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Byron Bay

Nth NSW

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Surf Coast VIC

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Nth NSW

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Surf Coast VIC

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Nth NSW

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Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Updated Surf-Potential For The Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Forming Near Vanuatu Fuels Rise in SE, ESE Swell For Southern QLD This Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Strengthening Tradewinds over the Southwest Pacific Sees New E Swell Inbound Next Week

Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Updated Surf-Potential For The Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Forming Near Vanuatu Fuels Rise in SE, ESE Swell For Southern QLD This Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Strengthening Tradewinds over the Southwest Pacific Sees New E Swell Inbound Next Week

Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Updated Surf-Potential For The Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Forming Near Vanuatu Fuels Rise in SE, ESE Swell For Southern QLD This Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Strengthening Tradewinds over the Southwest Pacific Sees New E Swell Inbound Next Week

Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Updated Surf-Potential For The Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Forming Near Vanuatu Fuels Rise in SE, ESE Swell For Southern QLD This Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Strengthening Tradewinds over the Southwest Pacific Sees New E Swell Inbound Next Week

Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Updated Surf-Potential For The Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Forming Near Vanuatu Fuels Rise in SE, ESE Swell For Southern QLD This Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Strengthening Tradewinds over the Southwest Pacific Sees New E Swell Inbound Next Week

Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Updated Surf-Potential For The Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Forming Near Vanuatu Fuels Rise in SE, ESE Swell For Southern QLD This Weekend

Forecaster Blog: Strengthening Tradewinds over the Southwest Pacific Sees New E Swell Inbound Next Week

Weekend Surf Forecast 22 - 24 March 2019

The briny beckons this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 15 - 17 March 2019

Get ready, get set, go surfing this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 8 - 10 March 2019

There are definitely some things to love about autumn surfs

Weekend Surf Forecast 1 - 3 March 2019

A change of season brings good waves of all kinds to our fine shores this weekend.

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.

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.

Swell Alert Updated Again: Tropical Cyclone Oma’s Phenomenal Surf-Potential Is Crystallising and It Looks Unprecedented

Forecast guidance for TC Oma is shifting... towards the Queensland coast.

Swell Alert: TC Oma Is Heading Our Way

Tropical Cyclone Oma is going to deliver, but will it be epic, or just way out of control?

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 26 September - 10 August, 2018

Late September sees a new, long-period SW groundswell inbound across Indonesia.

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 19 - 30 September, 2018

Yet another powerful SSW groundswell is closing in on Indo this week.

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 12 - 24 September, 2018

SSW groundswell lines are stacked up beyond the horizon throughout early to mid September.

Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 5 - 17 September, 2018

Welcome to the Indonesian late season.

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.

Forecaster Blog: Strengthening Tradewinds over the Southwest Pacific Sees New E Swell Inbound Next Week

There's latent E swell potential brewing over the Southwest Pacific.

Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow

Christmas comes early to the NSW coast this year.

Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential

Where there's rain, there's swell. Sometimes.

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

Cooking North Point With The Best Of The West

Four of Western Australia's finest surfing exports putting on a clinic

Cyclone Oma Jet Ski Fail - Is this Karma?

As the jet ski debate continues you have to wonder whether this was an operator error or some sort of divine intervention. Entertaining nonetheless.

You've Gotta See This Mesmerising Vision From South Australia

Some special footage from the wilds

John John Is Back Baby - This Week At Pipe

JJF looking rather fit and ready for the 2019 WSL season

Cooking North Point With The Best Of The West

Four of Western Australia's finest surfing exports putting on a clinic

You've Gotta See This Mesmerising Vision From South Australia

Some special footage from the wilds

John John Is Back Baby - This Week At Pipe

JJF looking rather fit and ready for the 2019 WSL season

Classic Vision From Pumping Kirra In The 90's

The boards were long and the rocker was aggressive!

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

Meet Xavier Huxtable

A vicco grom on the rise

Bryce Young's Razor Sharp Rail Work On Asymmetrical Designs

Young's style and graceful lines are truely hypnotic

Ryan Callinan Signs With Ocean & Earth

With a short, sharp banger of a clip!

