Category: South Coast

Type: sand over reef
Direction:  left & right
Length of wave: 60 – 180m
Offshore: NW – SW
Wave size: 1 – 4ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: beginner
Comments: The breaks close to the town of Victor Harbor are extremely fickle and would be lucky to break once a year in the dead of winter. Once every 10 years it actually gets good!

Type: reef
Direction:  peak – left & right
Length of wave: 60 – 180m
Offshore: NW – NE
Wave size: 3 – 6ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: experienced
Comments: A straight up barrel breaking close to the beach over a well shaped reef.

Type: sand over reef
Direction:  left / right
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: NE- NW
Wave size: 2 – 8ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate
Comments: Railways is similar to The Gap and works on the same swell, gets heavy over 4′ and can throw a fairly thick barrel.

Type: reef
Direction:  left
Length of wave: 80 – 180m
Offshore: W – NW
Wave size: 4 – 10ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate – experienced
Comments: Needs a solid SW swell to work, sheltered from W-SW winds by Gramite Island. Another looooong paddle from Hayborough.

Type: reef
Direction:  left
Length of wave: 60 – 180m
Offshore: SW – NW
Wave size: 4 – 8ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate – experienced
Comments: It’s a bit of a paddle to reach this indo like left, and in big swells it often goes unridden.

Type: reef
Direction:  left
Length of wave: 40 – 120m
Offshore: SW – NW
Wave size: 4 – 8ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate – experienced
Comments: The Alley probably only breaks three or four times a year, and properly only once. Needs a really big SW swell, and is perfectly sheltered from SW winds by the Bluff.

Type: reef
Direction: peak – left & right
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: NE-NW
Wave size: 2 – 8ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate – experienced
Comments: Like most breaks along this stretch Chiton is fairly heavy over 3ft, can throw a chunky barrel when it’s overhead.

Type: reef
Direction: right
Length of wave: 40 – 80m
Offshore: NE-NW
Wave size: 2 – 5ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate
Comments: Chiton SLSC’s boardriders will often sneak a few waves here during weekend patrols. A slightly fickle, but occasionally fun wave.

Type: reef
Direction: right
Length of wave: 60 – 120m
Offshore: NE-NW
Wave size: 4 – 12ft
Tide: medium – high
Skill level: expert
Comments: It’s the South Coast’s premiere big wave location, so expect a crowd of the South Coast’s keenest and boldest watermen on the one or two days a year the slumbering beast awakens!

Type: beach ( sand over rock )
Direction: peak – left / right
Length of wave: 20 – 60m
Offshore: NE-NW
Wave size: 1 – 8ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: intermediate to expert
Comments: Can break on days when Bullies is big, on those days coming in through the shorey can be challenging!