Bells Beach is one of Australia’s most iconic right-hand point breaks, located on Victoria’s Surf Coast Great Ocean Road and home of the Rip Curl Pro. It produces powerful, long-period walls over a sandstone/limestone reef and is widely regarded as a world class power surfing wave, best suited to intermediate to advanced and expert on bigger days.

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The Break Sections  
Several distinct rights sit along the headland and can feel connected on solid SW swells:  
* Bells Bowl: The signature wave. A powerful, open face right that walls up into a natural amphitheatre, built for long, drawn out carves and occasional heavy sections. Holds serious size.  
* Rincon: The outer tip of the point. Faster, steeper rights that work best on smaller swells or higher tides; often the first to light up.  
* Winkipop: Just around the headland to the east. A faster, more high performance right with longer walls (up to 150–250 m) and more barrel potential many locals rate it equal to or better than the Bowl on its day.

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Best Conditions
* Season: Autumn through winter (April–October) for the biggest and most consistent Southern Ocean SW groundswells. Summer is smaller and more inconsistent.  
* Swell: Southwest to south-southwest long-period preferred.  
* Wind: Northwest to north / west offshore.  
* Tide: Works on most tides; low often best for the Bowl on smaller days, mid to high preferred for Rincon and bigger conditions.