Tropical Cyclone Raquel and Typhoon Chan-Hom, indicators of strengthening El Nino.

A man has been injured in a shark attack at Lighthouse Beach, Ballina. The victim is a 32-year-old man who survived but suffered leg injuries in the attack.

“Just watching guys riding waves like that on your boards…it’s validation of all the work you’ve put in over the years.” - Marty Littlewood.

Now that the dust has settled on WA's hell swell, Swellnet chats to the blokes who mowed the foam on the boards that mattered.

Draining North Point with Taj Burrow, Dino Adrian, Jack Robinson, Dave Delroy-Carr and more.

Chances are that unless you live in WA you hadn't heard of Mick Corbett two years ago. A couple of waves, plus a couple of big wave award nominations, have quickly changed that.

Over the weekend Uluwatu and Padang Padang did their typical big swell double act: Ulus with the big, wide open faces, and Padang with the smaller but impeccably groomed barrels.

While many modern shapers tinker with tiny increments, Mick Mackie refines whole ideas. Here he chats to Swellnet about the ghosts of surfing's past and many other things.