Category: Kangaroo Island

Type: Beach breaks
Direction: rights, lefts
Length of wave: 40 – 100m
Offshore: SE-SW
Wave size: 1 – 6ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: beginner – intermediate
Comments: A North Shore gem that you access by going through a cave, to find a beautiful sheltered bay. Quality depends on banks, often works on the same WSW swells that bring waves to the Mid Coast

Type: Point break & beach breaks
Direction: rights, left, and peaks
Length of wave: 80 – 120m
Offshore: NW
Wave size: 1 – 10ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: expert
Comments: Hanson Bay offers several setups that work under differing swells, winds and tides. There’s a left a bit like Shark Alley in front of the cabins, a slab of a right off the small headland across the bay, and beach breaks beyond the headland to the East.

Type: reef break
Direction: a right and a left
Length of wave: 60 – 120m
Offshore: NE
Wave size: 1 – 6ft
Tide: medium – high
Skill level: intermediate
Comments: Take a walk up from the Vivonne Bay car park and you’ll find this spot around a small headland. There’s a gap in the reef where you’ll often find a bowling left hander, and sometimes a right on the other side. Works in small – medium swell.

Type: beach breaks
Direction: rights, lefts
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: NW – NE
Wave size: 1 – 4ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: beginner – intermediate
Comments: Possibly the most beautiful beach on the South Coast, Vivonne can have fun waves if the banks are favourable. It often closes out though, especially if the swell is bigger.

Type: Point break
Direction: rights
Length of wave: 80 – 120m
Offshore: SW-NW
Wave size: 1 – 10ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: expert
Comments: This classic right hander sits at the end of D’Estree’s Bay, and packs some punch at anything over 2ft. The wave itself is bowly and hightly workable, with barrel sections under the right conditions.

Type: beach breaks
Direction: rights, lefts
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: N-NW
Wave size: 1 – 6ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: beginner – intermediate
Comments: It’s the “town” break for Kingscote so it can get busy, but Pennington Bay can deliver some fun waves. Best around 2 – 4′, tends to close out on bigger swells.