Cloudbreak forecast to come out of the sky

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Swellnet Analysis

In terms of location Cloudbreak in Fiji is well placed to receive swell from the Southern Ocean storm track. Situated north-east of New Caledonia it receives any swell that passes up the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. This makes for a seasonally consistent set up, although really large swells at Cloudbreak are far more rare happening once every couple of years. However, this time next week one of those large swells is due to make landfall.

All the very large swells at Cloudbreak exhibit a similar synoptic pattern; an intense storm develops south of Tasmania then travels north-east – usually following the Long Wave Trough – up the Tasman Sea. Important factors are the northerly movement of the storm, which aims the storm front directly at Fiji rather than merely receiving sideband energy, and also a storm that extends further north than is typical for the Southern Ocean storm track. The latter is visible on the synoptic chart by isobars reaching far up into the Tasman Sea (See image below left showing isobars - and hence the direction of wind - extending up the Tasman Sea. At right is the corresponding map of surface winds).

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This type of system falls into place every couple of years. The last swell of this magnitude was in June 2012 during the Volcom Fiji Pro when the World Tour contest was called off only for the world's best big wave surfers to stand in as the webcast cameras kept rolling. Before that is was September 2010, the “Scardy swell”, when David Scard scored the barrel of the swell and an XXL Ride of the Year entry.

Whether this swell stacks up to those two previous episodes depends on a few factors.

The strength of the polar low being steered up the Tasman Sea will make or break the size at Cloudbreak. Current forecasts have core winds reaching 45-55kts, helping to generate a large long-period S/SW groundswell arriving in the 20 second range late on Sunday.

Open ocean wave heights are expected to reach 48 feet between Tasmania and New Zealand, and by the time the swell hits Fiji we're looking at 3.5 metres of swell at 17 seconds on Monday, delivering forecast 12-15ft surf to Cloudbreak. The large swell periods will help amplify wave heights so we could see the odd bigger 'bomb' in the mix, much like the ones that went through the pack unridden during the aforementioned 2012 Volcom Fiji Pro.

The last thing to consider are the local winds, and at this stage they're looking great with moderate to fresh E/SE trades expected to keep the surf clean all day at Cloudbreak.

We'll update this swell throughout the week. See comments below for latest forecasts. //CRAIG BROKENSHA and STU NETTLE

Visit Swellnet's Cloudbreak surf forecast page.

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 2:37pm

Wheres southey ? Remember when you wanted me to go ?

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Craig Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 2:52pm

Should go Camel, it'll be fun as for you!

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:40pm
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Wheres southey ? Remember when you wanted me to go ?

yeah Camel .... you should get your shit together for next season .... I'm sure i'm not the only one here that would like to " kick start " your trip ... ( that should get Shaun onboard ) ...

I've been giving everyone a well earned break from my particular brand of verbal diarrhoea .
Its good to see Shaun has taken up the slack in my absence ... Who else is going make the SN team earn their rupels .....

Caml , I wasn't specifically talking about just Fiji ....
There's two sizable lefts in between you and me that would suit you ....

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 1:13am

Ok im keen . Wat lefts ? Ive been going right for years . If theyre in oz im ready . No passport needed !

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 2:40pm

What did scardy ride in that barrell ?

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stunet Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 2:50pm

From memory it was a 7'2".

Don't know if it was a channel bottom...

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udo Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:10pm

Twas a 6'8 AB. SWELLNET: Thundercloud story last year.

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Craig Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 2:59pm

Whatever it was, he pumped it hard like a short-board from so deep in the barrel. Amazing.

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udo Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:07pm

A clip on utube from a different angle shows Scardy paddling in.
cant believe he paddled in on a 6'fucking 8.

Same session Ryan Hipwood- what the hell am I doing out here on a 6'10.

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:07pm

Udo my guess is it was 7"2- 76 . But i could be wrong , will ask david . Just realised i dont hava passport . Tapping out now .

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:13pm

Dreaming . Scardy on a 7"2 i vaguely rember

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udo Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:13pm

Caml, put thundercloud into swellnet search - comment by freeride.

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:24pm

No scardys was a yr or so before hippos wave . Scardy broke his collabone the return trip

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udo Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:49pm

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 3:44pm

Dreaming means im dreaming but cant go udo . Forgot fiji aint oz ! Scardy just told me it was a channel 7"2 , Confirmed .

