New South Wales

Bondi Beach, Sydney Suburbs

Bondi Beach is a mecca for the world's surfers.  Especially tourists looking to surf Australia's most well known beach, consequently it can get maddeningly busy.  Surf lifesavers (just like in Bondi Rescue, the Bondi Surf Bathers are the oldest life saving club in Australia) are constantly on the lookout for and saving backpackers from the aptly named 'backpacker rip' a dangerous rip tide just out from shore so watch out.  Bondi is a definitive example of Sydney's city beach culture being only a few minutes drive from the city.  

Manly Beach, Sydney Suburbs

A visit to Manly by ferry provides you with the quintessential Sydney experience. The thirty-minute cruise across Sydney Harbour, Manly has the best of both waterfront worlds, with the famous surf beach on the Pacific Ocean side and a serene inner harbour beach on the other.  A popular place to surf but also to swim, windsurf, parasail, snorkel, kayak, and scuba dive.

Byron Bay, North Coast

Byron Bay is the easterly most point on the Australian continent, and a popular surfing area. In the last 40 years, Byron Bay has transformed into a popular resort for those looking for the 'alternative lifestyle'. Renowned for its surfing beaches and beautiful rainforests, Byron Bay enjoys a relaxed and informal lifestyle that has become a favourite for many travellers.

Hyams Beach, Jervis Bay, South Coast

Hyams Beach is renowned for having the whitest sand in the world, the sun seems to reflect off of the water and sand even more so at this beach than others because it is so brilliant. Not a bad place to say you have 'had a surf at' then.

Queensland

Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas

Four Mile Beach, aptly named for the four miles of clean white sand, is a fantastic place to enjoy beach culture and have a surf.  The beach curves around one side of Port Douglas. Located just an hour north of Cairns, along one of Australia's most scenic coastal routes, against a backdrop of rainforest mountains with a foreground of the Coral Sea, Port Douglas is the perfect base to explore the exceptional World Heritage areas of the Daintree and the Great Barrier Reef.

Surfer's Paradise and others, Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is a playground and a holiday destination for Australians and internationals alike.  Especially popular with New Zealanders travelling across 'the ditch' (Tasman Sea) due the cheap flights and/or packages and guaranteed sunshine.  From the sophistication of Main Beach, the glamour of Surfers Paradise, action-packed theme parks, and wildlife sanctuaries to championship golf courses, fabulous shopping, and rainforest wonderlands right at the back door! 

Victoria

Bells Beach, Great Ocean Road

It's clear that Bells Beach is a surf town, everything about Bells Beach is geared for surfing. If Australian surfers had their own country, Bells Beach would be the capital. Bells Beach is the home to the longest running surf contest in the world – The Rip Curl Easter Pro – and the birthplace of the iconic international surfing labels Rip Curl and Quicksilver. Many visitors say it is almost a religious experience to touch the sand or dip a toe in the water.

Western Australia

Cottesloe, Perth

Swimming, surfing, snorkelling, fishing, and just sitting in the sun are all favourite pastimes at this premier beach location. One of Perth's most popular beaches, Cottesloe is a wonderful spot to visit. The suburb abounds with old, well preserved homes from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and Norfolk Pine trees, some more than 70 years old, line the streets.

Surfers Point, Margaret River

The people who named Surfers Point weren't joking. This place looks like it was made for wave riders. When surf fanatics find a good thing, they stick to it. That's why they return to Margaret River's Surfers Point year after year. The powerful waves can carry for up to 500 metres on a good day. This surf can be daunting to the novice, but if you've got a bit of experience, then you'll find the surf the best you've ever come across.

Cable Beach, Broome

Cable Beach is renowned as one of the most stunning beaches in the world, with twenty-two kilometres of pristine white sands fringing the tropical turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean. Washed clean every day by tides that can reach over nine metres, Cable Beach provides the ideal safe environment for swimming and relaxation. They say that the sunset at Cable Beach is the one of the most magnificent you can see in the world. The blazing red orb of the sun sets the sky alight as it sinks in the west, below the boundless horizon of the Indian Ocean.

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