FAMOUS BREAKS
The waves everyone talks about.
How each wave works, what it needs, and who should stay on the beach. For every other break, open the town guide.
Europe
- CoxosPortugal · Hollow right-hand reef break · Expert
- La GravièreFrance · Hollow sandbar beach break · Advanced
- Mullaghmore HeadIreland · Big-wave reef at a headland, with a beach break beside it · Expert
- Mundaka LeftSpain · River-mouth sandbar left · Advanced
- Praia do Norte (Nazaré)Portugal · Giant canyon-fed big-wave beach and headland break · Expert
- Ribeira d'IlhasPortugal · Right-hand reef and point break · Intermediate
- SupertubosPortugal · Hollow sandbar and reef beach break · Advanced
- Thurso EastUnited Kingdom · Long right-hand flagstone reef · Advanced
- TonelPortugal · Left-hand point and beach break · Intermediate
Africa
Asia
- Cloud 9Philippines · Hollow reef break with right and left peaks · Advanced
- Desert Point (Bangko-Bangko)Indonesia · Long, hollow left-hand reef · Expert
- Lagundri BayIndonesia · Right-hand reef point inside a horseshoe bay · Advanced
- Lance's RightIndonesia · Right-hand reef barrel · Expert
- MacaronisIndonesia · Long left-hand reef wall · Intermediate
- Uluwatu (The Peak)Indonesia · Left-hand reef and point break · Advanced
Oceania
- Bells Beach BowlAustralia · Right-hand reef beside Rincon · Advanced
- CloudbreakFiji · Powerful left-hand reef on an offshore bombora · Expert
- Manu BayNew Zealand · Long left-hand boulder point · Intermediate
- Snapper RocksAustralia · Right-hand rock point leading into the Superbank sandbar · Advanced
- TeahupoʻoFrench Polynesia · Heavy, shallow left-hand reef barrel · Expert
- The Pass (Byron Bay)Australia · Long right-hand point · Beginner
Americas
- Chicama (El Point)Peru · Long left-hand point and reef break · Intermediate
- Jaws (Peʻahi)USA · Offshore big-wave reef, left and right · Expert
- Malibu First PointUSA · Right-hand cobble point break · Beginner
- PipelineUSA · Shallow lava-reef barrel, left and right · Expert
- Playa Hermosa (Jacó)Costa Rica · Fast, shallow beach break with barrels · Advanced
- Steamer LaneUSA · Right-hand reef point with multiple peaks · Intermediate
- Waimea BayUSA · Big-wave right-hand reef in a crescent bay · Expert
- ZicatelaMexico · Heavy sandbar beach break · Expert