This break works best when most other spots down the South Coast are out of control. Having said that, it’s a very frustrating place to surf because the rhythm of the break looks good from the beach but once out there it’s quite different. there’s a right hander that peaks over a reef quite nicely about 100 or so metres out. As the swell moves in closer it drops and rises over the deep gaps here and there, which makes being in the right spot imperative. The left hander is a much shorter ride and is neither appealing from the beach or out there, but it does beat the alternative and that is no surfing at all. Nevertheless both breaks can get very crowded when all the other alternatives are out of the question.

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The Dump

When I first surfed there in the early sixties I was not aware of anyone else surfing the place, as far as we were concerned no one went anywhere near it. I daresay that the blokes from the Chiton Rocks S.L.S.C. would have had a go at it one time or another, seeing it wasn’t that far away from their club.

I remember one particular occasion quite clearly when there were four of us out there surfing, Des Rudd, John Creighton, Peter Ulstrup and myself. It wasn’t that big, perhaps about head high but breaking fairly nicely for a change. Peter and myself quite enjoyed the session and stayed out there until it was nearly dark, while the other two went in rather early. When we eventually came in the other two were quite animated about the session they had saying, ‘this is too dangerous a spot for anybody to surf at’ and ‘I’m never going to surf this hell hole of a place again’. Peter and I just looked at each other dumbfounded, that these two blokes could say such things about this break. We never even bothered to argue the point, realising that there was no way we could change their opinion. Instead we decided that this would be the last time that we would ever surf with these guys and that was the end of that.

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