Point breaks
Long, peeling walls that wrap around a headland.
The shape
Point breaks wrap around a headland or rocky point, peeling for hundreds of metres. The wave breaks in one predictable direction — usually the longest, cleanest ride you'll get.
What to know
wave wraps around a point direction one way, every time crowd orderly, lineup forms early best tide mid to high
Classic spots
Rincon, Jeffrey's Bay, Malibu. The names change, the physics doesn't: a point that refracts swell into a long wall.