Bells Beach hosts the world's longest running surfing event. This classic competition is held every Easter. Allthe world's best surfers compete. The surging waves come straight off the mighty Southern Ocean. Bells Beach is 100 km south-east of Melbourne. It's on the Surf Coast, near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc. Geelong is the major regional center. The winner hoists the well-known bell as the symbol of triumph.

We made a detour to visit this acclaimed surf beach, but completely lucked out as there were no waves! Plenty of hopeful surfers were bobbing about, attempting to catch a wave, but the water was flat! We believe that it is one of the world's best surf beaches with top class swells from the Southern Ocean!!

Absolutely beautiful place to visit. Beaches are beautiful and so much to see and do around the area. The town its self is expensive and very touristy. We enjoy doing some waterfalls, some beach walks and exploring around the area.

In the interest of full disclosure I've never 'hung ten'. Or even 5... So as a non surfer what was Bells Beach like? Well it is nice to see a place that's famous even if in a sphere you don't normally swim in. But for the non surfer the appeal is that it's quite an interesting little cove and beach. It's darn near perfect in shape with cliffs surrounding in. There are multiple lookouts there where you can get good views and watch the surfers do their thing. There is a reasonable amount of parking and facilities and you can include checking the place out in between checking out Jan Juc Beach and Bird Rock Lookout. So even if you aren't a surfer this is still a worthwhile piece of coastline to check out.