Boards In The Bay, at 12/12 Lawson Street, Byron Bay, describes itself as Byron Bay's longest running independent surfboard store, established in 2008. It sells new and used surfboards from shapers including DHD, Cape Collective and Ben Webb, plus fins, wetsuits, boardshorts and a board hire service.
Byron Hot Bread Kitchen has served Byron Bay since 1982, baking bread, pies and sausage rolls fresh daily from original family recipes. Its two locations split day and night service, at Marvel Street by day and Jonson Street after dark.
Best for Fresh-baked pies and bread since 1982, day and night
Byron Hot Bread Kitchen has been family-owned and baking in Byron Bay since 1982, making it a more than 40-year fixture of the New South Wales coastal town's food scene. The bakery bakes daily from what it describes as original family recipes, prioritizing locally-sourced ingredients where available.
Its core range runs to fresh bread rolls and loaves, meat pies and other savoury pastries, sausage rolls, cakes and slices, sandwiches and gluten-free options, alongside custom celebration cakes and event catering for the wider community. Unusually, the business splits its operation across two addresses and two shifts: 1 Marvel Street handles daytime trade, while 50 Jonson Street runs through the night, together giving the bakery close to round-the-clock service.
That day/night split lets Byron Hot Bread Kitchen serve both the town's daytime routine and Byron Bay's famously late nightlife from freshly baked stock, a structure the bakery has maintained across four decades of continuous, family-run operation.
Dead Kooks Surfboards, based at 1/22 Brigantine Street, Byron Bay, makes made-to-order custom surfboards in models including the Riches RF, Toro, Thang, Hellcat and Yin Yang, shaped by Eden Saul. Boards ship worldwide and are described as crafted with attention to functional design and aesthetic detail.
ESP Surfboards was founded in the 1970s in Byron Bay, where shaper Ed Sinnott Jr has lived since 1976, building performance, hybrid, fish, retro and mal surfboards proudly Australian made and Byron Bay built. Custom shaping is available directly from Ed's factory.
MC Surf Designs is operated in Byron Bay by shaper Michael Cundith and his wife Toshie, with Cundith making surfboards since 1963 in California and since 1970 in Australia. The factory and showroom in the Byron Bay industrial estate offers 30 different proven models including shortboards, longboards, fish designs and guns, plus board repairs.
McTavish, founded by pioneering surfboard shaper Bob McTavish, sells handcrafted surfboards and apparel from its Byron Bay shop on Centennial Circuit as well as a Brookvale store near Sydney, with a working online shop shipping domestically and internationally. Its board lines include the Dually, Bluebird, Battler, and Fireball models alongside men's and women's clothing.
Surfection Byron, at 2 Banksia Dr, Byron Bay, sells locally designed and built boards along with custom surfboard design for Mark Richards, San Juan and Vouch boards, letting customers adjust tail shape, volume and colour tint. The shop also stocks major surf brands including Firewire, DHD, JS Industries and Vissla and offers board rental.