Surfing in Australia: The 10 best surf spots

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Choosing the ten best surf spots in Australia is like picking an all-star team of professional rugby players: There are too many great players to whittle down into at list of ten that will satisfy everyone.

The best surf spots in Australia. Image: Flickr/ AN HONORABLE GERMAN

But, like rugby players, waves exhibit characteristics that are objectively good: shape, consistency, prevailing conditions.

And if you’re surfing in Australia you’d expect to find all of these in the best spots you visit.

The more of these characteristics typifying a particular wave, the better the spot. Utilizing this scale and the best of my knowledge, the following is my attempt at Australia’s best surf spots.

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