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morris Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 6:21pm
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Dreaming means im dreaming but cant go udo . Forgot fiji aint oz ! Scardy just told me it was a channel 7"2 , Confirmed .

Sounds like someones needs a kickstart program :-D))

Would seem as natural as slipping into a Patagonia.

Sorry couldn't help mesulf.:-)

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Craig Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 4:44pm

Slight upgrade in the forecast to 4.1m @ 17.6s Monday morning. Very very large swell!

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goofyfoot Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 4:46pm

Pretty sure that one Laurie Towner went down on which was on the cover of a few mags, he was on a 6"8

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stunet Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 5:10pm

Reckon you might be right GF. Seem to remember Laurie's attitude as, "I was undergunned but went anyway."

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memlasurf Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 5:08pm

Wonder if Kelly will throw in the towel in France and head over there. 4 foot mush beaches vs ?

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udo Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 5:38pm

Laurie did paddle out on a 7'0 but got ran over by a guy on a 10' rhino which broke it.....6'8 was next biggest he had.
Scardy no longer with worldsurfaris .......whats his job now ?

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 12:41am

Justin the gorilla probably ran him over . Sparky & part time g-land surf guide maybe

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Tim Bonython Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 9:55pm

Frothing!

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 10:06pm

Tim , you are arent you ! Southey welcome back ! Who surfs the southern shores and also CB ? Cant work that one out . Jeffs waves ? Out at sea waves probably ?

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:44pm

He's older Caml .

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 10:28pm

Cryptic southey to simple camel , aumm w lynch ? Kangashark island ???

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 10:39pm

Yeah lozza was on some potato crisp fa sure . The hawaiian connection proved 9-10 ft boards wats needed by catching 20-1 waves compared to the aussie lads . Little mark healey ruled on a 9"6 & kohl C also . If u want to shoot an elephant u need an elephant gun !

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:45pm

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 12:46am

Go to fiji to prepare ? For wat southey ? Go to fiji for huge left barrells wouldnt you ?

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 1:19am

Wats a wsa summer ?

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:46pm

no Caml ... stay in Aust . and prepare for Fiji . ( Although I'm sure you don't need to prepare ) .

wsa . = Western South Australian Summer .... ( which we all know lasts for about 8

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caml Monday, 29 Sep 2014 at 11:03pm

Pity i dont understand riddles . But will keep trying to decifer lik a pirate does with treasure maps.

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:46pm

I'm not going to say anymore ...
Best you use some of the computer weather skills you've been workin' on and get to these areas u probably already know of ... i'm sure if you sniff around on the right weather patterns someone will recognise you , and guide that last bit . Sans cameras.

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 1:07am

U dont make no sense . Does anyone know wtf that means ? Why would u bother guarding waves nobody surfs in seal / shark colony area ?

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shaun Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 7:37am

@southy, glad you refrained from going any further as there are enough clues.

Caml, There are a lot of nobody's like southy and myself out there surfing waves that nobody surfs, just like the nobody's around where you live like to keep things quiet, I don't hear you talking about all the good waves you get out camping in the dead of winter. Na that wouldn't go down to well in the carpark would it?

Before you all jump on me about localism BS, like southey said do your homework jump in the car and have a poke around, I'm more than happy to share waves with a few travelers , I've taken many traveling surfers to secret spots(in the boot) just have someone to share such good waves with, it's not about keeping it all to ourselves, but why post a signpost on the internet giving lazy surfers direction, better they go to the ment's.

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 8:08am

Hmmmm??? Lefts like cloudbreak eh?

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freeride76 Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 8:43am

I'm going to be a slight stick in the mud here.

This swell might be a tad over-hyped. Storm and associated fetch looks a tad too zonal for my liking compared to the Scardy and Volcom swells.

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stunet Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 8:53am

Hmmm...it is a slight bit more zonal than would be ideal, but the core winds are very impressive and there's enough passage between the southern tip of Tassie and northern tip of NZ for a good bulk of the swell to pass. Even if it doesn't quite stack up it'll be the largest Cloudbreak swell since the Volcom swell.

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shaun Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 8:47am

I wouldn't worry about it goofy, from where you live if you had the right flight connections it would be faster to go and surf cloudbreak an as you know from experience a hell of a lot more reliable.

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southey Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 8:57am

ask rigga goofy .... then stay stum .

