Pippi

Beach

Pippi Beach (NSW 44) is Yamba's surfing beach. There is good access, parking and a reserve at the northern end, though few facilities other than a toilet block, with an aboriginal community behind the centre and crown land to the south. The beach faces southeast and extends for 1.6 km... Read more

Pippi Beach (NSW 44) is Yamba's surfing beach. There is good access, parking and a reserve at the northern end, though few facilities other than a toilet block, with an aboriginal community behind the centre and crown land to the south. The beach faces southeast and extends for 1.6 km from Yamba to Barri points. It receives waves averaging 1.6 m, which maintain a double bar system. The inner bar is usually attached and either continuous or cut by rips every 200-300 m. A deep trough and outer bar lie outside the first break. The northern end is patrolled by lifeguards during the summer holidays.

Swimming

These are three exposed rip dominated beaches. Best to swim at Pippi’s when it is patrolled. Elsewhere swimmers should stay on the bars, away from the rips and boundary rocks.

Surfing

The northern end in lee of Yamba Point offers good waves during summer north-easterlies. Good beach breaks can form along Pippi and Barri’s beaches, with the more accessible Pippi being the most popular beach surf in the area and site of an annual surfing contest. Barri’s is also known as Rubbish Dump after the access route, while Green Point has a short, gnarly reef break called Spookies.

Fishing

All three beaches offer numerous holes and gutters, while Pippi is open to 4WD along the southern end. The beach has pippis for bait, and flathead, bream and tailor, with mulloway off the rocks. Beach driving is permitted on the southern end of Pippi Beach and on Barri beach.

General

To the south of Yamba Head the shoreline trends due south for 5 km to Angourie Point. There are six beaches (NSW 44-48) in between all bounded by sandstone headlands. Yamba borders the northern beach, while the smaller Yamboora Angourie Community borders the southern two beaches, with undeveloped crown land in between.