Strong El Nino's to become more of the norm in the future, what does this mean for surfers?

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indo-dreaming started the topic in Wednesday, 2 Aug 2017 at 6:18pm

Its been reported in the news lately that with climate change we will see more El Nino events.

So what will this mean for us surfers in Australia?

And what will this mean for surf conditions in Indonesia?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/25/extreme-el-nino-even...

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/extreme-el-nino-events-...

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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 2 Aug 2017 at 6:18pm

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blindboy Wednesday, 2 Aug 2017 at 8:01pm

Not sure about the surf indo except that I remember the worst summer of waves on the east coast ever was in a strong El Niño. More importantly it means drought for both countries.

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Halfscousehalfc... Wednesday, 2 Aug 2017 at 8:24pm

Time for everyone to invest in a water tank me thinks... two years ago was an El Niño and we got a few good east swells from tc's out near Fiji.
Personally I fear drought more than the shit waves El Niño brings. You'll still get a decent waves here and there