Cloudbreak set to rumble next weekend
With the onset of autumn the Southern Ocean is firing up, the first salvo due at Thundercloud next weekend.
With the onset of autumn the Southern Ocean is firing up, the first salvo due at Thundercloud next weekend.
The Fiji Pro gets under way this Sunday and there's at least one large swell on the way. Click through for the details.
Autumn is really kicking into gear around Australia with both the east and west coasts due to be hit by large swells over the coming week.
Cloudbreak is going to pump on Monday and Tuesday, two days before the waiting period of the Quiksilver Pro finishes.
Based around one of the most spectacular days in surf history, June 8th 2012, when a massive swell hit Cloudbreak in the middle of the World Championship Tour event, 'Thundercloud' is a 60-minute documentary that tells the story in full.
Perhaps it was the big wave paddle revolution? Or perhaps it was the internet revolution and the promulgation of images and video that followed? Whatever it was it's kinda bizarre to look back at Cloudbreak's rise to prominence as a legitimate big wave spot.
As such, we are now anticipating a large SW groundswell arriving next weekend, that could very well produce 8-10ft surf at Cloudbreak.
Victorian surfers have just come off the back of one of the worst summers in recent history, thanks to persistent south-easterly winds and small swells. But now with the change of seasons the Southern Ocean has fired up in a big way; an oversized south-westerly groundswell is expected to make landfall this Friday and Saturday.
The world's weather patterns are controlled by the upper atmosphere.