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SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

SWELL ALERT: Huge South Swell Looms for the Entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: Fun sized Easterly swell inbound across the NSW coast

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

SWELL ALERT: Huge South Swell Looms for the Entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: Fun sized Easterly swell inbound across the NSW coast

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

SWELL ALERT: Huge South Swell Looms for the Entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: Fun sized Easterly swell inbound across the NSW coast

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

SWELL ALERT: Huge South Swell Looms for the Entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: Fun sized Easterly swell inbound across the NSW coast

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

SWELL ALERT: Huge South Swell Looms for the Entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: Fun sized Easterly swell inbound across the NSW coast

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

SWELL ALERT: Huge South Swell Looms for the Entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: A Large Easterly Groundswell is Taking Shape for the entire East Coast

Forecaster Blog: Fun sized Easterly swell inbound across the NSW coast

Weekend Surf Forecast 4 - 6 October, 2019

The action keeps coming this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 27 - 29 September, 2019

Get deep this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 20 - 22 September, 2019

There's swell inbound from all angles this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 13 - 15 September, 2019

The weekend is just around the corner.

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

A power-packed SE groundswell is brewing for the entire East Coast this weekend.

SWELL ALERT: Huge South Swell Looms for the Entire East Coast

A final, humungous South swell for the 2019 winter is brewing for the East Coast.

SWELL ALERT: The Entire East Coast Is About to Turn On

The East Coast is on the pump, for days and days.

SWELL ALERT: Huge Southerly Storm Swell Hits the NSW Coast on Tuesday

The NSW coast is about to cop a wintery hiding.

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 25 September - 5 October, 2019

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 11 - 25 September, 2019

Goldilocks zone surfing conditions set in across Indonesia into mid-September.

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 4 - 15 September 2019

Welcome to the late season!

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 28 August - 5 September, 2019

There's no let-up in SSW groundswell over the winter/spring transition across Indonesia.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Forecasting Tutorial: Reading Wave Models

Gain a deeper understanding into how wave models work and how to read them.

Surf Forecast Glossary

Keep up to date with the Forecasting lingo.

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.

Forecasting Tutorial: Wave Period Explained

Coastalwatch's chief swell forecaster, Ben Macartney, scratches beneath the sea surface looking at wave period.

Swell Forecast: It's Happening, The Great Indian Ocean Double Up

Incoming double swell for Vic, WA & Indo

SWELL FORECAST: Incoming Southern Ocean Bomb Low

Deep low-pressure system dramatically deepens generating swell

Forecast Video: Major Swell Event For South Australia & Victoria

An insight into what conditions to expect

Forecast Video: Tasman Low Bringing East Coast Waves

Deep low pressure system to bring swell

Take a Breath and Watch This Contemplative Surf Travel Movie With Drew McPherson

A state of play

The Five Biggest Moments in the Surfing Life of Mick Fanning

Our Mick is a bloody legend.

The Event Window For Red Bull Queen of the (Waimea) Bay Has Started

And Laura Enever is on the invite list

Mitch Parkinson Wins QS 3000 In Sri Lanka

Watch the highlights

Central Coast Cylinders

Two of the best young surfers in the country score close to home recently.

Brent Dorrington's Two Week Indo RDO

Standout Sessions

Watch: Mark Mathews Returns to Firing Shipsterns on the Weekend!

Standout Sessions

Wade Goodall and Matt Wilko Thread Beachbreak Tubes at Home

A Short and Sharp Standout Session

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.

A Seriously Long Drainer on a Perfect Day at Nias

Wave of the Week with Elliot Paerata Reid

Shaun Harrington's Mental D'Bah Drainer

Wave of the Week: Six seconds of mental D'bah funnel

Watch: Damon Harvey's Late Drop to Backside Chandelier on the Gold Coast

Wave of the week

Take a Breath and Watch This Contemplative Surf Travel Movie With Drew McPherson

A state of play

The Five Biggest Moments in the Surfing Life of Mick Fanning

Our Mick is a bloody legend.

The Event Window For Red Bull Queen of the (Waimea) Bay Has Started

And Laura Enever is on the invite list

Mitch Parkinson Wins QS 3000 In Sri Lanka

Watch the highlights

Simon Anderson Recreates 1981 Winning Bells Board

Recreating an iconic piece of surfing

The Real Mikey Wright: Just Nothing To Lose

On the eve of the Pro

FEATURE FILM: The Biggest East Coast Swell Of A Generation

The waves, the people and the stories Once'A Swell

50 Shades Of Blue - Featuring Medina, Wilko, Ho & Santos

Pulling-the-plug in the search for a simpler stoke

Italo's Pipe Wipe Out... Pipe Out

Ital.. oh no

Teahupoo Free Fall

It's a quick and violent exit from the lip when you get it wrong.

Alex Gray Cops A Massive Cloudbreak Flogging

When it's this big in Fiji you really want to make these ones

Another Hilarious Rock Off Fail - This One's For The Groms

Don't worry young fella. We've all been there!

Weak Wrap: Worst of Weak Wrap 2017

Weak Wrap: Hawaii Ruins Everything Again

The Rock Is A Hard Place

Weak Wrap: Man Wrestles Shark!

