Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaia surfboard in Lances Left, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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There are a handful of the best beach breaks and a couble of reefs along this section of coast that just goes off. Firstly you have Manly with all the beginners and kooks but get an early at Queenscliff at the north end of the beach and its perfect then theres the reef around the headland called Fairy Bower I think that consists of race tracks, FB and deadmans that breaks onto big sections of rock. As you go north the beach in general just get better, Freshwater where the first person ever surfed in Oz, then Curl Curl seriously heeavy beach break - this beach let me know a few times what it does, then DeeWhy, a nice point break on the bigger days, heavy locals. Then Nomansland and Longreef, top bomby out back great on the big days with long boards out back
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Your favourites and future surf spot lists
| Surf Spots (52) | Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience | ||
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| Balmoral point | 24 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Bilgola Bank | - / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Bilgola Beach - Bowles | 27 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Bungan | 17 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Butterbox | 4 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Castel corner- curl curl | 21 / - | Left | Beach-break | Pros or kamikaze only... | |||
| Collaroy | 23 / - | Left | Beach-break |
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| Collaroy End | 4 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Crazies | 1 / - | Right | Reef-coral |
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| Deadmans | 30 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Dee why | 71 / - | Right | Point-break | Experienced surfers | |||
| Diggers Rights | 1 / - |
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| Dontals | 3 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Fairy Bower | 43 / - | Right | Point-break | Experienced surfers | |||
| Fishermans Bay | 10 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Freshwater beach | 8 / 1 | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Gregs Point | 7 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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| Kiddies corner | 5 / - | Right | Beach-break |
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| Little Avalon | 34 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Long Reef Bombie | 11 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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| Long-Reef | 18 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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| Makaha | 5 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Manly Point | 36 / 1 | Right | Point-break |
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| Middle Head | - / - | Right | Point-break |
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| Mona Vale | 35 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Mona Vale Basin | 36 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Monkeys | 12 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Newport - Crosswaves | 14 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Newport - north point rocks - secrets | 5 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Newport - Plungers | 9 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Newport peak | 7 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Nielsen Park | - / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| North Curl Curl | 4 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| North narrabeen point | 29 / - | Left | Point-break |
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| North Palm Beach | 8 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| North Palmie - lighthouse rights | 16 / - | Right | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | |||
| North Steyne | 5 / 1 | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Nth Avalon | 14 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Nthy | 15 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | |||
| Queenscliff | 22 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Queensie bombie | 12 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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| Queensie Mini | - / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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| Sth Narrabeen | 29 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| The trench | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| The Wedge | 16 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Turrimetta | 11 / - | Right and left | Sand-bar |
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| Wamp! | - / 1 | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Warriewood | 25 / - | Right | Point-break |
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| Washaway | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| White Rock | 18 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Winki | 14 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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| Winkipop | 53 / - | Right | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers |
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By nix , 21-08-2007
visiting manly - im thinking of visiting nsw for a three month trip,are there any cheap places to stay?is it easy to get a job there?
By Big Dan , 27-10-2006
North Narra - The North Narra crew are to be respected but are generally pretty good and not too agro unless you do something silly. However there is a bloke at North Narra who wears a green and black sleeve length rashie and dark hair who has a habit of doing cutbacks to close to people paddling under waves. He ran over me and my mate last year,but we kept our cool. Nothing serious, but makes you want to wait in the car park with a baseball bat.One day he will do it to the wrong person and it will get ugly.Its a shame, the water should be fun.He brings the rep of the whole crew down.
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By jacob. , 15-12-2007
SOUTHY - went out south narrabeen on thursday some nice 6 footers but a bit messy and choppy.