Johanna, Victoria

Johanna Victoria
Johanna
Coordinates	38°45′0″S 143°23′0″E / 38.75000°S 143.38333°E / -38.75000; 143.38333Coordinates: 38°45′0″S 143°23′0″E / 38.75000°S 143.38333°E / -38.75000; 143.38333
Postcode(s)	3238
Location	213 km (132 mi) SW of Melbourne 140 km (87 mi) SW of Geelong 115 km (71 mi) NE of Warrnambool 41 km (25 mi) W of Apollo Bay
LGA(s)	Colac Otway Shire
State electorate(s)	Polwarth
Federal Division(s)	Corangamite
Localities around Johanna: Lavers Hill Lavers Hill Wyelangta Yuulong Johanna Glenaire Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Glenaire

Johanna is a small town on the coast of Victoria, Australia located west of Cape Otway in the Colac Otway Shire. It is named after the schooner Joanna that was wrecked at the mouth of the Johanna River on 22 September 1843 .

Johanna Post Office opened on 1 November 1913 and closed in 1967.

The surfing beach at Johanna is a long stretch of beach breaks, or beach and reef, noted for its power and reputation for rapid jumps in size (doubling over the space of just a few hours). The Bells Beach Surf Classic competition has been moved from Bells Beach to Johanna on occasions when the surf at Bells was flat (such as in 2003 and 2010). The westerly facing of Johanna picks up swell that misses Bells and the Surf Coast.

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