Plus much more in a very special tropical edition

Weak Wrap: Jamie O'Brien Is Dead... To Me

Plus other sad things.

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.

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.

Movement: Surf Coach Series With Nic Laidlaw

'The Core' demystified for strength and mobility

Finding The Why – Surf Coach Series With Nic Laidlaw

Understanding why we're out there, could lead to better, more fulfilling surfing.

How Did This Wave Even Get Ridden?

18-year-old makes it look easy

The Spectacular Tweed Swell

A left-hander that'll make you weak at the knees

You Wish This Was Your Backyard, But It's Not

Point break living

The Longest Barrel On The Central Coast This Century?

Andrew Mooney defies the odds

What Does It Take To Be A Man? Soli Bailey Knows.

Hot Lips Episode #3

Jack Freestone Found The Key To Cold Water Surfing Enlightenment

Hot Lips Episode #2

Wilko Faces His Worst Adversary

Hot Lips Episode #1

Noa Deane's Tube Session Day Trip

Standout Sessions

The Five Biggest Moments of the Volcom Pipe Pro's History – One of the Most Revered Comps in the Game

The world's most celebrated wave is no stranger to iconic times.

Sean Doherty: Jeremy Flores and Carissa Moore Win France

The Quiksilver and Roxy Pros finish with pumping beachies, and Jeremy wins his home event for the first time.

Taj Stars in South African Road Trip Clip, Pumping Pre-Event France, and Who's Made the Olympic Team Already?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was October 11, 2019

USANA SurfAid Cup Hits Manly October 18

It's a ripper day for a ripper cause.

Nick Carroll: We Know About the Sharks, What About the People?

A UTS research project aims to find out how people — not sharks — on the North Coast have changed their behaviour since 2015’s nightmare

Take a Breath and Watch This Contemplative Surf Travel Movie With Drew McPherson

A state of play

So That Melbourne Wave Pool Has Been Filled

Gotta be close now, right?

Nick Carroll: We Know About the Sharks, What About the People?

A UTS research project aims to find out how people — not sharks — on the North Coast have changed their behaviour since 2015’s nightmare

Nick Carroll: Great Whites and the New Normal

Yibbida Yibbida

Bondi Beach Closed As Big Shark Stalks Surfers

At least one shark was stalking the Bondi lineup today.

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?

Nias: "It Is a Complete Disaster"

Construction continues at Lagundri Bay; local surfers up in arms

Nick Carroll: How the South Newy Crew Saved Their Beach (and How You Could Save Yours)

Lessons Learned

Surfing Icons and World Champs Sign Open Letter to Norwegian Oil Drillers

An Open Letter From the Surfers of Australia

Nick Carroll: The Bight Fight Is Just Beginning

We all need to understand this – and its consequences

Taj Stars in South African Road Trip Clip, Pumping Pre-Event France, and Who's Made the Olympic Team Already?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was October 11, 2019

Julian Has the Best YouTube Series of Them All, Puuuumping France, and Brazil Is Again Dominating the Men's QS

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was October 4, 2019

Nope You Can’t Smoke Weed at Jervis Bay, What are the Real CT Rankings? Plus Jack Robbo, Bobby Martinez & John John Florence Drop Fresh Bangers

Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was September 27, 2019

Is a CT at the Pool the Equivalent of Playing Nintendo at Slater's House (Where He Gets the Good Controller)? Plus Mason Ho at the Wedge and an Update From Sunny's Family

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was September 20, 2019

Photos: East Coast Super South Swell Sunday

How the East Coast looked today

Saturday At Bells Beach: Big, Wild & Beautiful

Saturday on the Surf Coast

East Coast Wednesday Wavefest

The People's Photos

The East Coast Awakening: Monday 23rd May

Swell Diary

Sean Doherty: Jeremy Flores and Carissa Moore Win France

The Quiksilver and Roxy Pros finish with pumping beachies, and Jeremy wins his home event for the first time.

Sean Doherty: C'est La Vie

Filipe Crashes Out in the Round of 32 at the 2019 Quiksilver Pro France

Sean Doherty: Lemoore to Lorenzo

2019 Quiksilver and Roxy Pros France, The Early Rounds

Sean Doherty: Perfect is the Enemy of Good

Gabriel Medina and Lakey Peterson win the 2019 Freshwater Pro

Nick Carroll: We Know About the Sharks, What About the People?

A UTS research project aims to find out how people — not sharks — on the North Coast have changed their behaviour since 2015’s nightmare

Nick Carroll: The Continuing Crisis at Bells

A 60-metre-long elevated viewing platform at Winkipop?

Nick Carroll: What Might the Future of Rip Curl (And Pro Surfing) Look Like After Yesterday's Sale?

The Tide's Turning

Nick Carroll: Look out Coolum, the Pool’s Coming Your Way

Queensland will host the Kelly Slater Wave Pool Company's first project outside the USA

The Short History Of Surfer Greetings

Begins with Aloha.

