Surf Forecast  North Point

North Point surfspot characteristics

More about North Point surfspot

Gracetown and Cowaramup Bay is the next easily accessible area and home to one of the most majestic and powerful righthand points in the country, rivalling Snapper, Lennox, The Bluff, etc. Nestled behind the protruding headland of South Point, it takes a fair amount of S to SW swell to swing onto the barnacle crusted rock-line of the Cowaramup Reef and on smaller swells there are two distinct sections that only the most skilful surfers will be able to sew together. The outside rears up swiftly and roars straight into a throaty barrel section (or 2) before slinging into the often hollower inside, where maintaining speed is crucial to survival. As size increases it is possible to multi-park under the thick, dredging lips along a length of ride that exceeds 300m. Its a massive paddle unless you are psycho enough to take on the keyhole, risking a pounding from the sneaker sets that stalk this line-up. Really needs higher tides and an E wind to show it's class, but it still gets ridden in SW'ers, because otherwise it would slip into the low consistency category.

At double overhead, only experienced paddlers with pintails should be out there. Hazards include the unforgiving reef, home to prickly, protected species like urchins, shellfish and live sea shells. Some locals live for this wave and often make it off the foamball - drop-ins here are dangerous for all. Speaking of dangerous, there's a tow-in bombie out to sea heading back towards Gallows called Cow Reef.