Surfing at Bastion
The surfbreak at Bastion Point wraps around the point, breaking at the outer reef – ‘Broken Boards’, at ‘The Point’, and then through to the beach. A good swell will see these breaks linking up, to create a magnificent half mile right-hander.
The East Gippsland Shire Council proposes to build a 130 m breakwater into ‘Broken Boards’ – thus obliterating this break, and encroaching on the take-off area for ‘the Point’.
It will have unknown consequences on the beach break – enjoyed by Mallacoota’s younger surfers – and will leave the possibility of the full ride from Broken Boards to beach totally extinct.
