“I hate to call it a worst case scenario,” wrote the internet meteorologist, “but this is a worst case scenario. The week just gone was a hot mess of weather forecasting. A category 5 farce when a ...

The global surf community will gather for a day of celebration at Palm Beach, Sydney, Australia this Saturday, July 5th, to honour the extraordinary life of legendary surf filmmaker Jack McCoy. The ...

I actually really enjoyed finals day here. Helped that waves were good and dog woke me up in the middle of the night so I started watching and couldn't stop till it was over. I had no problem with the ...

Images and video by Andrew Shield and Dave Simons Kyron Rathbone: I spent a month out in the Telos recently, working on an eagle carving for a surf resort. It’s a big bugger, almost a five metre ...

'Thank your enemies as they make the best teachers.' It's the type of wisdom you'd find written on the wall of a Japanese dojo, but surfing also has its rivalries that have taken both combatants to ...

50K foam is not easy to shape, all commercially available shaping machines will have great trouble shaping it and hand shaping is not possible. At Appletree Surfboards we use our own shaping machines ...

Indian Ocean Basin analysis by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 24th June) This week through next (Jun 25 - Jul 4) A large SW groundswell should have filled in Sunday afternoon, with it remaining large ...

A retreating trade fetch gets supercharged by a developing trough and low in the South Pacific, reaching maximum intensity between Tongan and Tahitian longitudes. Despite the travel distance, we ...

Sydney Hunter Illawarra Forecast by Steve Shearer (issued Mon June 23rd) Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Small E/NE trade swells Tues into Wed Small NE windswell into the mix Tues with freshening ...

Central QLD Forecaster Notes by Steve Shearer (updated on Mon 23rd June) This week and next week (June23-July4) Central QLD: Easing surf this week, another round of waves next week High pressure is in ...

Best days: Tuesday in Perth and Mandurah, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning in Perth, Friday, Saturday. Features of the forecast (tl;dr) Building mid-period swell peaking this PM Similar size ...

Southern Tasmanian Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday June 23rd) Best Days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday morning Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Building S/SW windswell Wed PM, easing ...