Banana Point is the point above the beach of the same name, on soft sand, mellow and often mushy. That is not a complaint: it is exactly what makes it a place to move from whitewater to green waves.
It works at all stages of the tide, on a northwest swell with an east-southeasterly offshore. December is its best month, and it should be taken for what it is: one day in two is clean, the other is blown out. Over a week that means three or four sessions, not seven.
It gets crowded. Rips, undertow and rocks come with the ground, which is why this is a wave to progress on with a guide rather than alone.
Spot sheet
- Level
- Beginner, Intermediate
- Wave
- Right
- Bottom
- Point break
- Water
- 17 – 22 °C
- Wetsuit
- 4/3 mm → Shorty
- Swell window
- WNW – NNW
- Ideal wind
- ESE
- Best tide
- any tide
- How often it works
- Reasonably consistent
- Crowd
- ●●●●○
- Danger
- ●●●○○
- Parking
- Available
A month in figures
In December, the month the forecast guides single out for this coast:
Shares of the month, from the published forecast statistics. The model reads a grid, so neighbouring breaks share a figure: this describes a stretch of coast, not this wave on its own. The other eleven months are not published.
What to watch for
- Rips and undertow
- Rocks
Technical figures read off published surf guides. Where two disagree, the sheet says so.