The Short History Of Camping

Few things go together as well as surfing and camping

Why We Love To Camp Out Under The Stars

And all the hilarious things that happen round the campfire

Say Hello To The Least Friendliest Waves In WA

The Brown Brothers have something radical in store

Surfer Yarns: Jim Banks On Single Fins

Placement is key

Surfer Yarns: Jim Banks On His Recent Near Death Wipe-Out At Uluwatu

The Bends

Surfer Yarns: Jim Banks On Where To Put The Damn Fins

Okay, confession time.

Surfer Yarns: Jim Banks On A Lifetime Spent Shaping Surfboards

Breaking The Rules

Video: The Fizzlot kids – SW Grom Bash

A stoked out portrait of Australian Junior Surfing in the year 2018.

The Lyndie Irons Interview – After The Tell All Documentary

From the latest issue of Surfing World

Surfing World Magazine: Issue 387

The Return Of The Killer Surf Movie

Surfing World Magazine: Issue 386

Rip up this magazine and stick it to your walls because Australia pumps

Tested: Flashbomb Heat Seeker 3/2mm Zip Free Steamer

The Maserati of wetsuits

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?

Two New Surf Books, Richo and Lennox, Different Worlds – Nick Carroll

Richo! The Terry Richardson Story and Surfing Lennox, From Then To Now

Reviewed:Three Ladies Wetsuits For Winter

Brrrrrr, three of the best wetsuits for women

The 20 Best Excuses Used To Get Out Of Surfing Big Waves

Bet you've used a couple of these

Summer In 'Straya: Top 5 Camping Spots At Surf Breaks

Pack up the car and the fam.

These Are The Best 50 Gifts For Surfers This Christmas

Time To Sort This

The Best Last Minute Gifts For Dad!

Father's Day sorted!

The Short History Of Surf Mysteries

Enter the twilight zone.

The Short History Of Camping

Few things go together as well as surfing and camping

Jock Serong's Short History Of Grommets

Why We Love To Camp Out Under The Stars

And all the hilarious things that happen round the campfire

Historic Surf Event Continues In Newcastle

56th Mattara Surf Classic

Nikki Van Dijk Crowned Champ In Portugal

The Cascais Pro had some big shocks

World First Experience For 360 Groms In Sydney This Week

Innovation for grass roots surfing

The Line Up Of Incredible Surf Films

Noosa Surf Film Festival flicks

Coastalwatch's Chief Swell Forecaster Answers Hard and Easy Questions

Come and Meet Ben Macartney

Do You Know Which Surfer Has Won 13 Titles?

A stellar story

World First Experience For 360 Groms In Sydney This Week

Innovation for grass roots surfing

Rob Machado On: Shaping His Own Boards, Pro Surfing & Flow

I want to ride a Rob Machado surfboard

Paige Alms On Winning Her Second Pe'ahi Challenge

Lipped Podcast

Who Is The Biggest Self-Proclaimed Over-Achiever In Surfing?

Lipped, The Surfer's Podcast

What In The Heck Actually Is An Ambassador of Stoke?

The Dooley podcast tackles the small questions

Tackling The WSL Restructure Controversy Head On

Ain't That Swell

7 Must Do Surf Trips for Time Poor Professionals

When enough is enough and you need to get away for perfect surf.

What the Mentawai Islands and Banyaks Were Like This August

Video, gallery and report

9 Surf Trips for your Honeymoon

Dreamy getaways for loved-up surfers

This Is What Mentawai Islands Were like This June

Video, gallery and report

The Best Thing About Surfing In France

The draining perfection of La Graviere

7 Crucial Steps To A Successful Surf Van Fit-Out

A step-by-step guide to the ultimate vanlife

Gallery: The Reason Everyone Loves Hawaii

Through the lens of Craig Parry

The Most Intense & Spectacular Surf Trip I've Ever Been On

Morgan Maassen's Mexican magic

The Mentawais On The Pump

Waves you dream of

The Top 3 Places You Have To Surf In Indo Before You Die

The comprehensive look into these incredible breaks

Indo Is Going Off!

The best looking waves right now

Jim Banks On: The Perfect Indo Quiver

The four essential boards for your surf trip

This Is The Very Best Of The Maldives In 2016

Waves of your dreams

Everything A Surfer Could Hope For

The Maldives September report

Can You Believe This Was The Last 35 Days Straight In The Maldives?

Non-stop waves

Richard Kotch On, The Best I've Ever Seen The Maldives

July's swell delivery exposed

What the Mentawai Islands and Banyaks Were Like This August

Video, gallery and report

Gallery and Report: Mentawai Islands April 2019

The Indo swell charts have been lighting up.

Donald Trump throws shakas in the Mentawais!

Video: Imperfect weather but allegedly endless beers thanks to loaded President along for the ride.

Spectacular September Sessions In The Mentawais

Here's how it looked

Samoa: Our Tropical Wave Rich Neighbours

The summer of waves report

Gallery: Samoa - February 2015 Recap

Fun waves on the Polynesian island.

Gallery: Samoa – November 2014

Sunny days, offshore winds, no crowds and fresh swells in November? Welcome to Samoa…

Gallery: Samoa – October 2014

October in Samoa is a beautiful month especially if you're a surfer.

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