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 9:09am

Stum? Please explain

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 9:27am

Agree shaun , point taken . Freeride yeah it seems to downgrade a bit . Fri ? Ok will check your forecast down your way southey cos not much going on west of the black stump

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freeride76 Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 10:04am

anyway, I'd stab a kickstarter jam float to get our man Caml over to Cloudy for one of these swells.

Get your passport ready Goulden, there's people out there with money who want to pay to watch you dance.

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shaun Wednesday, 1 Oct 2014 at 1:10pm
freeride76 wrote:

anyway, I'd stab a kickstarter jam float to get our man Caml over to Cloudy for one of these swells.

Get your passport ready Goulden, there's people out there with money who want to pay to watch you dance.

Kickstart, it's the new, Newstart.

Which poses the question would crowdfunding affect your dissability pension caml?

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therealneil Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 11:22am

Yeah I'd chuck in some shekels to see the camel gallop down some big blue moving sand dunes

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shaun Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 12:43pm

See what I mean caml, if anyone needs a kickstart it's you, they're lining up.

Is their anyone willing throw in a few bucks to get me over there, I can guaranty you will see at least one hilarious lip launch, that would have to worth it!

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southey Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 12:49pm

Shaun . You were right .... young guys these days need to be spoon fed ...
Not Rat cunning , noust to any of 'em ..... ;-)
Goofy , old mate . Google Urban dictionary - Stum or Shtum .
Its origins are German .
Anyway off topic . just message me as I'm not going to divulge here .
Or just take Friday off , and Wander .

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shaun Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 1:05pm

Kick in this morning here, clean with bombs every so often.

No PM's here anymore southy, pity some of the ones I used to get were pretty inventive.

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southey Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 1:19pm

Shaun . Goofy has my email . He knows people i do .
PS . Today and tomorrows local swell isn't the same one for friday here and monday Fiji . This swell your now seeing does however lay the foundation to help fridays ( produced Wed / Thurs ) grow rapidly . ( agitated sea state ) .

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 2:06pm

Yeh thats right southey already swell there when she starts to blow . I can see your forecast roga that. Thanks for encouragment . Got some incredible 8"6 , 9"6 , 10"6 quad ready but have forgotten the vital travel book .

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 2:12pm

Southey i have doubts about wsa . Continental shelf too shallow & far for any proper heftiness . But wv now theres some bathymetry ..

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 2:15pm

Oh and also ki

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 6:26pm

Have to work Friday Southey but im interested about this mystery wave you talking about. I'll try to figure it out and if I get stuck youll be hearing from me hahah
Oh and caml in your last comment are you talking about king or kangaroo?

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udo Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 7:02pm

Caml do you know who is gonna be there for this swell ,tassie boys, hippo ,dorian , Joshiah should go ?

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davetherave Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 8:58pm

yeah the caml, nothing to show more, u real deakl, you spun me out loveltkly inme utmost respect. fuck i need classesss, caml thbe most good friend surfer ever

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caml Tuesday, 30 Sep 2014 at 11:56pm

Dont know anybody at all . Not once

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davetherave Saturday, 4 Oct 2014 at 3:06am
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Dont know anybody at all . Not once

caml, that not my post. but it gave away the japanese prick( Computer geek who used my computer) whose been fucking posting stuff as me on sites. luckily i knew he pulled an insurance fraud and i let him know i would get him nailed if he kept it up. so finally i might have this problem sorted. If I ever met you, i had a drink in the pub ay Kalbarri with a bloke called camel, but could be another bloke. love your surfing at g-land though, fully shacked.

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karl beadham Wednesday, 1 Oct 2014 at 6:48am

all we have in aussi is miggies closest thing to cloud break ,colour and power , in one ,yeap dream away, good ocean swells atm Fiji for us one day, big waves big boards, big tubes nice .....................

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:49pm

Welcome Karl .

How long have you sat quietly and read ? Careful I think Uplift has a thing for ya .
Its out there Karl , but definitely not tropical , and only starts to break above 8ft . Probably similar to the Back reef that is being surfed Cloudbreak as opposed to where it breaks under 6ft . Would get bigger than Fiji more regularly . Unfortunately wind is not its friend .
Good to hear from ya .

