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Cape Naturaliste Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of Western Australia at the western edge of the Geographe Bay. It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge which was named after the cape. Also the Leeuwin-Naturaliste ...

Cape Leeuwin Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly (but not most southerly) mainland point of the Australian continent, in the state of Western Australia. Description A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further in Flinders Ba ...

– within the larger area known as the

South West region of Western Australia The South West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It has an area of 23,970 km2, and a population of about 170,000 people. Bunbury is the main city in the region. Climate The South West has a Mediterranean climate, wi ...

tend to have the name ''

Margaret River The Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River. The river arises from a catchment of just 40 square kilometres in the Whicher Range. The ...

'' attached, despite the wide geographic range of locations where the breaks are located.

Context

Surfing in this region was well established in the 1970s, with a 1970 government mapping guide to the region identifying surfing locations. By the 1990s the names of the individual breaks were so well established that online and published guides were able to locate and identify the behaviours of the breaks. The surfing culture of the region is well embedded in the communities along the coast. The roads named below run off Caves Road, the main western route between Dunsborough and Augusta. The identification of nearby roads does not guarantee that there is access to any of these locations. Some systems in describing locations, have ''Margaret River North'' - this list divides as below, using Yalingup, and Gracetown, as boundaries of smaller surfing regions. The

Ngari Capes Marine Park The Ngari Capes Marine Park is a marine protected area on the lower south west coast of Western Australia, located approximately south of . The marine park was gazetted on and the park's western and southern boundaries are the limit of coastal ...

has some many of the breaks listed below in the ''Special Purpose Zone (Surfing)'' locations in the park.

East of Cape Naturaliste

These breaks are in the south-west corner of

Geographe Bay Geographe Bay is in the south-west of Western Australia around 220 km southwest of Perth. The bay was named in May 1801 by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, after his ship, ''Géographe''. The bay is a wide curve of coastline extending from ...

, sheltered by Cape Naturaliste, and are not directly exposed to westerly winds or surges. * Castle Rock – north of Dunsborough, and south of Eagle Bay * Rocky Point – north of Eagle Bay, and east of Bunker Bay * The Farm and Bone Yards – east of Bunker Bay * The Quarries – north-west corner of Bunker Bay

South of Cape Naturaliste and north of Yallingup

These breaks are in an isolated difficult access area of the coast north of

Yallingup Yallingup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, south of Perth. Yallingup is a popular tourist destination because of its beaches and limestone caves, and proximity to Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park. History and industry Y ...

. * Windmills – north of Sugarloaf Rock * Three Bears – midway between Sugarloaf and Yallingup * Yallingup and Rabbit Hill – just north of Yallingup

South of Yallingup and north of Gracetown

The beaches Three Bears, Yallingup, Smiths Beach and Injidup are all considered "beaches of Yallingup" with related surf breaks of the same names. These breaks are mostly more accessible, but not all. * Smiths and Supertubes – at Smiths Beach * Injidup Point/Carparks and Pea Break – south end of Indijup Beach and just north of Cape Clairault *

Cape Clairault Cape Clairault is located south of Yallingup in the coastal region between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin. It was named after French mathematician Alexis Claude Clairault by the French expedition of 1801-1803 along the western coast of Austr ...

– just south of location with same name * Wildcat and The Window – west of Quinninup Road * Moses Rock – at west end of road with same name * Honeycombs – isolated and south of Moses Rock Road * Gallows – at end of Cullen Road * Guillotine – west of Juniper Road * North Point – at northern side of Cowaramup Bay * Mousetraps – south of Supertubes

Gracetown and south to the Margaret River mouth

Gracetown is a locality on the coastline on Cowaramup Bay, Margaret River Mouth (south side) is the location of Prevelly *

Cowaramup Bombora Cowaramup Bombora (also known as ''Cowie Bombie'' or simply Cow Bombie) is a big wave open-ocean surf break found on the south-west coast of Western Australia. It is located offshore west of Gracetown which is near the town of Margaret Rive ...

("Cow Bombie") * South Point and Huzzawouie ( Huzzas) – southern side of Cowaramup Bay * Left Handers – south of Cowaramup Bay * The Womb *

Ellensbrook Ellensbrook is a heritage-listed property in Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park in the locality of Yebble, Western Australia near Margaret River. Also known as Ellensbrook House or Ellensbrook Homestead, the property is managed by the National Tr ...

- * The Box – at

Cape Mentelle Cape Mentelle is a limestone headland on the Indian Ocean coast of south-western Western Australia. It is within the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, just north of the mouth of the Margaret River and west of the town of Margaret River. It l ...

* The Rivermouth

Prevelly and south to Redgate

Just south of the Margaret river mouth, ''Surfers Point'' is the location of the

Margaret River Pro Margaret River Pro is an event on the ASP World Surfing Tour currently WSL World Surfing League. It was established in 1985. It has had a range of sponsors over time, including various agencies of the Western Australian government.2008 Drug Awa ...

surfing events and the central point by which tourism promotion, and simplified explanations of the surfing region focus upon. * Surfers Point and Southside * Bombies and Boatramp * Grunters * Gas Bay * Boodjidup * Redgate

Redgate and south to Cape Hamelin

Breaks and locations between Redgate and

Cape Hamelin Cape Hamelin is a headland seven kilometres south of Hamelin Bay in the capes region of south western Western Australia. Except for Cape Leeuwin, it is the southernmost of over 1,000 kilometres of features named by the French in their travels ...

are more spread out, and not as easily accessed as some northern breaks. * Conto's Beach – just north of Cape Freycinet *

Boranup Boranup, in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River in the South West region of Western Australia, is the site of a large coastal dune blow out known as the "Boranup sand patch" as part of the Boranup beach, and the site of a former M. C. Davies ti ...

– north of

Hamelin Bay Hamelin Bay is a bay and a locality on the southwest coast of Western Australia between Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste. It is named after French explorer Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, who sailed through the area in about 1801. It is sou ...

* Deepdene – just south of Cape Hamelin