggressive like you get in Australia.