Cabarita Beach & Humpback Whales

Cabarita Beach, Tweed Coast, NSW, Australia.

Cabarita Beach was awarded 2020 best beach in Australia and is a must-see location on the northern coastline (Tweed Coast) of New South Wales Australia. Cabarita Beach is one of the most popular surf spots on the east coast of Australia. In a big swell, the waves wrap in around Norries Headland and line up for a long right-hand point break through the cove and in towards the beach. Cabarita (or Caba as the locals like to call it) is a quaint & small town almost completely encircled by a nature reserve. Its stretch of white sand beach and turquoise waters is hard to beat among others along the Tweed Coast. During the hotter months of the year, from November to May, humpback whales feed in the waters of the Antarctic. They then migrate north to their subtropical breeding grounds off the Queensland coast. During migration, male humpback whales often 'sing' complex, lengthy and distinctive songs to communicate their presence to females to entice them to mate. The humpback whale is one of the most easily recognisable of the large whales. Often the first sign of its presence is its 'blow', a cloud of vapour that it shoots into the air when it breaks the surface to breathe. Humpbacks get their name from the humped area of blubber anterior to their dorsal fin that is accentuated by the arching of their backs when diving. The length of a humpback whale at maturity is around 12.5 m (40 ft).