Watch: Southern exposure

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

Video courtesy of The Perfect Wave travel company

November isn't considered prime season in Fiji but the straight fact is this: Cloudbreak, Restaurants, and Namotu all work in south swells, and as any Australian surfer can attest, south swells can still fire up in late autumn and even during summer. Yeah, they're less rare but they happen.

The video below was shot in late November, the same swell hit the bottom of Tasmania, then glanced the East Coast on it's way north - final stop, the Mamanuca reefs.

PS: If the bloke at 0:17 looks a bit like Tom Carroll...well, it's more than a coincidence.

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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018 at 6:08pm

Nice to see somewhere different and from different angles.

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018 at 7:39pm

agreed

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Blowin Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018 at 7:03pm

Serious question : How long before individual swells are forecast and prepackaged for each location by these surf travel companies that cater to surfing's lowest common denominator?

Didn't the fools over at Coastalwatch already give that a run ?

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018 at 7:39pm

Lowest Common Denominator Surf Charters .... well James Ashby has got the light plane and pilot's licence. Reckon it will ever get off the ground?

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Blowin Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018 at 7:51pm

You do realise that the romance of surfing is alien to political thought don't you ?

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pebbleamongstth... Thursday, 4 Jan 2018 at 11:30am

Can anyone redirect me do a legit site to watch the Billabong Challenge 1, not amazon. I got a handful from that babe in Jbay, Psychedelic Dessit Groove. Load of shit short cut. Has Bbong throttled it. Anyone? Stu

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thermalben Thursday, 4 Jan 2018 at 11:45am

This the one you want?

This one and others are available direct from Jack McCoy: http://greenroomsurfmovies.com/jack-mccoy-2/

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buttplug Thursday, 4 Jan 2018 at 4:16pm

Good to see a bunch of Joe averages, being filmed and having a dig. TC exluded of course.
Still have the tower in place! we can only live in hope.