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Surf Spot Characteristics |
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alternative name | Tombstones |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Totally Epic |
| | experience | experienced surfers |
| | surf frequency | very consistent (150 day/year) |
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Wave |
| type | reef-coral |
| | direction | left |
| | bottom | reef (coral, sharp rocks etc..) |
| | power | - hollow
- fast
- powerful
- ledgey
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| | normal length | normal (50 to 150m) |
| | good day | very Long (300 to 500 m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - West
- SouthWest
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| | wind direction | - East
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| | swell size | starts working at 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft |
| | tide position | mid and high tide |
| | tide movement | rising tide |
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Author: Nick cooper
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Tombstones Access |
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Drive to Gnaraloo station. Gnaraloo is about an 2 hour car trip from carnarvon. Once you've reached gnaraloo ask the locals where tombstones is and they will tell you. |
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distance | surf trip |
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walk | good walk (15-30 mn) |
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easy to find? | hard 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 | - urchins
- rips / undertow
- rocks
- sharks
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Paddle out on the reef. The rip will take you off the reef into the channel.From there you just paddle out to the back.
But be careful surfing there because the reef is real sharp and many injuries have happened their like my dads mate who puntured a lung and broke his ribs. The reef is shallow so dont get caught on the inside.
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Overview |
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Atmosphere |
FAST HOLLOW POWERFUL HEAVY SHALLOW |
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 23° 52.87715' S |
| GPS Long. | 113° 29.26437' E |
| Precision | Approximate |
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GPS History (1)
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Last Surf Sessions |
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Tombstones, Australia
By Hannah1502, 2009-06-24 08:00:00
Third time lucky
After the last session I really wanted to get out there and combine the skills that I have with the confidence to ride the waves we had. The last session I hadn't surfed to my ability but had learnt some important lessons.
Unfortunately th
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Tombstones, Australia
By Hannah1502, 2009-06-22 15:00:00
Out the back...
Today we paddled out the back with an escort. My dad and uncle showed us the best way to paddle out and where to sit. Managed to get cleaned up by one wave when a set came wide, but otherwise made it out the back fine.
I caught two ~head-high
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Tombstones, Australia
By Hannah1502, 2009-06-21 12:56:07
first dip
This was James and my first session at Tombstones. To say we were awed is an understatement. There is just so much going on. Lines of swell peeling along, the bombie off to the right, reef, coral, a cliff to climb down; the whole experience is full
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Last Surf Trips |
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Trip: Gnaraloo 09
By Hannah1502, From 2009-06-20 to 2009-06-27
My first trip to Gnaraloo was a real eye opener. Such a beautiful place with amazing surf. This is the biggest break I've seen and surfed.
We didn't have ideal weather while we were there unfortunately. A series of very powerful fronts
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comment by Bodyboarder150 , 2009-01-30 11:24:49