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Swell Alert - Weekend Surf Forecast
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Weekend Surf Forecast 24 - 26 May 2019
There's a mixed bag of good and bad around the country this weekend.
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Weekend Surf Forecast 17 - 19 May 2019
It’s rare to see light autumn winds and good swell running across just about every stretch of surfable Australian coastline
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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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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.
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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?
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 22 - 31 May, 2019
Will Kermas return to form before the waiting period expires?
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 26 September - 10 August, 2018
Late September sees a new, long-period SW groundswell inbound across Indonesia.
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 19 - 30 September, 2018
Yet another powerful SSW groundswell is closing in on Indo this week.
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 12 - 24 September, 2018
SSW groundswell lines are stacked up beyond the horizon throughout early to mid September.
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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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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.
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Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow
Christmas comes early to the NSW coast this year.
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Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential
Where there's rain, there's swell. Sometimes.
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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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While We Wait For Waves In Bali Lets Watch This Awesome Clip From Dbah
Slater, Mortensen, Smith, Ibelli, Nichols, Callinan, Coffin, Crews, Daru, Freestone, Wright, Vasicek
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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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Progression & Power From The Ladies - Keramas Free Surf
Conlogue, Moore, Gilmore, Fitzgibbons, Peterson and a all the other big names on the WSL women's tour going crazy at Keramas.
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While We Wait For Waves In Bali Lets Watch This Awesome Clip From Dbah
Slater, Mortensen, Smith, Ibelli, Nichols, Callinan, Coffin, Crews, Daru, Freestone, Wright, Vasicek
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Progression & Power From The Ladies - Keramas Free Surf
Conlogue, Moore, Gilmore, Fitzgibbons, Peterson and a all the other big names on the WSL women's tour going crazy at Keramas.
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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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The Youngest Rip Curl GromSearch Winner Ever Crowned In Costa Rica
Caitlin Simmers is just 13 years old.
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How a Teenager Took the Best Surf Photo in Years
A must watch film about surf photography in the modern era.
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Watch Keala Kennelly's Landmark Speech at the WSL Awards
The Big Wave World Champion's Words Are Worth Hearing
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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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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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Poor Bloke Gets Absolutely Owned When Rocking Off At Burleigh Heads
Sometime we have to learn the hard way
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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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Weekend Surf Forecast 24 - 26 May 2019
There's a mixed bag of good and bad around the country this weekend.
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While We Wait For Waves In Bali Lets Watch This Awesome Clip From Dbah
Slater, Mortensen, Smith, Ibelli, Nichols, Callinan, Coffin, Crews, Daru, Freestone, Wright, Vasicek
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Soli Bailey Emerges From A Virtually Unmakeable Barrel On The North Coast Of NSW
Sometimes when you scratch into one late you get rewarded like Sol does here.
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Bali, Indonesia Surf Forecast 22 - 31 May, 2019
Will Kermas return to form before the waiting period expires?
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While We Wait For Waves In Bali Lets Watch This Awesome Clip From Dbah
Slater, Mortensen, Smith, Ibelli, Nichols, Callinan, Coffin, Crews, Daru, Freestone, Wright, Vasicek
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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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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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Highlights From a Ridiculous Shipsterns Competition, the Surfing World Descends on Keramas, and the Dirty Ol' Wedge
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was May 17, 2019
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Who Will Win Bali? Who Will Win Shipsterns? And Why You Should Definitely Wag Work and Watch Surfing on Monday
This Week in Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was May 10, 2019
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That All-Time Ain't That Swell/Kelly Slater Podcast Is Live, Laura Enever in Morocco, and Is Mini Dorian the Best 12-Year Old in the World?
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & The Internet On The Week That Was May 3, 2019
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Bells Is Big, Understanding Equal Prize Money, and Jack Robbo's Sponsor Jump
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things From Surfing & The Internet On The Week That Was April 26, 2019
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Sean Doherty: Jalan Jalan
Corona Bali Protected Round of 16 saw a heap more big names get smoked outta there!
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Sean Doherty: My Heart's Beating Like a Rabbit
John John and Italo Gone, Corona Bali Protected Round 3
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Sean Doherty: The Cape of Mild Trepidation
This is the story of Red Bull Cape Fear At Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania today
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Nick Carroll: 5,690,634 Surfboards in Just Five Years
How the Asian board machine is way bigger than anyone thought.
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Nick Carroll: Is There Such a Thing as a Sustainable Surfboard?
Is it just bullshit or what? Nick goes to the Boardroom show in California to find out.
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Nick Carroll: Kanga's Massive Life
Volume Two Of Ian Cairns’s bio has been released, but does anyone know what it means?
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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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What Are the Mentawai Islands Like In Feb? A Fun Little Playground
Video: Mentawai Islands, February 2019
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Video & Gallery: Mentawai Islands August 2018
It might be spring, but it's still cold enough to daydream about Indonesian perfection like this.
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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!
Video: Imperfect weather but allegedly endless beers thanks to loaded President along for the ride.
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Gallery: Samoa – November 2014
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