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caml Wednesday, 1 Oct 2014 at 9:21am

Karl haha how could u be here commenting . And tom carroll ! 2 of my bestest legends

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caml Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 1:16am

lookn forward to seeing

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karl beadham Wednesday, 1 Oct 2014 at 7:15pm

I just came on the seen to read about brett herring seeing about his come back, some one said check on swellnet ???? and he.s back good to here , caml iv been all over the place as late returning home to enjoy west swells yes looks ,I no waves good there returning , first winter swell going to hit tomoz ere , looks ok ............. ? not fiji

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Blowin Wednesday, 1 Oct 2014 at 8:12pm

Are you in the Northern Hemisphere Karl ?

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karl beadham Wednesday, 1 Oct 2014 at 10:31pm

Northern , tad colder than Fiji swell chasing......!

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:50pm

Gee Karl .... really getting around .... starting to live up to Finney's ( Exmouth ) knickname for ya . " Karlos " ....

long way from being off the sth side of Bluff escparpement , fishing for Pinky's and Spanish flag .
A guy on here ( mike hunt ) , said he last saw you struggling near the rivermouth rocks at margies in a solid swell after a fair spell out of the water ???
Good to hear your back into it !

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uplift Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 12:19am

Ludicrous. Wrong fucking carl. Surprise, surprise. That was one tooth Sydney goofy carl. The other Karl's 'the kid' Karl, guitar totin' gyprocking backhander. Where do you find these gumbies kid?

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karl beadham Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 3:25am

no struggles near rocks ? Southey, uplift the kid wants to meet the gumbies, they no where the waves are swellnet ??

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:51pm

uplift , back in ya $75/hr sweat
maybe they were talking about Uplift's toothless mate Carl .....

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uplift Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 10:11am

'Sorry' That pretty much sums the gumbies up.

'They no where the waves are swellnet ??'

Yeh kid, just like the gumbies drowning on the rocks stories.

'Sorry Karl can't remember who it was... but I'll just flap me gums and squwark anyway'

Again, no, not MAYBE chicken soufflé, it WAS one tooth, goofy carl. A bit like the chicken souffle blacks story.

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uplift Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 10:42am

Faarkin 'scrungy' (gillos) told 'clugga' (hedland) who told 'diggsy' (hopes) who seen 'digga' (island... s... s) who reckons 'craggsy' (burly hulk of a cunt... secrets) who faaaaaarrkin...

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Craig Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 11:40am

Everything is on track for this swell to come in to a very similar size to the Volcom Fiji Pro swell in 2012.

Below I have the raw model forecast data for both events, and this coming swell is forecast to be a touch bigger at its peak but with a touch less period.

It's gonna be thumping!

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shaun Saturday, 4 Oct 2014 at 4:41am

YEW

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tommy ruff Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 1:48pm

hello karl beadham east coast to peak at midnight ganna be good to see

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caml Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 1:34am

Tommyruff ~ herring ?

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southey Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 9:10pm

and where you be surfing tomorrow Uplift ........... ?

Yeah thought so ..... sucker .

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mick-free Thursday, 2 Oct 2014 at 10:20pm

That captured fetch looks bigger than the Volcom swell, but maybe mistaken - need a bigger WAM, is there one that goes to the Antartic.

Whats the core wind speeds on the satellite?

Windy trades forecasted for monday but that was same as volcom day too.

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freeride76 Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 5:49am

nope, they had a devil wind flow that backed off in the arvo. Not trades.
Scardy swell had strong trades.

ASCAT looks good this morning. Purple haze.

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mick-free Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 6:15am

Yeah Steve, but the forecast was for strong trades that day too, same for this Monday. But on that day a local trough developed. Normally N wind not that good but it was so light and waves were big it didn't matter

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mick-free Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 6:17am

Also low tide first thing so it will be on for Monday morning CB

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caml Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 8:09am

Slightly traumatizing

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Craig Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 8:59am

Ha, just turn off the computer and internet over the next 4 days Camel and ignore it ever happened!

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southey Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 at 11:59pm

Was solid and slightly too roar mid morning . Spewing I had to be home late arvo .
Option A was ruined a little I presume by Wednesdays blow with a little sand spoiling the channel , coupled with morning sickness and slight wonk from the old swell .... no good
spewing it was offshore as early as 10pm all night , then soon as the drizzle pissed off old mate E wind got a Guernsey with N . :-(

Here's hoping they get co operative winds . I have a feeling that the Trough and associated cloud cover was a rare blessing during the Volcom free surf !

