Nodes in South West Rocks

Quality granite bouldering in a stunning setting by the ocean with hundreds of problems.

Nice granite bouldering in an ideal location. Nearly all are rock landings, half are close to flat ground. At least two mats are recommended.

Park and play. Picnic tables and public toilets. Avoid bouldering on wall facing camp ground if people are set up there or politely ask if they mind!

Left of concrete drain(?). Sit start and up the left arete.

Left of concrete drain(?). Sit start and up the right arete.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Hard start, very good!

First problem done here in 1996.

Start up LL then out to jugs high on face.

Thin face

Same start as the project treavese right on crimps and no feet to arete then up.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Salty slopers, clean well. Highball

Fun

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Start for cornered treavese right following the Horizontal crack finish up

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The ocean facing wall just r of rwav

On boulder with plaque to EH. Lay away and up scoops over plaque

The south east arete of the boulder with multiple plaques. Sit start.

Up centre of plaque wall to trick mantle

Traverse the hand crack keeping feet off ground then top out up arete

The north east arete. Sit start on painful 2 finger pocket

North arete, goal side of plaque block

Sit start compressing south side of boulder on top of ridge above picnic shelter opposite toilet block

On opposite side to dead tree hand traverse diagonal crack

Sit start out L, quite a hard pull to slopers and slab.

Appealing line, but far easier than it looks. Up underside of boulder, L to hanging arete and up this to easy slab. Ensure good pad and spotters!

Highball madness riding high above the sea. Sit start big right hand and left face, then up to increasing steepness. Don't drop it at the top. Right face is out.

Easy wall with tricky first move.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Best problem on wall. Low tide only, avoid area in large swell periods!

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

About 10m R of wetfeet, undercling up and exit L. (Bold direct finish possible at a much highter grade).

Tricky crack problem in the middle of the wall. Luckily eases after the start.

Excellent. L along slopey rail, then straight up steep wall to the top. Rarther tall. Do not fall.

Up the RHS of wall, eases after the start, but avoid bridging to easy corner

The following short wall is at water level, and only accessible at low-tides and calm seas. It also barely qualifies as DWS, being rather shallow and a fall the wrong way, or from the top might not be safe - Climb at own risk!

However, the routes are short enough for the shallow water to offer some protection... more so than the actual bouldering around here if you're lacking a decent pad or 2. The climbs are cool - they mostly start by leaning across to the juggy pocket/pinch in the middle of the wall.

Start on the central pocket/pinch, then make a low traverse L across wall, then up. Probably the safest climb.

Start on the central pocket/pinch, then up and L to good topout.

Start on the central pocket/pinch; straight up to slick cracks (be careful at this point; but jugs over the top).

Start out R (above ledge platform); awesome rising pockets (easy) until you're above the water, where slightly trickier moves go over the top.

Little wall below walking track halfway to the Mermaid pools.

Stand start at flat knob, up past pinch and sloper to undercling/crack on left side of block.

Low start to Shadey Dayz. From side pull and small crimp out left, up to break then right to join Shadey Days at flat knob (can be done direct to knob from sit-start at the same grade).

Undercling to rails.

Up broken bit, veering right to jugs in groove.

Rail to jugs.

From crimps on right edge of rail, big move up and right to shallow 2 finger pocket. Out left to jug, then out right to side pull in groove. Up on slopers.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Start on the R, and traverse all the way L (keeping low at the end), just past Shady Dayz then straight up past diagonal rail to topout past fronds.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Lay under the hand crack in the boulder just down from walk down wall and use it and the crack just to the right to turn the roof. Only small people need apply.

Stand start to LHF

SS at arete right of LHF and head straight up

SS as for SPR but head right for 2 metres without using the top

A great spot with good rock and popular swimming pools. Shade can be found here in late afternoon.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The arete.

Has lost a jug.

A little committing at top for some.

Up lay away to juggy break, traverse with bad feet. Out right side under roof to easy top out.

Up white rock on small under cling side pull to jug rail in break, then straight up through roof on crimp to dead point jug at lip.

Great! Jugs up steep high arete! Big move to hidden hold at top.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Start with a high step. exciting finish.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Awesome at the grade! Up past two pockets.

Good, head towards horn jug at top.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Start on crimps and straight up with out touching the two cracks.

Sit start in small cave left hand pinch right hand crimp into wide crack to top.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Sit start left hand crimp right hand jug to Long first move.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Keeping to left side of the crack.

Sit start using both cracks and up to top.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

Razor sharp hold up.

Up slopers on arete, then traverse left to top out on jug.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

This big block forms a chockstone in the slot below the wall with Pip & Squeak. On the north wall start hanging the low slopers, campus up, then big move to finger-jug over the top of the boulder. Really cool. The slot walls are off limits obviously.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.

The track to Mermaid Pools has a closure sign on it. It still has moderate use by walkers and fishers. Alternatively it’s just as easy to rock hop.