The Wreck (Surf Spot), Byron Bay

The Wreck is a surf spot located at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 30 meters off the shore of Belongil Beach (at the town end), and approximately 60 metres from the Main Beach Car Park. The Wreck is best surfed on mid-high tide with a W - SE wind, on a N/NE swell of 3ft - 6ft. When working well, a fast, hollow and powerful right-hander breaks on the sand bank about 10 metres in front of the Shipwreck.

The Wreck itself is the remains of the ship "Wollongbar" that lost it's tie to the old Byron Bay Pier during a cyclone in 1922, and is approximately 30 metres long running parallel to the beach. On the eastern end of the Wreck one can see the rudder tiller and at low tide one can see the boilers.
* [http://www.surfingart.com.au/photo-shop/index.php?searchStr=wreck&act=viewCat&Submit=Go Photos of Perfect Surf at 'The Wreck Byron Bay']

The Wreck was also in the news in 2007 when [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22806418-2,00.html two girls' swam to the structure, climbed on and had their exit cut off by sharks] .