BYRON: Byron Bay’s Best Surf Spots

• Further north is Belongil Beach, a very popular place for families with dogs. It offers great swimming and more often a longboard wave but when the northerly swell is running, it can be fun for shortboards as well.
• On the southern side of the lighthouse Tallows Beach picks up the most swell and when the Northerly wind is blowing during Summer, the most Northern area of the beach next to the rocks (we call it Cosy Corner) can offer a little escape from the wind and a it’s a lovely spot to swim, surf and climb around the rocks.
• Tallows Beach stretches all the way down to Broken Head and there are various surf breaks to be found but as the sand changes regularly you need to seek out the spots with a sand bank for surfing.

• Broken Head also has an amazing right hand sand bank which, with the right conditions, can offer very special waves.
• Summer-time surfing is traditionally better early morning before the NE wind comes up and late afternoon when it periodically settles down.
• From Easter the Winter months offer a greater variety of waves and most experienced surfers prefer that time of year.
• The Cape Byron headland serves surfers well as we can surf either side to escape the prevailing northerly wind in Summer and southerly wind in Winter.

We saw a quote a while back that says “..there are a million ways to surf, and as long as you’re smiling you’re doing it right.” It’s a good one. It’s hard not to have a smile on your face in Byron. Come check it out for yourself soon.