In parts of Australia, and NZ for that matter, cyclone season is mythic. Tales of whirling atmospheric beasts off various coasts, and their scary effects on our most renowned surf spots, go back ...

Cyclone! It’s a loaded word in Australian surf communities. Tropical cyclones are part of every summer, and while they don’t always give us much surf, when they do, we never quite forget. Here, in an ...

There's a reason why you see so many "A" and "B" grades in our Seasonal Surf Guide for the fall and early winter months in Australia. While this is typically the best time for surf year after year, ...

After three years of La Niña raininess and having moved into an often drought-causing El Niño, we might have thought this Christmas break would be drier and sunnier. But a pesky positive Southern ...

SURFING Australia has pioneered two surf coaches to the remote Yirrkala community in East Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory to establish a new and exciting surfing initiative. This ...

El Niño is now done and dusted La Niña is on the horizon, possibly by spring Late autumn trends set to continue in first part of winter As it currently stands, we are in neutral phases when looking at ...

During 2023 we’ve watched a couple of our planet’s great climate rhythms in full flux. All of us, no matter where we live in this fantastic place, have had our surf experiences altered this year as a ...

"So a guy was taken there," says my local mate, pointing north. "Then another guy was taken over there," pointing south, "just down there where you see that left." That left he speaks of throws, reels ...

Spring is always a transition. In 2023, it’s a bigger transition than usual. All our surf climate drivers are in flux right now, and this will bring changes to all Australia’s coastlines — changes ...