Caloundra Surf Guide

Caloundra Surf Guide

The most thoroughly ridden wave here is Moffats Point, a rock shelf reef leading to a rolling point wave that on a good day will run to the beach 300 yards from takeoff. A little bowl section halfway down the line reminds some people of Angourie. The Point is very consistent, breaking in just about any swell and picking up a surprising amount of SE angle. Glance north from the Point takeoff and you'll be staring down the barrel of Gunner's Reef, or Moffat Reef as it is sometimes known. An outside right and left peak, with an inside left, the Reef is a top-to-bottom barrel for experienced surfers only. Picks up all swell direction; an offshore wind is a necessity or one will be smashed by the crumbling lip onto a bed of urchins. North of the Reef, Wurtulla Beach lays down a comfortable claim to the best beachbreaks in this part of the Australian coast; it's comparable to Hossegor on its day, which will be a medium E swell and light offshore winds. Wurtulla gets a lot of its value from an offshore bombora that helps break up swell before it hits the inner sandbars.