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Photographer Mick Gullan under the aperture in West Oz
Articles
El Niño Flips Trade Winds On Their Head
Craig Brokensha
Tuesday 06/10
Usually dependable, the trade winds in the western Pacific have reversed, causing chaos.
Review: Stern Fever
Stu Nettle
Friday 02/10
10
Talon Clemow's latest film digs into Shipstern Bluff and the cameras that turned it into a commodity.
Super, Possibly: El Niño In Southern California Is Complex
Stu Nettle
Tuesday 29/09
26
Most El Niño forecasts end with a house falling into the sea. Seeking something more solid, we asked Charlie Fox.
Winter Retrospective 2026
Craig Brokensha
Thursday 24/09
18
If this winter felt different than recent ones, there's a reason for that.
Lineup: Surfing and Subculture by John Witzig
Gra Murdoch
Tuesday 22/09
25
John Witzig, in conversation with Robert Moore, at his exhibition at the Grafton Regional Gallery.
Vale Brian 'Squizzy' Taylor
Rodney Bedford
Monday 21/09
27
Rodney 'Weasel' Bedford remembers a much-loved South Australian surfer.
2026 Trestles Pro: Finals Day
Steve Shearer
Saturday 19/09
99
The comp concludes with crappy surf, questionable judging, but two worthy winners.
2026 Trestles Pro: Day 3
Steve Shearer
Friday 18/09
47
A full day of competition with overlapping heats to grind through the rounds.
2026 Trestles Pro: Day 2
Steve Shearer
Thursday 17/09
33
The cut comes down for a number of CT surfers.
Kelvin Waves Across The American Coast
Craig Brokensha
Thursday 17/09
10
Only moving at 10 kilometres per hour, but 10,000 kilometres long.
Rather Not Know
Stu Nettle
Sunday 13/09
107
At what point does knowing more start costing us something?
2026 Trestles Pro: Day 1
Steve Shearer
Sunday 13/09
18
Happy days for the Clarence as Oscar Berry gets the monkey off his back.
Fast News
Watch: Tim Bonython // Cloudbreak XPress
Tim Bonython
Friday 02/10
12
Big and windy early, smaller and cleaner later.
Cronulla Sharks And North Narrabeen Boardriders Win Surftag
Thursday 01/10
Cronulla Sharks Boardriders have taken out the Saint Somebody Women's Surftag.
Swellnet does not, and has never tracked beachgoers with surfcams
Ben Matson
Wednesday 30/09
Seems a bizarre opening sentence, but here we are.
'Stern Fever' Coming To Cinemas Soon
Monday 28/09
13
The story of the wave that changed big-wave surfing.
Watch: Mason Ho in Caveheart II
Stu Nettle
Monday 28/09
41
Same wave, same odds, thicker rubber.
Watch: The Great(er) Australian Bight
Josh Kirkman
Friday 25/09
19
Surfers have a chance to protect the Great Australian Bight in perpetuity.
Big Surftag Weekend Coming Up
Friday 25/09
Masters and Women's divisions will fight it out at Queenscliff and Curl Curl.
Polo Leaves Its Mark On The Pacific
Stu Nettle
Friday 25/09
12
Meanwhile, the Atlantic can't stir a single storm.
GoPro Or No Go?
Chardo
Thursday 24/09
60
In 2026, wherever you go some weirdo is trying to film you.
Watch: 'Southern Edge' // Surf Section
Stu Nettle
Tuesday 22/09
9
Torren drops anchor and trims through a few sneaky pits.
Watch: Arch Whiteman // Four Days At Desert Point
Stu Nettle
Thursday 17/09
6
The benefits of last-minute planning.
Long Reef Storm Home To Win Men's SurfTag
Thursday 17/09
2
The win is Long Reef’s first Men’s title in 25 years of SurfTag.
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"Swellnet does not, and has never tracked beachgoers with surfcams."
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