Cape Paterson Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

“Cape Paterson is a great place to go for a holiday. It is a hidden spot and only has about 300 properties. The first surf beach is the best for beginners and is safe and patrolled in summer. The second surf beach is good for body boarders and more experienced surfers. It's not really a swimming beach however, as there are large rips and undertow on bigger days. The channel is a shallow rocky reef break which offers about a 80 meter perfect wave on a good day. I wouldn't recommend a beginner heading out there as even experienced surfers have come to grief out there. It's quite tricky to get out, but there's a channel which can sometimes be used to get out. The channel is also quite fun to jump into and swim. The channel isn't really bodyboarders wave as you may find it quite difficult to snag one in amongst the surfers. At channel there's a left and a right. The left goes for about 40m but then dies off. It gets really shallow and many fins have been lost. The right is the way to go unless you're a professional, just make sure you get off the wave before it smashes you onto the rocks. There's another wave called insides that only breaks on massive swells. It's located at the first surf beach just in font of the rocks. It's a very dangerous wave, as it's only about 1 meter deeps, but it can offer a nice long tube ride. I've only really seen bodyboarders out the but the odd surfer heads out as well. There's also a bomby near insides which can get to about 10ft plus faces. Only one person surfs it and I've seen jet skiers playing out there. Other options to surf are, Eagles Nest, Shack Bay, Twin Reefs, The Oaks, The Caves and Inverloch also is a good little beach. Hope this was helpful. Source-Been going to Cape Paterson for 4 years and is one of the 300 to own a property.”