Surfing

The New South Wales coastline stretches over two thousand kilometres, and it’s all surfable. The area around Sydney is famous for having great beaches to surf at, but you’ll find waves all along the shores of the premier state of Australia.

From summer to autumn is the best time to visit the coast between Byron Bay and Tweed Heads near the Queensland boarder. Idyllic surfing spots are dotted all the way along this route, so you won’t have to look too far to find that perfect wave. Byron Bay itself is place where the surf culture has pretty much taken over, and is the eastern most point of the country. So what does that mean? Well, from here south the coast is susceptible to winter swells generated deep in the Tasman Sea, so there’s great surf all year round.

Some other classic spots are Lennox Head and Angourie Beaches on the north coast. Further south you’ll find Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie, towns that are renowned for great waves. The area between Sydney and Newcastle is known as the Central Coast, and is fortunate to have a number of great surfing spots. Not so fortunate is the fact that it can get crowded with surfers who are a little on the possessive side. If you want to head even further south, the coastline is largely undeveloped, so you’ll find a lot of places that are isolated and unknown to most surfers.