Surfing locations in the Capes region of South West Western Australia


Most surf breaks in the Capes region - from Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin - within the larger area known as the South West region of Western Australia tend to have the name Margaret River attached, despite the wide geographic range of locations where the breaks are located.

Context

Surfing in this region was well established in the 1970s, with a 1970 government mapping guide to the region identifying surfing locations.
By the 1990s the names of the individual breaks were so well established that online and published guides were able to locate and identify the behaviours of the breaks.
The surfing culture of the region is well embedded in the communities along the coast.
The roads named below run off Caves Road, the main western route between Dunsborough and Augusta. The identification of nearby roads does not guarantee that there is access to any of these locations.
Some systems in describing locations, have Margaret River North - this list divides as below, using Yalingup, and Gracetown, as boundaries of smaller surfing regions.
The Ngari Capes Marine Park has some many of the breaks listed below in the Special Purpose Zone locations in the park.

East of Cape Naturaliste

These breaks are in the south-west corner of Geographe Bay, sheltered by Cape Naturaliste, and are not directly exposed to westerly winds or surges.
These breaks are in an isolated difficult access area of the coast north of Yallingup.
The beaches Three Bears, Yallingup, Smiths Beach and Injidup are all considered "beaches of Yallingup" with related surf breaks of the same names.
These breaks are mostly more accessible, but not all.
is a locality on the coastline on Cowaramup Bay, Margaret River Mouth is the location of Prevelly
Just south of the Margaret river mouth, Surfers Point is the location of the Margaret River Pro surfing events and the central point by which tourism promotion, and simplified explanations of the surfing region focus upon.
Breaks and locations between Redgate and Cape Hamelin are more spread out, and not as easily accessed as some northern breaks.