Surfection Mosman

Ballina Shelly Beach

Nth NSW

Maroubra

Sydney

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Ballina Shelly Beach

Nth NSW

Maroubra

Sydney

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Ballina Shelly Beach

Nth NSW

Maroubra

Sydney

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Ballina Shelly Beach

Nth NSW

Maroubra

Sydney

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Ballina Shelly Beach

Nth NSW

Maroubra

Sydney

Jan Juc - Winki

Surf Coast VIC

Manly - Fairy Bower

Sydney

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

Swell Alert: Southern Ocean Bomb Spawns the Purple Blob of the Year.

Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow

Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

Swell Alert: Southern Ocean Bomb Spawns the Purple Blob of the Year.

Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow

Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

Swell Alert: Southern Ocean Bomb Spawns the Purple Blob of the Year.

Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow

Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

Swell Alert: Southern Ocean Bomb Spawns the Purple Blob of the Year.

Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow

Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

Swell Alert: Southern Ocean Bomb Spawns the Purple Blob of the Year.

Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow

Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

Swell Alert: Southern Ocean Bomb Spawns the Purple Blob of the Year.

Forecaster Blog: Large NE swell To Grace The NSW Coast And TC Owen To Follow

Forecaster Blog: NSW Coast Weather Bomb Holds Latent Surf Potential

Weekend Surf Forecast 14 - 16 December 2018

Weekend Surf Forecast 7 - 9 December 2018

The weekend brings surf. And plenty of it.

Weekend Surf Forecast 30 November - 2 December 2018

Welcome to the opening days of your 2018 surfing summer.

Weekend Surf Forecast 23 - 25 November 2018

There are waves are on the rise this weekend.

Swell Alert: Humungous South Swell to Break The Wave Drought On the East Coast

A heavy round of S swell is just around the East Coast's corner.

Swell Alert: Southern Ocean Bomb Spawns the Purple Blob of the Year.

The height of the southern hemisphere winter is now in full effect.

Swell Alert: East Coast Low Delivers Double Whammy

The imminent formation of an East Coast Low hints at some radical developments along the NSW coast.

Swell Alert: East Coast Lights Up Under Powerful SSE Groundswell

There's a big SSE swell inbound, but where and when will conditions turn on?

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: 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.

Forecaster Blog Updated: Large ENE Swell Kicks in This Weekend

One swell follows another across the East Coast through mid October.

Forecaster Blog: Winter Gloom transforms to Offshore Goodness across the NSW Coast

There's some welcome respite in sight from the cold and wind across the NSW coast.

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

Watch: An Autumn Swell To Remember At Nazaré

Two huge and perfect swells ushered in the beginning of big-wave season at Nazaré and the surfers put on an epic show that we won't be forgetting in a hurry.

Watch: Behind The Scenes with Gabriel Medina | Pipe Masters 2018

Gabriel Medina is less than 24 hours away from the biggest showdown of his life.

Video: Kai Lenny Tows Into Massive Jaws

When one of the biggest swells hit Peahi on November 26, 2018, Kai Lenny relied on all his prior experience as a waterman to take the challenge head-on.

Watch: The Tubefest of Desert Point

The world's most perfect reef rolls out the barrels as Leonardo Fioravanti, Lee Wilson, Chris Ward and friends dine out in style.

Watch: Arpad Leclere In Mind Blowing Mentawais

The biggest run of swell we have ever seen out here

Video: Drought Breaking Snapper Session

The last wave goes and goes: Tuesday August 21, 2018

Watch: Nightmare At Nazaré

The time Marcelo Luna almost died

Watch: Angry 10 Second Desert Point Drainer

Standout Sessions: Jon Gubbins scores a solid Desert Point funnel

Wave of the Week: Russell Bierke Demonstrates The Fine Art of Backhand Slab Wrangling

The section on this one...

Wave of the Week: Owen Wright's Quick Wedgey Tube

And a bonus cutty for good measure!

Wave of the Week: Stylish Grom, Oscar Langburne, Goes Long At Crescent Head

Like a mini Ando?

Wave of the Week: Wilko Looking Ready For The 2018 CT

Backhand Attack On Lock

Watch: An Autumn Swell To Remember At Nazaré

Two huge and perfect swells ushered in the beginning of big-wave season at Nazaré and the surfers put on an epic show that we won't be forgetting in a hurry.

Watch: Behind The Scenes with Gabriel Medina | Pipe Masters 2018

Gabriel Medina is less than 24 hours away from the biggest showdown of his life.

Video: Kai Lenny Tows Into Massive Jaws

When one of the biggest swells hit Peahi on November 26, 2018, Kai Lenny relied on all his prior experience as a waterman to take the challenge head-on.

Watch: The Tubefest of Desert Point

The world's most perfect reef rolls out the barrels as Leonardo Fioravanti, Lee Wilson, Chris Ward and friends dine out in style.

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

The 8 Worst Surfing Fails & Slams Of 2016

Slams be slams

Friday Fails: Novelty Wave Rock-Off

The best thing you'll see today

Friday Fails: All Caught Up

How did it come to this?

Friday Fails: Exit Strategy

Cushioned by the foam

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

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.

Video & Gallery: Who said the Maldives doesn’t get hollow?

Early season in the Maldives has delivered plenty bowls

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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