Type: beack breaks – sand over rock
Direction: right, sometimes left
Length of wave: 40 – 100m
Offshore: E-NE
Wave size: 2 – 6ft
Tide: medium – high
Skill level: advanced
Comments: Perfect sand placement can create a heavy, good quality right hander at the Western end of the beach. More often Petrel’s is just a closeout, notorious for the number of people who have drowned there.