Ben Macartney - Chief Swell Forecaster
Chief Swell Forecaster
Ben joined the Coastalwatch team in 2005 and has grown to become the lead of the forecasting team. On a daily basis at Coastalwatch Ben forecasts for the east coast regions of Australia including QLD, NSW and down through Victoria, and also tracks major swells for Indonesia and the South Pacific region that take in some of Australia's most favourite surfing destinations like Indonesia.
Read articles by Ben Macartney
Last Friday and Saturday at Cape Solander, It Was On
"Two days at the world's most dangerous slab"
Meet "Avalanche" Brazil's Newest Slab, Mason Surfs South Shore Backwashy Reef Ledge, and Michel Bourez Uses Foil to Fight off a Hammerhead
Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was July 3 2020
Letty Mortensen Has Been Ripping
A saturated, poppy air and tubefest filmed across France, South Coast NSW, WA and home around Sydney's Northern Beaches
Last Friday and Saturday at Cape Solander, It Was On
"Two days at the world's most dangerous slab"
Letty Mortensen Has Been Ripping
Coco Ho Can Stomp Airs Now
Land of the Long Cold Tube? Beau Young and Ricardo Christie Surf Beautiful Aotearoa
Nick Carroll: Has COVID Exposed Competition’s True Place in Surfing?
Letty Mortensen Has Been Ripping
A saturated, poppy air and tubefest filmed across France, South Coast NSW, WA and home around Sydney's Northern Beaches
Land of the Long Cold Tube? Beau Young and Ricardo Christie Surf Beautiful Aotearoa
New wetty label 'Coastlines' launches with two and a half minutes of cold water NZ exploration
Jackson Dorian's New Clip is Outrageous, Fresh Dane Content, and Oh Boy That's Quite a Large Shark
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was June 26 2020
Land of the Long Cold Tube? Beau Young and Ricardo Christie Surf Beautiful Aotearoa
New wetty label 'Coastlines' launches with two and a half minutes of cold water NZ exploration
Standout Sessions: Kelly Slater and Co at Restaurants, 2018
It wasn't all Cloudbreak during "that" swell
Meet "Avalanche" Brazil's Newest Slab, Mason Surfs South Shore Backwashy Reef Ledge, and Michel Bourez Uses Foil to Fight off a Hammerhead
Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was July 3 2020
