There's not a surfboard to be seen in this gallery nor a wave being ridden either. Yet it's no oversight and we make no apology for running them.

Last week's oversized East Coast Low left few options for surfers in Sydney and surrounding areas.

More action from last week's East Coast Low...

Mac & Lizzy: a fine partnership, especially when the pair combine with a head-high swell and a bevy of hot locals.

Don't say Kirra is back, there's been too many false starts.

18.57, 19.50 and 18.16.

Here's hoping the old adage that a picture tells a thousand words is true cos I've got no words to write about today's competition.

With a shift in wind the organisers of the Volcom Fiji Pro took the competition to Restaurants for Rounds 3 & 4.

Last entry in the diary from the MV Aileoita 1: "But the best day of the swell was still to come and we moved to Green Bush.

You didn't click on this link to read my words so I'll get out of your way.

You all know the background by now: powerful East Coast Low, strong winds, big waves etc etc etc...but what about the surf? The rideable stuff?

Tough life waiting on a tropical for a big swell to hit.

More photos from The Yesterday Show in Sydney. This time they were taken during the morning session when the swell was at its biggest.

With nowhere near his home handling yesterday's storm swell Sydney Eastern Suburb's photographer, Charlie Straumeitis, pointed the chariot south for some ree

While NSW braced itself for impact from an East Coast Low bearing cyclonic winds and large, ugly waves residents of the Sunshine Coast basked in warm sunshin

It's been named in the Beach Boys 1963 song Surfin' Safari, it's home to more world champs - mens, groms, masters - than any other beach, and at one

Never mind the size, check the shape: smooth, hollow and throwing into foot deep water.

There are only two photos in this batch that don't feature barrels, likewise there were only two waves ridden all morning that a surfer didn't get barrelled

Kelly Slater got poked by a last minute Mitch Coleborn pit, Flores the Flowerful notched up the highest scoring wave, and plenty of competitors didn't make d

From Tasmania to Western Australia's south-west, Mick Gullan has made the move from one wave-rich region to another.