Mark Warren's Atlas of Australian Surfing
Adventure Sports Reference Travel Guide Outdoor Recreation Surfing Coffee-Table Book Australian Culture
Mark Warren’s Atlas of Australian Surfing (1998 hard-cover with dust jacket) is the definitive coffee-table reference for anyone who wants to surf the continent’s best breaks—no guess-work, no out-of-date blogs, just 300+ pages of GPS-accurate maps, tide charts, swell windows and local knowledge gathered from three decades on the road. Every state is broken into colour-coded regions; each beach entry lists optimal swell direction, wind tolerance, access points, parking, nearest medical help and the closest place to buy wax or coffee. Whether you’re chasing Margaret River’s heavy ledges, the points around Noosa, or Victoria’s fickle ship-wreck reefs, the Atlas shows you exactly when to be there and what to pack.
What sets this copy apart is its condition: a tight, square spine and crisp, unmarked pages mean the maps open flat for quick beach-side reference, while the glossy dust jacket still protects the boards from salt-air and sand. Unlike later printings, the 1998 first edition contains the original reef co-ordinates and secret “bombie” locations that were quietly edited out of subsequent releases, making it the version collectors and travelling surfers actively hunt for on the secondary market.
Beyond pure navigation, Warren weaves in first-hand stories—towing into giant Cow Bombie with Dave Macaulay, camping on King Island before it had a road, the day Nat Young shaped him a 7'6" that changed Australian big-wave design—so the book doubles as a cultural time-capsule of ’90s surf culture. Gift-ready for grommets, backpackers, or nostalgic locals who want the living-room authority on every Australian break from Byron to Gnaraloo.
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