Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Maverick Waves in Cactus Beach, South Australia

Cactus Beach found far south in South Australia is very isolated and known only to surfers, because of this there aren't many surfers there during the week or week-end. The swells start working from 3ft to 5ft and can carry to 16+ft heights. At this beach however there are dangers from White Pointer Sharks, urchins and rocks. These waves are pretty fast and this partly caused because of the sea floor which is a reef (coral, sharp rocks etc) with sand. With the sea floor being that random and erratic in the different levels due to the coral and rocks the energy from a wave woill be forced up depending on these heights and the waves are rather erratic.












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