Category: Yorkes breaks

Yorke Peninsula breaks

Tressies

Type: reef
Direction: right, inside left
Length of wave: 80 – 150m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 2 – 10ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate – expert
Comments: This powerful right hander is only accessible via privately owned farmland or a long walk from Lizard’s carpark.

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Baby Daly’s

Type: point
Direction: left
Length of wave: 80 – 150m
Offshore: SW-E
Wave size: 2 – 5ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate
Comments: Daly’s little brother is nicely out of S – SW winds so it’s clean when most other spots aren’t. Needs a bit of swell to get going.

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Berry Bay

Type: beach breaks
Direction: rights. lefts
Length of wave: 40 – 100m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 1 – 4ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: beginner – intermediate
Comments: One of the most beautiful spots on the whole peninsula, there can be fun waves here if the banks cooperate. Sometimes picks up swell when nowhere else is, but closes out over about 3 – 4ft

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Rhinos

Type: reef
Direction: right
Length of wave: 40 – 120m
Offshore: W-SW
Wave size: 2 – 6ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate – expert
Comments: Needs a fair sized swell to work but tall cliffs offer shelter from strong W-SW winds in stormy conditions.

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Willyamas

Type: point
Direction: right, short left on high tide
Length of wave: 60 – 180m
Offshore: W – SW
Wave size: 2 – 6ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate
Comments: A long, winding right hander popular in stormy conditions because it’s sheltered from strong W-SW winds by the headland.

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Rockpools

Type: reef / rock
Direction: right
Length of wave: 80 – 180m
Offshore: NE – SE
Wave size: 3 – 12ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: intermediate – expert
Comments: A heavy right hander with a steep face and big, long walls over 4ft.  Closeout sets will surprise and punish!

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West Cape

Type: beach breaks
Direction: lefts, rights
Length of wave: 40 – 120m
Offshore: N – NE
Wave size: 2 – 12ft
Tide: low – medium
Skill level: expert
Comments: A very exposed beach that picks up almost any swell, and delivers heaving barrels when it’s bigger.

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Spits

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Type: point
Direction:  left
Length of wave: 80 – 200m
Offshore: SW-SE
Wave size: 2 – 8ft
Tide: medium
Skill level: intermediate – expert
Comments: This fun loooong left is sheltered from S-SW winds, but a long paddle and sharky reputation mean it often goes unsurfed.

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Daly’s

pic: Mark Smith
pic: Mark Smith

Type: reef
Direction: left
Length of wave: 60 – 200m
Offshore: SE-NE
Wave size: 2 – 12ft+
Tide: medium – high
Skill level: expert
Comments: This thumping left hander takes no prisoners and features a steep, fast takeoff and fast bowl section. On some occasions it can link up with its little brother for a thigh burningly long wave.

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