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Swell Alert: ESE Ramps Up to Kick Off the 2020 Tropical Swell Season This Weekend

Swell Alert: Deep East Coast Low to Deliver Another Hiding to the NSW Coast

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Yasa and its distant cousin, Tropical Cyclone Zazu

Forecaster Blog: The East Coast’s Tropical Swell Window is About to Wake Up

Swell Alert: ESE Ramps Up to Kick Off the 2020 Tropical Swell Season This Weekend

Swell Alert: Deep East Coast Low to Deliver Another Hiding to the NSW Coast

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Yasa and its distant cousin, Tropical Cyclone Zazu

Forecaster Blog: The East Coast’s Tropical Swell Window is About to Wake Up

Swell Alert: ESE Ramps Up to Kick Off the 2020 Tropical Swell Season This Weekend

Swell Alert: Deep East Coast Low to Deliver Another Hiding to the NSW Coast

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Yasa and its distant cousin, Tropical Cyclone Zazu

Forecaster Blog: The East Coast’s Tropical Swell Window is About to Wake Up

Swell Alert: ESE Ramps Up to Kick Off the 2020 Tropical Swell Season This Weekend

Swell Alert: Deep East Coast Low to Deliver Another Hiding to the NSW Coast

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Yasa and its distant cousin, Tropical Cyclone Zazu

Forecaster Blog: The East Coast’s Tropical Swell Window is About to Wake Up

Swell Alert: ESE Ramps Up to Kick Off the 2020 Tropical Swell Season This Weekend

Swell Alert: Deep East Coast Low to Deliver Another Hiding to the NSW Coast

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Yasa and its distant cousin, Tropical Cyclone Zazu

Forecaster Blog: The East Coast’s Tropical Swell Window is About to Wake Up

Swell Alert: ESE Ramps Up to Kick Off the 2020 Tropical Swell Season This Weekend

Swell Alert: Deep East Coast Low to Deliver Another Hiding to the NSW Coast

Forecaster Blog: Tropical Cyclone Yasa and its distant cousin, Tropical Cyclone Zazu

Forecaster Blog: The East Coast’s Tropical Swell Window is About to Wake Up

Weekend Surf Forecast 6 - 8 March 2020

Bring on autumn.

Weekend Surf Forecast 21 - 23 February, 2020

There's more late summer goodness in the forecast this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast January 31- 2 February 2020

There's a wave with your name on it this weekend.

Long Weekend Surf Forecast 24 - 27 January, 2020

Line up your Australia day long weekend.

Swell Alert: ESE Ramps Up to Kick Off the 2020 Tropical Swell Season This Weekend

It's open season as a large easterly swell ramps up across southern Queensland this weekend.

Swell Alert: Deep East Coast Low to Deliver Another Hiding to the NSW Coast

Early to mid-next week it's highly likely we'll see yet another large to heavy swell event

Swell Alert: A Multitude of Swell Trains Converge along the Eastern Seaboard

The surf is tripling up this weekend.

Swell Alert: Tropical Cyclone Uesi is Inbound

Tropical Cyclone Uesi is primed to rock your world.

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: Tropical Cyclone Yasa and its distant cousin, Tropical Cyclone Zazu

A distant Southwest Pacific cyclone holds latent east swell potential in the lead-up to Christmas.

Forecaster Blog: The East Coast’s Tropical Swell Window is About to Wake Up

A resurgent La Nina is about to rock the East Coast this December.

Forecaster Blog: The 2020 La Nina, East Coast Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Outlook

Will the 2020/21 cyclone season live up to expectations?

Forecaster Blog: Climate Models Tipping Towards a Stronger La Niña

The 2020 La Niña continues to gather momentum: What will the surf be like this November and December?

