Beach Surfability Surf Total
**Hawaiian Beaches:
Waikiki Beach 7 7 (2-3 foot) 7.0
Sunset Beach 12 11 (12-15 foot) 11.5
Waimea Bay 9 9 (10-12 foot) 9.0
Banzai Pipeline/Beach 12 10 (10-12 foot) 11.0
Sandy Beach 9 9 (8-12 foot) 9.0
NSW Beaches:
Soldiers Beach (30th Dec) 8 8 (4 foot) 8.0
Shelley Beach (30th Dec) 6 7 (3 foot) 6.5
Shelley Beach (31st Dec) 7 8 (4 foot) 7.5
Shelley Beach (2nd Jan) 7 7 (3 foot) 7.0
Umina/Oceanbeach (11th Jan) 7 8 (4-5 foot) 7.5
Umina/Oceanbeach (18th Jan) 1 1 (1 foot) 1.0
Manly/N Styne/Queenscliff(19th) 8 9 (5-6 foot) 8.5
Manly/N Styne/Queenscliff(26th) 8 8 (4 foot) 8.0
Freshwater Beach (26th Jan) 7 7 (4 foot) 7.0
Curl Curl Beach (26th Jan) 7 7 (4 foot) 7.0
Long Reef Beach (29th Jan) 7 9 (4 foot) 8.0
Collaroy/Narrabeen (29th Jan) 3 7 (4 foot) 5.0
Avoca/Nth Avoca Beach (3rd Feb) 8 7 (5 foot) 7.5
Basin Beach (5th Feb) 9 9 (10-12 foot) 9.0
Mona Vale Beach (5th Feb) 7 9 (10-12 foot) 8.0
Palm Beach (5th Feb) 7 9 (8-10 foot) 8.0
Dee Why Beach (5th Feb) 7 9 (5 foot) 8.0
Avalon Beach (15th Feb) 9 9 (6 foot) 9.0
Whale Beach (15th Feb) 7 7 (6 foot) 7.0
Bilgola Beach (15th Feb) 4 3 (4 foot) 3.5
Bungan Beach (15th Feb) 4 5 (4 foot) 4.5
Newport Beach (15th Feb) 3 5 (3 foot) 4.0
Turimetta Beach (15th Feb) 5 5 (4 foot) 5.0
Warriewood Beach (15th Feb) 3 3 (2 foot) 3.0
Coogee Beach (19th August) 0 0 (0 foot) 0.0
One Mile Beach (4th Sept) 6 6 (3 foot) 6.0
Manly Beach (15th Sept) 2 3 (2 foot) 2.5
Avoca Beach (29th Sept) 9 9 (6 foot) 9.0
Manly Beach (8th Oct) 4 7 (4 foot) 5.5
Palm Beach (9th Oct) 8 8 (5 foot) 8.0
Coogee Beach (12th Oct) 0 4 (2 foot) 2.0
Coogee Beach (29th Oct) 0 3 (1 foot) 1.5
Umina Beach (29th Nov) 4 4 (4 foot) 4.0
YEAR 2000
OAHU SURFARI:
Waikiki Beach (multiple) 3 3 (2 foot) 3.0
Waimea Bay (19th Feb) 15 15 (30-35 foot) 15.0
Pipeline (19th Feb) 15 15 (30 foot) 15.0
Waimea Bay (20th Feb) 12 12 (20-25 foot) 12.0
Waimea Bay (21st Feb) 11 10 (15-25 foot) 10.5
Makaha Beach (24th Feb) 3 6 (3 foot) 4.5
Sunset Beach (24th Feb) 9 10 (8-11 foot) 9.5
Diamond Head (25th Feb) 8 8 (4 foot) 8.0
NSW Beaches:
Freshwater (3rd Mar) 8 9 (5 foot) 8.5
Freshwater (10th Mar) 9 9 (7 foot) 9.0
Dee Why (17th Mar) 2 1 (2 foot) 1.5
SEPTEMBER SURFARI:
Manly (11th Sept) 3 3 (2 foot) 3.0
Dee Why (21st Sept) 8 8 (4 foot) 8.0
Curl Curl (21st Sept) 8 8 (3 foot) 8.0
Freshwater (21st Sept) 7 8 (2 foot) 7.5
Manly (21st Sept) 5 5 (1-2 foot) 5.0
One Mile Beach (25th Sept) 5 7 (3-4 foot) 6.0
One Mile Beach (26th Sept) 9 9 (3-4, occ 6) 9.0
DECEMBER SURFARI:
Freshwater (1st Dec) 4 2 (1 foot) 3.0
Freshwater (6th Dec) 1 1 (1 foot) 1.0
Dee Why (6th Dec) 1 0 (1/2 foot) 0.5
Narrabeen (6th Dec) 5 6 (2 foot) 5.5
Narrabeen (8th Dec) 6 7 (3 foot) 6.5
Warriewood (9th Dec) 6 6 (3 foot) 6.0
Avalon (9th Dec) 6 7 (4 foot) 6.5
Mona Vale (9th Dec) 7 7 (4 foot) 7.0
** The beaches in Hawaii were visited a number of times each in December 1998,
so averages were taken.