Acids
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The atmosphere of this spot is cool,calm and quiet and a great place to be when bodyboarding. Acids is very dangerous, shallow and thick-lipped!
Atmosphere:
Wear a wetsuit cause your garunteed to get cut on the very sharp reef! forms wedges, and powerful hollow crazy waves. You can stand and take off on this reef.
Additional Info:
You must surf this spot at mid-tide, be aware of the tide changes while surfing or you might get smashed on the dry reef. Wear a wetsuit cause it is very shallow! It can form ugly and dangerous waves. sometimes forms as an A-frame. some guys rekon at low tide it goes awesome so get there at low and ur sweet
Location
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Go to North Wollongong beach on the left hand side after the rocks, it should be the first reef you see on the left.. Just next to north beach. its super hard to find, just ask an old man in the nature reserve to help u find it.
Walk | Good walk (15-30 min) |
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Public access | Unknown |
4x4 required | Unknown |
Boat required | Unknown |
Wave Characteristics
Type | Reef (rocky) |
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Direction | Left |
Bottom | Reef (coral, sharp rocks etc.) with sand |
Power | Hollow, Fast, Powerful, Fun, Ledgey |
Frequency | Regular (100 days/year) |
Normal length | Short (<50m) |
Good day length | Normal (50 to 150m) |
Ideal Conditions
Wind direction | NorthWest, West, SouthWest, South |
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Swell direction | SouthEast, East, NorthEast |
Swell size | Less than 3ft - 3ft+ |
Tide | Low tide only |
Tide movement | Falling tide |
Crowd
Week | Crowded |
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Weekend | Crowded |
Dangers
Urchins, Localism, Nudist colony (France only!)
Videos
None
Nearby spots
0.04 miles away
Direction: | Right and left |
Bottom: | Reef (coral, sharp rocks etc.) |
Frequency: | Sometimes breaks (50 days/year) |
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Bottom: | Sandy with rock |
Frequency: | Sometimes breaks (50 days/year) |
0.23 miles away
Direction: | Right and left |
Bottom: | Sandy with rock |
Frequency: | Regular (100 days/year) |