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

A Ripping New Rage Vid, Pete Mel's Stoke Is Everyone's Stoke, and Maverick's on Skis? What?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021

Photos and Highlights From the '21 Burleigh Single Fin Festival

The Most Core Surf Comp of the Year

Margaret River Starts 2021 on the Pump

One of the better summer swells in recent memory hits the Southwest

WSL's Horror Run Continues, Mason Finally Meets the Reef, and Waves Glorious Waves

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021

A Ripping New Rage Vid, Pete Mel's Stoke Is Everyone's Stoke, and Maverick's on Skis? What?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021

Photos and Highlights From the '21 Burleigh Single Fin Festival

The Most Core Surf Comp of the Year

Margaret River Starts 2021 on the Pump

One of the better summer swells in recent memory hits the Southwest

WSL's Horror Run Continues, Mason Finally Meets the Reef, and Waves Glorious Waves

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021

Surfer Survives Great White Attack at Kangaroo Island, South Aus

Yet another Australian surfer/shark incident in 2020

13-Year-Old Surfer Suffers Shark Bite at Port Macquarie This Morning

He is in a stable condition

Nick Carroll: In the Wake of Yet Another Shark Death, Esperance Is a Town in Need

The WA Government hasn’t been stepping up in Esperance. It better start now.

"You Can Usually Stop People From Dying With Very Basic Equipment and Very Simple Techniques" – What To Do in the Event of a Shark Attack

According To a Surfing Doctor

Nick Carroll: When the Seas Rise

…a lot of what we know about surfing today will be gone. Here’s a new group hoping to make a difference.

Sean Doherty: The Problem Is Bigger Than Wamberal

The Vexed Issue of Saving Beachside Property and the Undermining of Future Plans for Sea Level Rise

Nick Carroll: Are We on the Edge of a New Era in Surf Environmentalism? Thanks to Some Dumb Virus?

The Plague retreats, part one in a series

Sean Doherty: The Bight Bites Back

"It certainly wasn’t the phone call I was expecting on a lazy Tuesday morning."

A Ripping New Rage Vid, Pete Mel's Stoke Is Everyone's Stoke, and Maverick's on Skis? What?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021

WSL's Horror Run Continues, Mason Finally Meets the Reef, and Waves Glorious Waves

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021

The Ten Biggest Things from Surfing and the Internet in 2020

This Year in Surfing

Kai Lenny Jaws Go-Pro Footage Is Insane and John John Is the Best Surf Youtuber There Is

This Week in Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was December 25 2020

All the Highlights From that Massive Hawaiian Swell That Just Went Down

A Surfline Swell Story

Gallery: Four Pumping Days In WA

The best swell of the winter?

Paddle Bombs and Tow-Ins as East Coast Low Lights up Sydney Yet Again

There had been barely a moment for to collect your breath before Monday hit, and now there's more coming!

Video & Gallery: Locals Rule Day of the Year (So Far) at Padang Padang

Firing Bali Is Equal Parts Stoke and Torture

RIP Marty Tullemans

Sean Doherty on the passing of a beloved and iconic Australian surf photographer

Sean Doherty: A Pink Lake, a Fashion Show and Australia’s Most Sacred Surf Zone

Strange Scenes Inside the Salt Mine

RIP: John Shimooka (1969-2020)

'80s Hawaiian pro turned commentator in Australia passes away

Sean Doherty: The Start of the WSL CT in Three Weeks’ Time Is Throwing up Some Questions

Hang on, this is going to get weird...

Nick Carroll: The Big Surf Stories of This Stupid, Glorious Year

20 from ’20

Nick Carroll: How One Turn Shut Out 10 Days of Confusion at the Billabong Pipe Masters

John finally gets his Masters, Tyler claims first women's Pipe major, and surfing saves a calamitous week

Nick Carroll: Adventures in 3D Shaping

Recreating an 80s Sunset dream board by way of computer, is this the future for specialist custom orders?

