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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: Sustained NE windswell for the East Coast

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

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

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

Forecaster Blog: Sustained NE windswell for the East Coast

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

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

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

Forecaster Blog: Sustained NE windswell for the East Coast

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

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

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

Forecaster Blog: Sustained NE windswell for the East Coast

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

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

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

Forecaster Blog: Sustained NE windswell for the East Coast

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

SWELL ALERT: Big SE groundswell inbound across the NSW Coast

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

Forecaster Blog: Sustained NE windswell for the East Coast

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

Weekend Surf Forecast 6 - 8 December, 2019

It's smokin' out there.

Weekend Surf Forecast 29 November - 1 December, 2019

Summer is upon us.

Weekend Surf Forecast 22 - 24 November, 2019

There are the haves and have-nots of surfing this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 15 - 17 November, 2019

Get on the front foot this weekend.

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: Sustained NE windswell for the East Coast

There's NE swell on tap across the NSW coast for the opening days of November.

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.

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

Which Will Be Called the Best Single Wave From the Last Decade of Hawaiian Winters?

Watch the contenders here.

Mason Ho Bunny Hops Human Speed Bumps With All-Star Crew at Rockies

Standout Sessions

Five Monumental Moments In Big Wave Surfing

The Hold Down

Man Gets Rejected While Trying To Surf Noosa

Sent in against his will!

Mason Ho Bunny Hops Human Speed Bumps With All-Star Crew at Rockies

Standout Sessions

Standout Session: Sunset Bombs

When the comp isn't on, they're out there

Local Legends Light Up Pipe and Backdoor

Standout Sessions

Watch Taj, Julian Wilson, Sally Fitz, Tyler Wright and More Shred the Melbourne Wave Pool

"Team Australia" gets their turn to play with surfing's newest toy

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

Which Will Be Called the Best Single Wave From the Last Decade of Hawaiian Winters?

Watch the contenders here.

Five Monumental Moments In Big Wave Surfing

The Hold Down

A Masterclass in Twin Fin Tube-Riding With Torren Martyn

Another epic movie from Martyn, one of the best of 2019

Looking Back At Five Iconic Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Moments

What makes this event so special?

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

Man Gets Rejected While Trying To Surf Noosa

Sent in against his will!

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

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

Nick Carroll: Grading The World Title Contenders on Day 1 of their Pipeline Showdown

Day 1 at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters

Sean Doherty: Medina Dominant, John John Back and Zeke On a Mission as Pipe Gets Started

Day 1 at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters

Which Will Be Called the Best Single Wave From the Last Decade of Hawaiian Winters?

Watch the contenders here.

Mason Ho Bunny Hops Human Speed Bumps With All-Star Crew at Rockies

Standout Sessions

Nick Carroll: Grading The World Title Contenders on Day 1 of their Pipeline Showdown

Day 1 at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters

Sean Doherty: Medina Dominant, John John Back and Zeke On a Mission as Pipe Gets Started

Day 1 at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters

Which Will Be Called the Best Single Wave From the Last Decade of Hawaiian Winters?

Watch the contenders here.

A Masterclass in Twin Fin Tube-Riding With Torren Martyn

Another epic movie from Martyn, one of the best of 2019

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?

There Will Be Over 50 'Fight For the Bight' Paddle-Outs Across Australia This Saturday

Find one to join near you

Rasta, Dan Ross and the North Coast Surf Community Need Our Help

Save the Clarence

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

Jack Robbo's Sunset Surfing Was Legend-Making, Chippa Wilson's Clip of the Year Contender, and the Road to the 2021 CT Begins In... China?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was December 6, 2019

Look at This Big Shark, the Greatest Surfer Protest in History, and the Women's World Title Is Imminent

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was November 29, 2019

Pipeline's Been Pumping, Kipp Caddy Camps in a Swag to Surf Shippies, and Just How Many Waves Will You Get at the Melbourne Pool?

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was November 22, 2019

Heavy Melbourne Locals Are Gonna Regulate, QS Crunch-Time, and the WSL Is Making A Reality TV Show at the Surf Ranch?!

This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was November 15, 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 Dominant, John John Back and Zeke On a Mission as Pipe Gets Started

Day 1 at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters

Sean Doherty: Carissa Moore Wins the 2019 World Title, Steph Bests Tyler in Final at Maui

Finals Day at the 2019 lululemon Maui Pro

Sean Doherty: Tyler Wright Returns to Shatter Lakey Peterson's World Title Dreams At Honolua Bay

Day 1 of the Title Showdown at the lululemon Maui Pto

Sean Doherty: Bight Fight Goes Coast To Coast

"These were coastal communities. Most of them had never protested anything before…"

Nick Carroll: Grading The World Title Contenders on Day 1 of their Pipeline Showdown

Day 1 at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters

Nick Carroll: Jack Robbo Seals CT Slot With Epic Sunset Win

QS Update: Big Day For the Boy Most Likely

Nick Carroll: One Billion Dollars! (Kelly's Pool Is Coming To Aus, But How?)

The WSL’s latest pool project relies on gaining approval for a $1 billion development … in a flood basin. What could possibly go wrong?

QS Update: Early Rounds Dash the Dreams of Banting and More, While Mitch Crews and Co Keep Them Burning

The Sadistic Sunset Waltz

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: Quiksilver Mens Highline Pro 1mm Zipperless Steamer Wetsuit

The world’s most expensive wetsuit

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

The 10 Golden Rules of Packing for Surf Travel

Tip 1, divide everything you've packed by 2...

11 Ways to Prepare for Your Next Surf Trip

Hit This Checklist to Get the Most out of Your Surfari

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.

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

The 10 Golden Rules of Packing for Surf Travel

Tip 1, divide everything you've packed by 2...

11 Ways to Prepare for Your Next Surf Trip

Hit This Checklist to Get the Most out of Your Surfari

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

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.

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.

Alexa Coastalwatch Skill

"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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Use the flexibility of Coastalwatch SMS service to check the daily surf report or live wind conditiosn around Australia anytime of the day.