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July 19, 2018 Read More
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Ben Macartney talks you through the cyclone and what conditions it will serve up Read More
There's more late summer goodness in the forecast this weekend.
It's open season as a large easterly swell ramps up across southern Queensland this weekend.
Early to mid-next week it's highly likely we'll see yet another large to heavy swell event
The surf is tripling up this weekend.
Goldilocks zone surfing conditions set in across Indonesia into mid-September.
There's no let-up in SSW groundswell over the winter/spring transition across Indonesia.
A distant Southwest Pacific cyclone holds latent east swell potential in the lead-up to Christmas.
A resurgent La Nina is about to rock the East Coast this December.
Will the 2020/21 cyclone season live up to expectations?
The 2020 La Niña continues to gather momentum: What will the surf be like this November and December?
Gain a deeper understanding into how wave models work and how to read them.
Welcome to our first installment on meteorology basics: Swell is generated by wind and wind is the result of air pressure.
Coastalwatch's chief swell forecaster, Ben Macartney, scratches beneath the sea surface looking at wave period.
Incoming double swell for Vic, WA & Indo
Deep low-pressure system dramatically deepens generating swell
An insight into what conditions to expect
They've been doing some major tinkering in Queensland
A fresh episode of the affably charming 'What's Going On?' show
Watch him shred, learn his culture
Australia's best new surf comp and TV show crowns a winner!
"We've got all kinds of reef around here we can play with..."
"I think it's psycho, it's that thick and round..." says Nathan Hedge.
The backhand barrel master at his very best only a week or so ago near home on the Gold Coast.
They've been doing some major tinkering in Queensland
A fresh episode of the affably charming 'What's Going On?' show
Watch him shred, learn his culture
Australia's best new surf comp and TV show crowns a winner!
Plus a great interview with the GOAT Mike Stewart
Starring Mick Fanning, Tyler Wright, Owen Wright and more
‘Lost Track’ is yet another, soulful wanderlusty classic from Torren and needessenials
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When it's this big in Fiji you really want to make these ones
Simple things you can look for to get yourself into better food patterns.
When we’re breathing incorrectly it can have adverse affects on our posture, on our mood and on our energy.
Understanding why we're out there, could lead to better, more fulfilling surfing.
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021
One of the better summer swells in recent memory hits the Southwest
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021
One of the better summer swells in recent memory hits the Southwest
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021
Yet another Australian surfer/shark incident in 2020
The WA Government hasn’t been stepping up in Esperance. It better start now.
…a lot of what we know about surfing today will be gone. Here’s a new group hoping to make a difference.
The Vexed Issue of Saving Beachside Property and the Undermining of Future Plans for Sea Level Rise
The Plague retreats, part one in a series
"It certainly wasn’t the phone call I was expecting on a lazy Tuesday morning."
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021
This Week in Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was December 25 2020
There had been barely a moment for to collect your breath before Monday hit, and now there's more coming!
Firing Bali Is Equal Parts Stoke and Torture
Sean Doherty on the passing of a beloved and iconic Australian surf photographer
Strange Scenes Inside the Salt Mine
Hang on, this is going to get weird...
John finally gets his Masters, Tyler claims first women's Pipe major, and surfing saves a calamitous week
Recreating an 80s Sunset dream board by way of computer, is this the future for specialist custom orders?
As the surfing world processes the death of John Shimooka, care and concern turns to those left in the backwash
A stoked out portrait of Australian Junior Surfing in the year 2018.
Another excerpt from the wonderful new book, Golden Days: The Best Years of Australian Surfing
An excerpt from the wonderful new book, Golden Days: The Best Years of Australian Surfing
The Wear and Tear Update
Lauren L Hill discusses her new book on the Rise of Female Surfing, She Surf
Heaviest, Easiest, Most Deadly... Which Is Your Fave?
From a classic Kirra swell from the vault, to the history of rock-offs, here's five quick distractions to keep the stoke burning.
Ronnie and Vaughan are back for Season 2 of The Hold Down
Lauren L Hill discusses her new book on the Rise of Female Surfing, She Surf
Aramoana, Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
The ever-changing story of Skeleton Bay
First Sessions: How the Spanish Rivermouth Almost Suffered a Man-Made Death
Introducing the Million Meals Paddle
“This Is What the 1970s Must’ve Been Like in Indo.”
"They closed the borders, everything got cancelled, I got shut-in, and I stayed at Supersuck for four months. Pigdog heaven."
"They closed the borders, everything got cancelled, I got shut-in, and I stayed at Supersuck for four months. Pigdog heaven."
Video line-ups of a ridiculous swell in an unprecedented time
Sunny days, offshore winds, no crowds and fresh swells in November? Welcome to Samoa…
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