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Coogee ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.8
Consistency of surf: 1.5
Difficulty level: 2.2
Wind and kite surfing: 2.0
Crowds: 2.8

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Coogee Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(New South Wales – Sydney South, Australia)

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Photo credit: Aubrey Licht
Surf Break: Coogee

Name: Coogee
Type: beach reef and point
Reliability: inconsistent
Best Swell: SE Offshore Wind: W

Coogee in Sydney South is an exposed beach reef and point break that has inconsistent surf. Summer in particular tends to be flat. Works best in offshore winds from the west. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers and there are also left and right hand reef breaks on offer. and also offers a left hand point break too. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. It's sometimes crowded here. Beware of rips and rocks.

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Moggy from AUSTRALIA writes:

Coogee Beach is sheltered from swell from the SE and South by Wedding Cake Island which is located approx 1 km offshore. the beach picks up some swell from East. NE swell funnels straight in and waves on this swell direction can be had on an average right reef located close to shore at the Southern and of beach.
The beach itself has the wrong bottom contours and is generally just a closeout.
On rare occasions with 4 metre + NE swell on open ocean left point/reef at North end of beach gets wave big enough for takeoff to move out clear of rocks. Not a long wave... more of a novelty to surf.
On big North swells for those with a PWC, or brave enough to paddle 1km out to sea there is a right reef set up on the North side of Wedding Cake Island.
The Southy is a right reef near by that breaks on large South swells. Only access is by jumping off nearby cliffs, or a very long paddle from shore.

2010-05-26

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Coogee:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Clovelly Bombie 0 mi
Second closest break Bronte Beach 1 mi
Third closest break Bronte Reef or Bunnies 1 mi
Fourth closest break Lurline Bay 1 mi
Fifth closest break Maroubra Beach 2 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Coogee:

Closest wave buoy W Hawaii Buoy 4850 mi
Second closest wave buoy SW Hawaii Buoy 4877 mi
Third closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5012 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5068 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy N Hawaii 1 Buoy 5378 mi

Tide stations nearest to Coogee:

Closest tide station Botany Bay, Australia 5 mi
Second closest tide station Sydney, Australia 6 mi
Third closest tide station Sydney, Australia (2) 6 mi
Fourth closest tide station Camp Cove, Australia 6 mi
Fifth closest tide station Port Hacking, Australia 13 mi

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Ski Resorts closest to Coogee:

Closest ski area Selwyn Snowfields (Australia) 210 mi
Second closest ski area Perisher (Australia) 236 mi
Third closest ski area Charlotte Pass (Australia) 240 mi
Fourth closest ski area Thredbo (Australia) 244 mi
Fifth closest ski area Falls Creek (Australia) 303 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to Coogee:

Closest city location Coogee (Australia) 1 mi
Second closest city location Clovelly (Australia) 1 mi
Third closest city location Bronte (Australia) 2 mi
Fourth closest city location Daceyville (Australia) 2 mi
Fifth closest city location Randwick (Australia) 2 mi
  • The closest passenger airport to Coogee is Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney) Airport (SYD) in Australia, 9 km (6 miles) away (directly).
  • The second nearest airport to Coogee is Sydney Bankstown Airport (BWU), also in Australia, 26 km (16 miles) away.
  • Third is Camden Airport (CDU) in Australia, 55 km (34 miles) away.
  • Richmond Airport (RCM) in Australia is 58 km (36 miles) away.
  • Canberra Airport (CBR), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Coogee and is 244 km (152 miles) away.
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