 It was originally known as just "Pipeline" or "Wreck Bay" by the small numbers of surfers who knew about it in the second half of the 1960s.The term "Black Rock" was coined by an Australia Surfing Magazine in 1970 but its location remained much a mystery to the public until the late 1980s.It is located 3 hours from Sydney in the Booderee National Park just south of Jervis Bay on the western point of Summercloud bay.