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Directly next door to Bell's is Winkipop, a long, fast and hollow, point-style reefbreak that can handle solid swells, over the shallow reef. Higher tides, 6-8ft (2-2.5m) and NW winds will create warp speed walls with impossibly long, makeable barrel sections that the locals hunt and slay with consummate ease. Like Bell's, it breaks up into sections with the obvious Uppers and Lowers denoting where along the 400 odd meters of rocky shelf you may be sitting or more likely paddling against the constant sweep of the rip.
These fast-driving, down-the-line walls require higher tides and a healthy dose of respect for the talented crew that call it home.
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This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
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