Oceania holds some of the most storied waves in surfing, with Australia alone home to enough famous breaks to fill a lifetime of trips.
Bells Beach in Victoria hosts the longest running surfing competition in the world, and its powerful, reef influenced waves have shaped the sport's history for decades. The Gold Coast's Superbank offers a very different style, a long, fast right hand point break that can run for hundreds of meters on the right swell. Margaret River in Western Australia adds a more remote option, with cold water and heavy reef breaks that regularly host world tour events. New Zealand's Raglan is known for one of the longest left hand point breaks anywhere, drawing surfers to the North Island specifically for it. Fiji rounds things out with Cloudbreak, a world class reef pass usually reached by boat from nearby Tavarua Island.
Conditions can shift fast at reef breaks in particular, so checking with a local surf shop before paddling out is always worth doing.
