Type: beach break
Skill level: intermediate – expert
Direction: right
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 2 – 4ft
Wave type: fast peeling / wall
Tide: high
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: A slightly fickle but good quality wave that in recent years gets pretty crowded. Delivers a mix of whackable sections and fun little barrels.
Category: Mid Coast breaks
Mid Coast breaks
Christies Reef
Type: reef break / sand
Skill level: intermediate
Direction: right
Length of wave: 60 – 160m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 2 – 6ft
Wave type: fast peeling / wall
Tide: medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: It’s a looong paddle from Dumpers but feels a bit like Indo once you’re out there. Never crowded.
Dumpers
Type: beach break
Skill level: beginner – expert
Direction: right, left
Length of wave: 30 – 80m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 6ft
Wave type: allsorts
Tide: medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: The Mid Coast’s premier stormy venue because it’s part sheltered from SW winds by Whitton’s Bluff. Expect a crowd anytime a 30 knot WSW wind has been blowing longer than 6 hours.
The Hump
Type: reef break / sand
Skill level: intermediate
Direction: left, right
Length of wave: 30 – 100m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 5ft
Wave type: fast peeling / wall
Tide: low for the left, medium for the right
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: When this fickle bank is on, you’ll find a good quality performance left hander that can throw barrels in the end section. The right can also be good fun. Spends most of the year closing out.
South Port
Type: beach break
Skill level: beginner – intermediate
Direction: right, left
Length of wave: 30 – 80m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 4ft
Wave type: allsorts!
Tide: low – medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: Fun banks occasionally form up between the Onkaparinga mouth and the South Port SLSC clubhouse, some only lasting one day. Mostly closes out.
Rivermouth left
Type: beach break
Skill level: intermediate – expert
Direction: left
Length of wave: 40 – 120m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 4ft
Wave type: fast peeling
Tide: medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: A very fickle but fun, racy left totally reliant on the formation of a good quality bank North of the Onkaparinga mouth.
Rivermouth right
Type: reef break / sand
Skill level: intermediate
Direction: right
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 4ft
Wave type: fast peeling / wall
Tide: medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: This break usually is best over the summer months, and has a good shape. In winter sand piled up on the South side of the Onkaparinga mouth causes it to close out.
Rincon
Type: reef break
Skill level: beginner
Direction: right, left
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 4ft
Wave type: soft / peeling
Tide: medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: Popular with beginners because it’s always smaller and softer than the other nearby reef breaks. Also has a left hander, the quality of which depends on sand placement.
Snakes
Type: reef break
Skill lever: beginner – expert
Direction: left
Length of wave: 60 – 200m+
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 6ft
Wave type: peeling / wall
Tide: low – medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: This fickle break hosts the longest left hander on the Mid Coast, which can throw a good quality tube immediately after take off.
Trigs 2
Type: reef break
Skill lever: beginner – expert
Direction: right
Length of wave: 40 – 100m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 5ft
Wave type: wall
Tide: low – medium
lat / long: [ -35.179282, 138.465950]
Comments: Across the channel (North ) from Trigs this break is usually less crowded, but still can have a good quality wave with a tall, steep wall.