Merewether wins the 2019 nudie Australian Boardriders Battle!

Watch the highlights from an absolute belter of an event

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

Cyclone Oma Jet Ski Fail - Is this Karma?

As the jet ski debate continues you have to wonder whether this was an operator error or some sort of divine intervention. Entertaining nonetheless.

Backhand Barrel Goes Wrong

Friday Fail

Danny Griffith's Nasty Shipstern Bluff Coffin Ride

Friday Fail: Ouch!

Drop-in To Cockroach Closeout

Friday Fail: There's always some worthy fail material on a big day at Kirra but this bloke takes the cake

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

Unbelievable Cloudbreak Barrel on a SUP

Find us a better SUP barrel than this

Win VIP Passes to Snapper, Bells & Margaret River WSL Events

Joe Blow at the Pro is back!

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.

Nick Carroll: Don Brink and the World of Asymmetric Design

"I look at them as beautiful."

Jack McCoy's Talk Story Tour Will Be Part of Vivid Festival

Plus a heap of East Coast towns, and a couple mega-legends

Win VIP Passes to Snapper, Bells & Margaret River WSL Events

Joe Blow at the Pro is back!

Fight For The Bight Paddle Out Protest At Burleigh This Sunday

Resistance still rolling

The Manly Kombi Rally Is Back for 2019

Presented by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

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?

Sharks and You One Year On – What's Changed? Part I

CW survey results are in

Nick Carroll On: Sharks One Year Later – What's Changed? Part II

CW’s Shark Panel catch-up

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

"Say No To Tar" Rally Planned For Crescent Head

Residents and Kempsey Shire Council set to clash over the contentious sealing of Plomer Road

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

The Australian Aboriginal Flag Will Be Worn on the CT This Year, the WSL's New Format Means a Long Round 3, and POV Dreamy Backdoor Tubes

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & The Internet On The Week That Was March 22, 2019

All the Pro Surfers Are Starting Youtube Channels and It Kinda Sucks, Plus Noa and Creed Drop Rad West Aus Clip, and Is 2019 Italo's Year?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & The Internet On The Week That Was March 15, 2019

Is Steph Gilmore the GOAT? Caroline Marks's Backhand Is Deadly, and the Coffin Brothers Take On Kirra

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & The Internet On The Week That Was March 8, 2019

A Jet Ski Conversation Probably Needs to Happen Soon, the Gold Coast Is Getting Their Own Wave Pool, & What Do You Think of the New WSL Logo?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & The Internet On The Week That Was March 1, 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: Medina Dominates his Second World Title

"Parko said it best: “He’s just too good.”"

SEAN DOHERTY: Pipe Day 2 - A Brutal Pantomime

Here was Kelly, the GOAT, 46 and held together by tape, sending it.

SEAN DOHERTY: Pipe Day 1 - War Pigs

Parko’s saying for anyone on a hot streak of good fortune is that “they’ve been kissed on the dick by a fairy” and this afternoon the fairies were circling.

SEAN DOHERTY: Wild Days in the Valley

Hard act to follow, yesterday. Man, didn’t that just shake things up a little?

Nick Carroll: Don Brink and the World of Asymmetric Design

"I look at them as beautiful."

Nick Carroll: MR, Midget and the Scent of a Blank

How three great surfers relate through surfboards

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?

Nick Carroll: A Surfer's Party?

Damien Cole Is Running for Federal Parliament, Is He the First of His Kind?

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

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

Four Mid-to-North Coast National Parks To Hit This Long Weekend

Score some waves, save some coin

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

What Are the Mentawai Islands Like In Feb? A Fun Little Playground

Video: Mentawai Islands, February 2019

Video & Gallery: Mentawai Islands August 2018

It might be spring, but it's still cold enough to daydream about Indonesian perfection like this.

Video & Gallery: Mentawai Islands July 2018

A Historic Swell

Video & Gallery: Mentawai Islands, June, 2018

The month of June was a classic high season month.

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

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

Maldives Late Season Has Been Mental

The September highlights reel

A Perfect Trifecta Of Epic Mentawai Swells

The August report

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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