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Seal Point

Break
Point
Skill level
Intermediate to advanced
Best season
Autumn to winter
Crowds
High
Swell
SW, S
Wind
NW, W, N

Hazards

Long, kelp-fringed right-hand point at the Cape St Francis lighthouse. Holds size, breaks for several hundred metres on big SW swells, and was an Endless Summer landmark.

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