Cape Paterson Beach (also called First Surf) is the bathing and surfing beach for the holiday town of Cape Paterson, which lies immediately behind the beach. The beach is in the lee of the dune covered Cape Paterson and its extensive sandstone rock reefs. It faces the south-east and extends for 500 m to the rocky platforms and smaller beaches that front much of the town. The Cape Paterson Surf Life Saving Club, founded in 1960, is located at the western end of the beach, and provides basic facilities, parking and access. The beach is partially sheltered from high waves by the cape and reefs. It receives waves averaging 1.3 m, which decrease toward the cape. These waves combine with the fine sand to produce a beach containing a low beach face, fronted by a single attached, 50 m wide, bar. The bar is usually continuous and is more likely to be cut by one or two rips toward the surf club and the eastern rocks. read more

Beach Length: 0.5km