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Surf Spot Characteristics |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Regional Classic |
| | experience | all surfers |
| | surf frequency | Don't know |
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Wave |
| type | point-break |
| | direction | right |
| | bottom | flat rocks with sand |
| | power | - fun
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| | normal length | normal (50 to 150m) |
| | good day | normal (50 to 150m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - SouthWest
- South
- SouthEast
- East
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| | wind direction | - NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
- South
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| | swell size | starts working at 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+ |
| | tide position | low tide only |
| | tide movement | rising and falling tides |
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Author: Anonymous
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Lorne Point Access |
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Drive along Great Ocean Road, through Lorne and the car park is just past the pub. Then just walk down to the beach. |
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distance | week-end trip |
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walk | instant access (<5 mn) |
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easy to find? | easy to find |
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public access? | public access |
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special access | Don't know |
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More Details on Surfing |
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week crowd |
ok |
| week-end crowd |
crowded |
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dangers | - rocks
- localism
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Lorne Point is inside Loutit Bay which means it only breaks when the beaches outside reach about 2 meters. It is a Fantastic wave when the swell is up around 4 meters. Also when there is a really strong SW wind it blows up a swell that gets into lorne reallyt good. In summer when there are a lot of Easterly swells they get in really good to, if the wind changes to the west this creates great waves. The best wind is south to West because it is shelterd but a light northely is good too. The piont is split in to by a gap in the rock. normally it only breaks on the first point but on a big eastely or huge southerly swell it can break through the channel.
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Atmosphere |
Lorne has a fantastic atmosphere. when the waves are really good and there are a lot of people in lorne on holidays there will be about thirty people just standing on the point watching.
When this place is really working there is a fierce local presence.
There are only about 20-30 local surfers in the town! If hassled by a 'local' - ask them where they grew up. No local will give you grief unless you make a prick of yourself, i.e. drop in, act aggressively. Lorne has a laid-back feeling in the water. Any 'locals' giving grief are actually blow ins from somewhere else. Tell them to get lost! |
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Great wave when it is on! Will break from 1ft to 6ft. Amazing setting, best from easly summer to Easter, as the tides are generally lowest. Unfortunately this co-incides with crowds, but usually only beginners or old timers. Pretty easy to get a wave if you are competent. Difficult if not - the locals will get every wave. This is no different to any other spot though... Winter sees more frequent swell, but tides are not so accommodating. |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 38° 32.78923' S |
| GPS Long. | 143° 59.16779' E |
| Precision | Approximate |
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comment by Anonymous, 2006-11-21 11:48:50