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Swell Alert - Weekend Surf Forecast
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SWELL ALERT: Huge Southerly Storm Swell Hits the NSW Coast on Tuesday
The NSW coast is about to cop a wintery hiding.
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Swell Alert: Victoria's Surf Coast Is About to Light Up.
Victoria is about to light up under a heavy SW groundswell and icy offshore winds.
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Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell
Victoria is on the cusp of a major increase in WSW groundswell.
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Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Updated Surf-Potential For The Weekend
Tropical Cyclone Oma is sitting plumb inside Queensland's swell window right now.
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 19 - 30 June, 2019
The back half of June sees overlapping SSW swells inbound across Indonesia.
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 5 - 20 June, 2019
Winter brings swell on the long-end of the spectrum to Indonesia in June.
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 29 May - 14 June, 2019
A new groundswell greets the autumn winter transition across Indonesia.
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Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast
Epic winter conditions are on the horizon across the Eastern Seaboard.
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Forecaster Blog: Fun sized Easterly swell inbound across the NSW coast
A new round of Easterly swell could see good to great conditions across the NSW coast next week.
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Forecaster Blog: Long Enduring Run of South swell Brewing for the East Coast
The Tasman Sea is about to return to life in a very energetic way.
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Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Forming Near Vanuatu Fuels Rise in SE, ESE Swell For Southern QLD This Weekend
The allure of a tropical cyclone is hard to resist.
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Forecasting Tutorial: Reading Wave Models
Gain a deeper understanding into how wave models work and how to read them.
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Forecasting Tutorial: Air Masses
Welcome to our first installment on meteorology basics: Swell is generated by wind and wind is the result of air pressure.
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Forecasting Tutorial: Wave Period Explained
Coastalwatch's chief swell forecaster, Ben Macartney, scratches beneath the sea surface looking at wave period.
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Swell Forecast: It's Happening, The Great Indian Ocean Double Up
Incoming double swell for Vic, WA & Indo
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SWELL FORECAST: Incoming Southern Ocean Bomb Low
Deep low-pressure system dramatically deepens generating swell
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Forecast Video: Major Swell Event For South Australia & Victoria
An insight into what conditions to expect
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With Indo Bout To Pump, Let's Watch Three Aussie Lads Score Some Mad Long Lefts
Indonesia's Supersuck turning on in a big way for Luke Hynd, Andrew Mooney and Riley Laing
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With Indo Bout To Pump, Let's Watch Three Aussie Lads Score Some Mad Long Lefts
Indonesia's Supersuck turning on in a big way for Luke Hynd, Andrew Mooney and Riley Laing
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From The Vault: Slater & Buchan Score East Coast Bali Pipes
See the session that landed Ace a cover of Surfing World
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Wave of the Week: Nick Vasicek's Backhand Funnel
The backhand barrel master at his very best only a week or so ago near home on the Gold Coast.
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Nathan Fletcher's New Film, Heavy Water, Looks Epic and It's Coming to Aus This Week
With five special QnA screenings with Nathan and Hollywood director Michael Oblowitz from this Sunday
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Finn Hill and Jasmine McCorquodale Claim 2019 Australian Indigenous Titles At Bells
Check the highlights from a rad event
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The Youngest Rip Curl GromSearch Winner Ever Crowned In Costa Rica
Caitlin Simmers is just 13 years old.
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FEATURE FILM: The Biggest East Coast Swell Of A Generation
The waves, the people and the stories Once'A Swell
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50 Shades Of Blue - Featuring Medina, Wilko, Ho & Santos
Pulling-the-plug in the search for a simpler stoke
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Alex Gray Cops A Massive Cloudbreak Flogging
When it's this big in Fiji you really want to make these ones
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Another Hilarious Rock Off Fail - This One's For The Groms
Don't worry young fella. We've all been there!
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How A Real Food Diet Can Affect Our Surf Performance For The Better – Surf Coach Series With Nic Laidlaw
Simple things you can look for to get yourself into better food patterns.
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The Importance of Breathing Correctly – Surf Coach Series With Nic Laidlaw
When we’re breathing incorrectly it can have adverse affects on our posture, on our mood and on our energy.
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Finding The Why – Surf Coach Series With Nic Laidlaw
Understanding why we're out there, could lead to better, more fulfilling surfing.
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Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast
Epic winter conditions are on the horizon across the Eastern Seaboard.
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Surfers Announced for the Bells Beach 50 Year Storm Invitational in Memory of Shaun Brooks
The waiting period has started
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Nathan Fletcher's New Film, Heavy Water, Looks Epic and It's Coming to Aus This Week
With five special QnA screenings with Nathan and Hollywood director Michael Oblowitz from this Sunday
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The Last Two Days On The North Coast Have Been Epic
Some of the best beach break waves in recent memory.
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Bondi Beach Closed As Big Shark Stalks Surfers
At least one shark was stalking the Bondi lineup today.
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Nick Carroll On: Ballina's Turn On The Whale Carcass Merry-Go-Round
Bury it, get yelled at, then quickly dig it up — is this any way to treat a mammal?
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Surfing Icons and World Champs Sign Open Letter to Norwegian Oil Drillers
An Open Letter From the Surfers of Australia
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Nick Carroll: The Bight Fight Is Just Beginning
We all need to understand this – and its consequences
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"Say No To Tar" Rally Planned For Crescent Head
Residents and Kempsey Shire Council set to clash over the contentious sealing of Plomer Road
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Nick Carroll On: It's All Happening Again – Another Dead Whale Buried
Another surf community has to worry about a dead whale and a council
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Rio Begins, Jordy Scores Mental Mexican Pits, and China Has a Wave Pool Now
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was June 21, 2019
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Matt Meola Lands This Crazy Air, Ross Clarke Jones Is Going to Be on Survivor, and TourNotes From Margies
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was June 15, 2019
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Craig Anderson's Incredible New Surf Film, Is 2019 John John's To Lose, and Nathan Fletcher's Poo Story
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was June 7, 2019
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Jack Robbo v Filipe at the Box Is Coming, Let's Take Another Look at Steph's Timeless Ten, and Jack Johnson on the Occ-Cast
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was May 31, 2019
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Nick Carroll: Oops! No Wave Pool for Paris Olympics Either
Paris 2024 president says: “We will not be using an artificial wave”
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Nick Carroll: The WSL Had Big Plans for Florida, Instead They Were Kicked in the Teeth
How Come They Never Heard of the Deadman
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Video: The Fizzlot kids – SW Grom Bash
A stoked out portrait of Australian Junior Surfing in the year 2018.
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Surfing World Magazine: Issue 386
Rip up this magazine and stick it to your walls because Australia pumps
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A Wear and Tear Follow-Up Review of the O'Neill PSYCHOFREAK Zen Zip 3/2
How Did This Wetsuit Hold Up Ten Months Down The Track?
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Two New Surf Books, Richo and Lennox, Different Worlds – Nick Carroll
Richo! The Terry Richardson Story and Surfing Lennox, From Then To Now
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This Is a Short Video About Brett Burcher, the Surfer
Brett has surfed all around the world, but his favourite place to surf is still around home
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The Harrisons Head to Shoalhaven to Experience Real Life in Real Life
The Harrisons were planning on sitting inside all weekend, until it hit them…
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The Top 3 Places You Have To Surf In Indo Before You Die
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Donald Trump throws shakas in the Mentawais!
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Gallery: Samoa – November 2014
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