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Palm Beach Reef is an artificial reef that sits just off the Gold Coast of Australia. While its main purpose is shoreline protections, it’s already clear that it can improve surfing conditions.
The reef takes incoming swells that would otherwise probably close out and turns them into rights that break for up to 60m. On larger swells, the reef also creates a short, intense left. The video below shows the reef in action, and it looks incredibly fun.
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Top Species
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Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
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Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Bolinopsis ashleyi Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010
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Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866
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Ovula ovum
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Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802)
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Hypselodoris obscura
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Brunoniella australis (Cav.) Bremek.
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Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931
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Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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Top Observers
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sonyakarlsson
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louis_boutle
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Kara Burns
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richiehall
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camilapapale
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