Pipe Masters Swell Forecast
Tuesday 02/12 230
With less than week to go until the waiting period of the Billabong Pipe Masters, all eyes are fixed on the charts. Will the World Title showdown get swell befitting the occasion?
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From Asia to America: Typhoon delivers widespread swell
Tuesday 04/11 78
In the coming week a rare event will take place in the North Pacific ocean: effectively every country in the region - from the Solomon Islands clockwise around to Mexico - will receive swell from a sole source.
Analysing the East Coast flat spell
Tuesday 10/09 43
Australia's eastern states have just exited the worst winter surf season in recent history. If you're a Sydney surfer and you've seen a wave over three feet you can count yourself lucky. So, the questions have to be asked: What is causing the recent lack of waves?
Weeks of incoming swells for Victoria
Thursday 08/08 141
This Victorian winter hasn't been that bad for surfers. The pattern is about to undergo a serious transformation starting this weekend, as the southern Australian coast is slammed by back-to-back groundswells – forecast to persist for nearly two weeks.
Big Swells Incoming for Tahiti
Thursday 09/05 26
When the LWT stalls and amplifies east of New Zealand, Southern Ocean storms are supercharged and steered deep into the South Pacific on a course towards Tahiti.
Flying On A Forecast
Mon 23 July 12:00am
The Long Wave Trough had parked itself in perfect position, sending a large long-period sou-west groundswell towards the state, and the weather forecast was superb with light offshore winds and sunny skies.
Flying On A Forecast
Mon 23 July 12:00am
The Long Wave Trough had parked itself in perfect position, sending a large long-period sou-west groundswell towards the state, and the weather forecast was superb with light offshore winds and sunny skies.
Winter Swells Ignite Across Southern States
Thursday 12/07 82
But there is good news ahead. The much discussed Long Wave Trough (info here) is about to enter a strengthening phase in the Southern Ocean, and we're looking at two to three weeks of heavy swell activity for the southern states.
Early Bells forecast: Fine but not all time
Thursday 29/03 63
There'll be plenty of swell, but not from Bells' ideal direction.
Long Wave Trough - The Second Coming
Tuesday 20/03 79
Victorian surfers have just come off the back of one of the worst summers in recent history, thanks to persistent south-easterly winds and small swells. But now with the change of seasons the Southern Ocean has fired up in a big way; an oversized south-westerly groundswell is expected to make landfall this Friday and Saturday.
Teahupoo: The Long Range Forecast
Thursday 04/08 13
This indicates an above average chance of a good swell
The Mechanics of a Swell: Why We've Been Bathed in South Swell
Wednesday 13/07 0
If ever there was an argument that significant low pressure systems be named similarly to tropical cyclones then recent events in south-east Australia have provided it.
Long Wave Trough: The Waves That Create Waves
Thursday 07/07 61
The world's weather patterns are controlled by the upper atmosphere.