Patagonia Byron Bay

Newport

Sydney

Narrowneck (high view)

Gold Coast

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Newport

Sydney

Narrowneck (high view)

Gold Coast

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Newport

Sydney

Narrowneck (high view)

Gold Coast

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Newport

Sydney

Narrowneck (high view)

Gold Coast

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Newport

Sydney

Narrowneck (high view)

Gold Coast

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Swell Alert: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

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

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: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

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

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: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

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

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: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

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

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: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

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

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: Victoria is on the cusp of a heavy spike in WSW groundswell

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

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

Easter Long Weekend Surf Forecast 19 - 22 April 2019

It's shaping up as a beast of an Easter long weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 12 - 14 April, 2019

Weekend Surf Forecast 5 - 7 April 2019

Autumn induced surfing goodness abounds this weekend.

Weekend Surf Forecast 29 - 31 March 2019

The waves are on the cook this weekend.

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.

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?

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

Crescent Head Local Dan Johnson Can Ride A Log!

Beautiful lines and fancy footwork

From The Archives: David 'Baddy' Treloar And The Boys

Sharing his local with mates Dan Ross, Brendan Margieson and Austin Langridge in the year 2000

4WD Gets Caught On The High Tide

When you're stuck at Double Island Point on the high tide

More Free Surfing From Bells In The Lead Up To The Pro

Featuring Jack Freestone, Julian Wilson, Ricardo Christie, Soli Bailey, Harry Mann and more.

From The Archives: David 'Baddy' Treloar And The Boys

Sharing his local with mates Dan Ross, Brendan Margieson and Austin Langridge in the year 2000

More Free Surfing From Bells In The Lead Up To The Pro

Featuring Jack Freestone, Julian Wilson, Ricardo Christie, Soli Bailey, Harry Mann and more.

Pumping Noosa On Everything But Shortboards

A mixed bag of crafts tearing apart Noosa during Cyclone Oma and featuring Harrison Roach, Asher Pacey, Alex Knost, Taylor Jensen, Jake Vincent and crew.

Championship Tour Warm-up Session at Bells

World Championship Tour surfers Julian Wilson, Kanoa Igarashi, Jadson Andre, Ricardo Christie and Soli Bailey tear up Bells and Winki pre Rip Curl Bells Beach Pro.

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

Crescent Head Local Dan Johnson Can Ride A Log!

Beautiful lines and fancy footwork

Watch Keala Kennelly's Landmark Speech at the WSL Awards

The Big Wave World Champion's Words Are Worth Hearing

Meet Xavier Huxtable

A vicco grom on the rise

Bryce Young's Razor Sharp Rail Work On Asymmetrical Designs

Young's style and graceful lines are truely hypnotic

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

4WD Gets Caught On The High Tide

When you're stuck at Double Island Point on the high tide

When You Lose Control During A Mega Swell

We can't begin to imagine what this calibre of flogging feels like

Friday Fails - TOS Melt Downs

It's not all glorious perfect barrels rides with spitting exits on the other side

Cyclone Oma Jet Ski Fail - Is this Karma?

As the jet ski debate continues you have to wonder whether this was an operator error or some sort of divine intervention. Entertaining nonetheless.

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

What Are the Mentawai Islands Like In Feb? A Fun Little Playground

Video: Mentawai Islands, February 2019

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.

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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