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Nth NSW

Margaret River - Surfers Point

South Coast WA

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Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Jetty Beach - Coffs

Nth NSW

Margaret River - Surfers Point

South Coast WA

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Jetty Beach - Coffs

Nth NSW

Margaret River - Surfers Point

South Coast WA

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Jetty Beach - Coffs

Nth NSW

Margaret River - Surfers Point

South Coast WA

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Surf Coast VIC

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Sydney

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 February 2019

TC Oma is the synoptic elephant in the forecast room this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 15 – 17 February 2019

Weekend Surf Forecast 8 - 10 February 2019

Weekend Surf Forecast 1 - 3 February 2019

Beat the heat and go surfing.

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?

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

A heavy round of S swell is just around the East Coast's corner.

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

Cyclone Oma Lights Up Noosa - Nature's Own Perfect Wave Pool

Whilst the Gold Coast was a little bigger, Noosa provided epic, perfect lines for Julian Wilson, Asher Pacey and a handful of other pros along with several hundred wave-starved punters

Ryan Callinan Signs With Ocean & Earth

With a short, sharp banger of a clip!

Cyclone Oma Awoke Kirra From Her Slumber Thursday

The famous point break provided some solid barrels Thursday for the likes of Mick, Parko, Freestone and more.

Cyclone Oma Builds On The Gold Coast Thursday Morning

Swell started filling in on the east coast with Jay Thompson, Owen Wright, and more all over it. Stay tuned for more!

Cyclone Oma Lights Up Noosa - Nature's Own Perfect Wave Pool

Whilst the Gold Coast was a little bigger, Noosa provided epic, perfect lines for Julian Wilson, Asher Pacey and a handful of other pros along with several hundred wave-starved punters

Cyclone Oma Awoke Kirra From Her Slumber Thursday

The famous point break provided some solid barrels Thursday for the likes of Mick, Parko, Freestone and more.

Cyclone Oma Builds On The Gold Coast Thursday Morning

Swell started filling in on the east coast with Jay Thompson, Owen Wright, and more all over it. Stay tuned for more!

Dope D'Bah Today With Cyclone Oma Inbound

Duranbah had clean mean barrels today and Fanning, Parko, Durbo, Freestone and crew were spending plenty of time behind the curtain and on the rail as cyclone Oma continues to deliver pumping waves.

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

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

Kai Hing Surfing on the Gold Coast

Short and sharp summer shredding

Ryan Callinan, Jack Freestone, Ethan Ewing and Seth Moniz Shred Mysto Pointbreak

A beautiful right point on an epic little surf trip

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

The Wave That Broke Andrew Jacobson's Leg

Cloudbreak puts an end to Jacobson's session with this nasty beatdown.

Friday Fails: Sunset Somersault

Liam O'Brien impressed in the 2018-19 Hawaiian winter however this wasn't one of his finest moments.

The 8 Worst Surfing Fails & Slams Of 2016

Slams be slams

Friday Fails: Novelty Wave Rock-Off

The best thing you'll see today

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

Cyclone Oma Lights Up Noosa - Nature's Own Perfect Wave Pool

Whilst the Gold Coast was a little bigger, Noosa provided epic, perfect lines for Julian Wilson, Asher Pacey and a handful of other pros along with several hundred wave-starved punters

How Does Breath Hold Training Actually Work?

Mark Visser explains his amazing Ocean Warrior training course

Griffin Colapinto Is Better Than Youtube, Tell That Oil Drill to Get Stuffed, & Mick 'n' Parko Are Winning TC Oma so Far

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

Cyclone Oma Awoke Kirra From Her Slumber Thursday

The famous point break provided some solid barrels Thursday for the likes of Mick, Parko, Freestone and more.

Ryan Callinan Signs With Ocean & Earth

With a short, sharp banger of a clip!

Fun News: Kelly Slater Will Be in the Vissla Sydney Surf Pro This Year

The Great One will be back in Manly in March.

Merewether wins the 2019 nudie Australian Boardriders Battle!

Watch the highlights from an absolute belter of an event

Ryan Callinan, Jack Freestone, Ethan Ewing and Seth Moniz Shred Mysto Pointbreak

A beautiful right point on an epic little surf trip

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

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

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?

Griffin Colapinto Is Better Than Youtube, Tell That Oil Drill to Get Stuffed, & Mick 'n' Parko Are Winning TC Oma so Far

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

Wade In Micronesia, KP Resigns, and Let's Play Shark or Dolphin in Creed and Shaun Manners' New Clip

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

Jack Jack Wins Pipe! Dion 'n' Chippa Do France, and Bong Boys Light Up Sick African Point

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

Did Yago Just Nail the Best Wave Pool Performance of All Time? Plus, New Chinese Wave Pools and an Enlightening Julian Wilson World Title Doco

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & The Internet On The Week That Was February 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: The Bight Fight Is Just Beginning

We all need to understand this – and its consequences

The 3 Results of CPR

Simple: The person revives, the ambos show up, or the person dies. That’s it.

Nick Carroll: How Bill and Dan Changed the World

The legendary maker of “Free Ride” and his hotshot shooter.

Is This Surfing's Most Important Skill?

Maybe! And it's not even that hard.

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

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

Salty Dogs | Five of the Best Wetsuits, Reviewed by Surfing World

Wetties and Wisdom

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

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.

Video & Gallery: Who said the Maldives doesn’t get hollow?

Early season in the Maldives has delivered plenty bowls

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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