With the cooling weather the easterly trade wind belt off SE QLD and Northern NSW has ground to a halt, and with it the ever-reliable easterly trade swells. They've been replaced by a succession of long period highly directional south swells funnelling up the Tasman Sea. And rather than give an equal spread of waves - as the easterly swells are want to do - only those spots exposed to the south are receiving any quality. 

Jack Dekort has been traipsing around Northern NSW, among the rain and gloom, seeking out said spots.

All photos by Jack.