Shore Break Art By Clark Little

In 2007, the NSW Geographical Names Register began formally recognizing names surf breaks in Australia, defining a surf break as a "permanent obstruction such as a reef, headland, bombora, rock or sandbar, which causes waves to break".
One the largest surf breaks in the world is the Jaws surf break in Maui, Hawaii, with waves that reach a maximum height 40–60 feet (12–18 m).