LENNOX HEAD THE HARDEST Paddle out in Australia? 

Kiwi bloke here , yeah took a pilgrimage to Lennox head last year in November while in Auz to paddle out and pay homage to my long lost bro Dan Hosking who i met surfing in Dunnaz NZ back in 2016 , yeah the Sign at beach said Locals only pointing to the rock jump , but went anyway, yeah was a bit of a hairy jump way up the point but did it for Dan , was a great memory, thought id share, plenty a waves to go around n good banter in the line up , few Burns n drop ins and burns we’re taking place but good session!

The paddle in is what gets me

Surfed it 45 years - the biggest change is the incredibly slippery rocks ( a not quite 10 yr change ) of course we are told the sewer outfall at south boulders 5 k away has nothing to do with it - yet the new indicator in rainbow foam bubbles in the rocks that don’t immediately burst ( only two possibilities -oil or detergent ! in a big swell . Then you have a wipe out of the smooth shell black rock crab that was historically in 2/3 to a rock side on jump off . Oh and the complete wipe out of Skinners head ( 5 k south ) kelp weed “ neptunes necklace that was pillow thickness over the entire platform in the intertidal zone in 1974 ( pre outfall ) oh and it’s alive and well at Sandon river further south . Yes EPA report in but getting blown off EPA tells they have no scientists to confirm super slippery rocks no regrowth barnacles and almost no periwinkles and kelp growth is almost non existent . As a wake up call …walk flat rock platform and try to find a single crab that was once endemic !

Great surfing

Never had a problem paddling out. Getting in...fuck that. I was an urchin magnet when I first moved up there...could barely walk. Eventually...I found the sweet spot.

What brave boys!

Same as Raglan. Coming in can be hairy too

I dry docked it once and just got mauled by the rocks as I got sucked out. Then lost skin off my shins on my way in. Was not a good session 😂

The cheese grater..many a ding in board & surfer🎉

Mmm i reckon Newcastle point in a nor east swell would be one..

Never got out without lacerations

Jumping off the rocks at big Lennox (definitely not the size of these waves in the video) is a rush compared to that of getting one of its waves , once you know how, it's a piece of cake...

try 6-8ft north point wa !

Once the kiwi blow inns pinched all the sea urchins it was easy to get in and out. The point nowdays is just hipster kookville. I don't care anymore since my lot had the best of it.

Yeah, danger, danger! Don't come surf our break right?! Lol ❤😂

Nothing compared to Jacques point Kalbarri WA

Doesnt look that bad. The wave is soft too. Coming prolly a little harder than paddling out. Sketchy the first few times but easier with more reps. Doesnt seem to deter the crowds at all.

That's every point break around Goleta.

Hell no easy

If this is the hardest paddle out in Australia I'm moving to Australia....paddle in looks worse

Same as Ragland Nz

Lol hardest paddle out, try the paddle out across the spit to stradie

Only if your WOKE….

Yeah, it's too dangerous. You get hurt just trying to get in the water. Kirra is better.