Pipeline (also known as
Black Rock,
Wreck Bay or
Summercloud Bay) is one of the most famous surf spots on the South Coast of
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(though it is technically in the
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). It takes its name from the most famous break in the world:
Banzai PipelineThe Banzai Pipeline, or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe," is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O`ahu's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves crash once they reach the shallows of a reef...
in
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because both breaks share many characteristics. It was originally known as just "Pipeline" or "Wreck Bay" by the small numbers of surfers who knew about it in the second half of the 1960s.
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Pipeline (also known as
Black Rock,
Wreck Bay or
Summercloud Bay) is one of the most famous surf spots on the South Coast of
New South WalesNew South Wales is Australia's most populous state, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland and east of South Australia...
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
(though it is technically in the
Jervis Bay TerritoryThe Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. It was bought by the Commonwealth Government in 1915 from the state of New South Wales so that the Federal capital at Canberra would have access to the sea...
). It takes its name from the most famous break in the world:
Banzai PipelineThe Banzai Pipeline, or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe," is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O`ahu's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves crash once they reach the shallows of a reef...
in
HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
because both breaks share many characteristics. It was originally known as just "Pipeline" or "Wreck Bay" by the small numbers of surfers who knew about it in the second half of the 1960s. The name "Black Rock" was a latter invention by an Australian surfing magazine when it "discovered" it in the 1970s.
Location
It is located 3 hours from
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in the Booderee National Park just south of
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on the western point of Summercloud bay. The nearest town is the Aboriginal community of Wreck Bay Village.
Wave
Pipeline is a hollow intense left tube, also available is the shorter right-hander (depending on swell direction). Best anywhere from 3-8ft from the south with NW-E winds. Pipe can also hold 10 or even 12ft tubes if the conditions are optimal.