Most of the time it sits there dormant. Invisible. You wouldn't even know a reef lay down there. At five foot it'll stand up ocean swells betraying its presence. At eight foot it'll make 'em break.

However, even when the Queenscliff Bombora is three times that size it's just a drop. Nothing more. No real wall or carve section to speak of. It's hardly worth the effort to paddle out to it.

Yesterday a few surfers did. Joel Fitz, Tristan McAffery, Nick Denington, Danny Cane, Andrew James, Carl Lamaitre, plus Nick and Tom Carroll all sat out there on a day when few surfers got wet. Each of them made the effort just to take the drop.

Photos by Craig Brokensha.