Lake Cathie

Edit Spot

About

Fun waves, all surfers will enjoy this spot and there are not many drop ins there all nice guys all there are roads running all along the beach a lake cathie and finning a spot is simple just drive arond a bit and find the best break and bank

Atmosphere:
a mad town to surf in low crowd veriety of spots and even if its on shore u will get a wave CHECK IT OUT 4 SURE. this spot is very consistent and is a swell magnet , always a wave even if its onshore if the wind is westerly or no wind at all cathie will be craking and better than most surrounding areas and less crowded. hit this spot early any morning and your garenteed a good quality fun wave .

Additional Info:
there are great banks all along the beach here and at the south end of lake cathie has a point break called middle rock this is the most popular and consistant wave.. Nice clean wave out the back but usually a fun smaller shorey in close car can be parked very close to surf due to road near the beach .check Lake cathie out this place cracks it very under rated

Location

Access

on Ocean Drive u will come to a town called Lake Lathie about 15 mins south of Port Maquarie there are many beach breaks along this coastal town and are all easy access and less crowded than surounding areas there is a sick wave at middle rock this rock formation is at the south end of Lake Cathie and on the northside and southside of these rocks work well on many diferent tides and swells

Walk	Instant access (<5 min)
Public access	Yes
4x4 required	No
Boat required	Yes

Wave Characteristics

Type	Beach break
Direction	Right and left
Bottom	Sandy with rock
Power	Hollow, Fun, Ledgey
Frequency	Very consistent (150+ days/year)
Normal length	Normal (50 to 150m)
Good day length	Long (150 to 300m)

Ideal Conditions

Wind direction	NorthWest, West, SouthWest
Swell direction	SouthEast, East, NorthEast
Swell size	Less than 3ft - 12ft
Tide	Low and mid tide
Tide movement	Rising and falling tides