Johanna, Victoria
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Johanna ([Johanna page] at Geoscience Australia) is a small town on the coast of Victoria, Australia located west of Cape Otway in the Colac Otway Shire.
The surf at Johanna is quite highly regarded. It's only a long stretch of beach breaks, or beach and reef, but is noted for its power and has a reputation for rapid jumps in size (eg. doubling over the space of just a few hours).100 Best Surf Spots in the World, Rod Sumpter, 2004, ISBN 0-7627-2598-2 The Bells Beach Surf Classic competition has been moved from Bells Beach to Johanna on a few years where Bells has been flat (eg. 2003[The 2003 ASP/WCT Rip Curl Pro: Round Three — Johanna Turns On] at Surfing magazine). The westerly facing of Johanna can pick up swell that misses Bells and the Surf Coast.
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