Yallingup

Surf Guide

For a wave favored by older surfers and longboarders, this place can turn on a bit of intimidation. It's only worth surfing over four foot, and best when it's six foot plus. At that size, there's nowhere to hide when long-line sets charge into the line-up, mowing down anyone caught too far inside. You won't hit the bottom (unless you're caught inside on the right-hander), but the undiluted power of the place is going to hold you down for a while. But sit far enough out and have the board volume or arm strength to catch one of these beasts, and you will find yourself in command of a long, charging wall, peeling easily into a long deep channel on the left, or throwing fast sections on the right, which eventually closes out in front of dry reef. For intermediate surfers, this is the safest way to get a taste of pure power. You don't need a lot of skill to keep up with the left, but you'll still get a chance to bury a rail on a serious bottom turn if you want to. Advanced surfers know that if Yal's is on, there is some seriously better gear going down elsewhere. Have a photo for this break? Send it over!