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shaun Saturday, 4 Oct 2014 at 4:40am

Raw is good where I surfed in the morn, cleans better but raw and chunkey is interesting, should have seen how straight the swell was late evening southy, the tide wasn't exactly right for my wave of pleasure(let's just call it Precious) but clean so it was fun instead of scary. Southy you really do have to give up your day job. :-))
Would not have minded someone to surf with for that last hour of light, haha.

YEW

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southey Saturday, 4 Oct 2014 at 7:14pm

Yeah well done . I had a window of time I missed it . I could of taken option B: without sighting A :
Someone was towing , by the time I returned I'd ran out of time . Watched two blokes paddle for 15 mins then gone .!!! So be it . ( Option C , looked incredibly heavy /unrideable )
As it turns out I would have missed my eldest ride his bike sans training wheels if I stayed .... :))

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Craig Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 7:54pm

It's gonna be overcast and drizzly into the afternoon Monday, all things lining up for a special day, here's hoping!

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shaun Saturday, 4 Oct 2014 at 8:50pm

YEW

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Tim Bonython Friday, 3 Oct 2014 at 10:29pm

Frothing!

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udo Sunday, 5 Oct 2014 at 3:52pm

OK forecasters is this swell still on track , size as predicted ?

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udo Sunday, 5 Oct 2014 at 4:43pm

Thanx .Tim Bonython is frothing.........Tims twitter page has a link to a pic of Mick Corbett on a cow bombie monster XXL contender , pic by Jamie Scott images .

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fitzroy-21 Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 9:51am

Any reports in yet of how good CB is this morning?

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Craig Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 11:37am

Not yet, hopefully some images/news through the day.

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shaun Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 11:40am

YEWWWWWW

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Craig Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 1:59pm

First glimpse from Tim Bonython, looks solid!!!

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carpetman Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 2:16pm

Eeeeeeek!

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udo Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 2:41pm

FROTHING !
Visser was a no show ?

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stunet Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 2:55pm

Saw Mark Mathews at Voodoo on Saturday morning and had a chat. Said he was still up in the air about travelling over there. "It's only to Fiji, why wouldn't you just go?" I asked.

"Aw mate, the bunnies are in the Grand Final."

Dunno if he ended up going over or not, but if he stayed I doubt he'd regret missing big Cloudy. Friggen amazing games by the bunnies.

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evosurfer Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 3:46pm

At least Fiji lived up to the hype.

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Craig Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 9:10pm

Morgs charging! Photo by Beau Pilgrim http://instagram.com/beaupilgrim

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thermalben Monday, 6 Oct 2014 at 11:58pm

Chad Campbell got a bomb (http://instagram.com/chadkcampbell):

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mick-free Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 7:03am

So SN forecast of 12-15 foot was pretty much bang on, from what I've seen so far.

Surfline's Kevin Wallis sent out a major down grade to the pros. This combined with a good early season swell in Hawaii probably stopped a lot of the travelling pros so left the playing field to a crew of underground chargers. Saw a photo of Morgs getting kegged.

Looked like windy trades and were up early. Geez Resturants must have been insane too. Cmon Tim let us know how it was, we are all frothing too.

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freeride76 Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 10:09am

tbh those shots look a bit underwhelming. Looks a solid ten feet on the sets. Maybe twelve. No-where near fifteen.

Way under the Volcom swell and a bit less than the Scardy swell.

We also forgot the swell the year after Scardy's when Hippo got that bomb and Bruce Irons got mowed on that big pink board.

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stunet Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 10:10am

12-15 called by a couple of the crew who surfed it.

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freeride76 Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 10:39am

fair enough....maybe it's just the video grabs being shown that look underwhelming.

it just doesn't have that massive big blue Cloudbreak look to it.

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Craig Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 10:39am

Steve mate, if you're calling Morgs wave 10ft, you've gotta get some glasses!

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mick-free Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 2:23pm

Surfline has a report up. Do they get an exclusive with every photographer?? I know Winer is on the payroll but they get it all.

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/rasta-hippo-morgan-and-crew-of-undergr...

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udo Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 2:45pm

What were they calling France in the final ...8-10ft ?
Pic 3 on surfline is 15ft plus

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mick-free Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 3:21pm

udo - you can't rely on the ASP to define the wave heights haha.. I don't know it always seems smaller in the pictures. When it gets over 10 foot don't they just divide the wave face in two to get the size. It's pretty big either way eh??

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davetherave Tuesday, 7 Oct 2014 at 5:44pm

yeah, wave size funny to call hey, well done to all who had a crack i reckon, lots of energy and emotion. good on ya fellas