A fraction too much friction
Tuesday 30/06 34
Wondered why the winds at your local beach don't match those of your local weather station? It's often due to friction.
Swellnet Analysis
Analysis : La Nina watch
Thursday 25/06 40
The Bureau of Meteorology are on La Nina watch. If La Nina develops, what are the likely surf outcomes?
Bypassing The Pass
Friday 05/06 83
A rare build up of sand at Byron's best wave causes a surfer to look backwards and make a surprising discovery.
The Population Bomb
Thursday 21/05 281
Over the last two months, surfers got a taste of the future thanks to COVID-19.
An autumnal April
Thursday 07/05 59
For surfers in the southern states, this autumn has had the feel of a more classic.. autumn. Here's why.
The mystery of the missing skeleton
Friday 20/03 72
Imagine working within walking distance of Skeleton Bay and not even knowing it was there. That was the plight of Sven Seifritz who was stationed at Pelican Point in the 1980s.
A summer like no other
Tuesday 03/03 45
Things didn't seem quite right this summer: smoke-heavy days, heat, and relentless fire. A look back on the surf and conditions from the season just gone.
New research shows increase in extreme IOD events
Tuesday 18/02 54
Last year saw one of the strongest positive Indian Ocean Dipole events on record, and new research points to an increase in the frequency with global warming.
River deep, mountain high: Explaining Nazare
Tuesday 11/02 33
As a wedge of Himalayan proportions, Nazare breaks like no other big wave on Earth. Here's why it does what it does.
Analysis: Intrusion of the East Australian Current
Tuesday 28/01 39
Over the last week, East Coast ocean temperatures have really warmed up. Where's the heat coming from and why?
Monsoon set to break
Thursday 02/01 99
It's been a late start to the monsoon across the north of the country, but it's about to break.