Nick Carroll: The Aftermath

As the surfing world processes the death of John Shimooka, care and concern turns to those left in the backwash

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

Wayne Lynch On the Black Summer

From the pages of the latest Surfing World, Wayne Lynch reflects

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

Sean Doherty: "The Guys at Narrabeen Really Set a Direction in My Life", Mark Richards in 1971

Another excerpt from the wonderful new book, Golden Days: The Best Years of Australian Surfing

Sean Doherty: “Girls Can Be Grommets Too!”, Pam Burridge in 1979

An excerpt from the wonderful new book, Golden Days: The Best Years of Australian Surfing

Tested: Quiksilver Mens Highline Pro 1mm Zipperless Steamer Wetsuit, Eight Months Down the Track

The Wear and Tear Update

"I Think What’s Coming for Surfing Is an Upwelling of New Voices and Perspectives – Those Who Have Often Been Excluded From Belonging to Core Surf Culture"

Lauren L Hill discusses her new book on the Rise of Female Surfing, She Surf

5 of the Best Reef Breaks in the World, Just Because

Heaviest, Easiest, Most Deadly... Which Is Your Fave?

The Coastalwatch Isolation Salvation – No.7

From a classic Kirra swell from the vault, to the history of rock-offs, here's five quick distractions to keep the stoke burning.

The Coastalwatch Isolation Salvation – No.6

The Top Five Reasons Why Mason Ho Is So Magical

Ronnie and Vaughan are back for Season 2 of The Hold Down

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

"I Think What’s Coming for Surfing Is an Upwelling of New Voices and Perspectives – Those Who Have Often Been Excluded From Belonging to Core Surf Culture"

Lauren L Hill discusses her new book on the Rise of Female Surfing, She Surf

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

Growing up on Maui To Becoming One of the World’s Premier Watermen – Kai Lenny Tells His Story on Jamie Mitchell's Podcast

The Late Drop Podcast

From Air Shows To Death-Defying Code Red Tahiti and Everything in Between – Nathan Fletcher Tells His Story on Jamie Mitchell's Podcast

The Late Drop Podcast

From 'Mad Wax', To Winning the Eddie, To Australian Survivor – Ross Clarke Jones Tells His Story on Jamie Mitchell's Podcast

The Late Drop Podcast

The Evolution of a Modern Big Wave Surfer, Felicity Palmateer Tells Her Story on Jamie Mitchell's Podcast

The Late Drop Podcast

Meet The Best Women Surfers On Bali

Riding Against All Odds

Watch: The History of the World's Most Elusive and Long Lefthander

The ever-changing story of Skeleton Bay

The Story of How Surfing Almost Lost Mundaka, Then Didn't

First Sessions: How the Spanish Rivermouth Almost Suffered a Man-Made Death

6 of the Best Righthand Pointbreaks in the World, Just Because

Natural-Footed Dreams

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

Meet The Best Women Surfers On Bali

Riding Against All Odds

Get Around It: A 10-Kilometre Paddle To Provide Food To the Struggling People of Bali

Introducing the Million Meals Paddle

Lockdown Diaries: How a Teacher and His 14-Year-Old Daughter Have Waited Out the Pandemic on Nias

“This Is What the 1970s Must’ve Been Like in Indo.”

Lockdown Diaries: Meet the American Surfer Who Got "Stuck" at Supersuck

"They closed the borders, everything got cancelled, I got shut-in, and I stayed at Supersuck for four months. Pigdog heaven."

Maldives in the Time of Coronavirus

Empty perfection and a devastated economy...

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

Lockdown Diaries: Meet the American Surfer Who Got "Stuck" at Supersuck

"They closed the borders, everything got cancelled, I got shut-in, and I stayed at Supersuck for four months. Pigdog heaven."

The Last Man in the Mentawai Islands Scores More Insane Covid Barrels

"It will never happen again.”

One Week of Empty Perfection: A Video Diary from the Mentawai Islands

Video line-ups of a ridiculous swell in an unprecedented time

What the Mentawai Islands and Banyaks Were Like This August

Video, gallery and 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.

Coastalwatch Surf Check App For iPhone

Australia's no.1 surf app. Check the surf anywhere, anytime with over 100 live streaming Australian Surf Cams. Download from iTunes.

Surfstitch Surf Check App For Android Phones

Surfstitch Surf Check - the official Coastalwatch Android app for Australian surfing and coastal conditions.

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"Alexa, ask Coastalwatch for the surf forecast". The official Coastalwatch Skill for Alexa enabled devices allows you to use your voice to get the latest conditions and forecasts.

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