When hot and cold collide the ocean fires up in response. Next week a low pressure system in the Tasman Sea will do just that.

...and Russell Bierke poaches a few sets from the Peahi crowd.

Walk in, paddle out, take the drop.

Too easy...

The Eddie is a no go, so it's all eyes on Mavericks for tomorrow. Will the swell arrive? Will it be big enough? Last Thursday made for a very hard act to follow. Watch the vid.

The old saying that "the Bay calls the day" cuts both ways, as Quiksilver found out this morning. 

Why are sand-bottom point breaks only found in northern NSW and south-east Queensland? There's plenty of sand on the beaches around the rest of Australia so why doesn't it stack against the headlands?

Chris Buykx ducks his head below the tide line to explain.