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Lennox Head Beach Guide

Almost every day from October to May offers pleasant beach weather, but the very best months for the beach are from December to April. Surfing in Lennox is excellent but if your looking for a protected, waveless swimming area then you will have to head south to Ballina where there are some calm and protected beaches.

Map of Lennox Head and Ballina Beaches

Seven Mile Beach

This is a long unprotected beach with a small seasonally patrolled area out the front of the Surf Life Saving Club. Rips are common right along the beach. In ideal conditions with a light westerly there is a good beach break of around 2.5 metres.

Lennox Point

Lennox Point is the classic point setup, home to one of Australia's biggest and longest warm water surf breaks. The point works best with a south westerly blowing and a swell ripping around the point from the south-south east. The long, peeling right hand break seems to go on forever and waves sometimes exceed 4 metres when conditions are good.

Boulders & Flat Rock

Boulders works in similar swell and wind to Lennox Point with waves getting up there in ideal conditions. Flat Rock is just a bit further south of Boulders and it tends to work better with a east-south east swell and winds from further round to the west.

Lake Ainsworth

Lake Ainsworth is a ti-tree (tea-trea) lake situated 50 metres behind the dunes at the southern end of Seven Mile Beach. The calm waters of the lake is a popular swimming and picnic spot for families.

Ballina

Ballina is 10 minutes drive south of Lennox Head and it has some excellent safe swimming areas. At Ballina you will find calm swimming areas more suitable for young children such as the the Shelly Beach tidal pool, the Missingham Beach areas, Shawes Bay or you can get the Burns Point Ferry across to Mobbs Bay on South Ballina Beach Road.