Rip Curl Pro 2016 - Early forecast
The early forecast for the Rip Curl Pro is looking great, with back to back swells and favourable winds.
The early forecast for the Rip Curl Pro is looking great, with back to back swells and favourable winds.
Early indications are very promising and there's even a good chance for a solid swell over the Easter break.
After a slow summer the Great Surf Coast Swell Drought recently broke providing classic conditions to Bells and Winkipop. By classic I refer not so much to the quality but rather the weather under which it broke. The swell was accompanied by a typically Victorian array of atmospheric conditions: moody clouds, squally rain, golden light and the obligatory rainbow.
Russell Charters planted himself on the headland capturing the surfers and their surrounds.
After a slow summer the Great Surf Coast Swell Drought recently broke providing classic conditions to Bells and Winkipop. By classic I refer not so much to the quality but rather the weather under which it broke. The swell was accompanied by a typically Victorian array of atmospheric conditions: moody clouds, squally rain, golden light and the obligatory rainbow.
Russell Charters planted himself on the headland capturing the surfers and their surrounds.
It was somewhat of a patchy winter in Victoria this year. Sure, there were a couple of cracking swells but prolonged spells of cold corduroy were far and few between. Fortunately, things have recently taken a turn for the better with Thursday delivering a quality return to form across the Torquay reefs. Otto Boubat scoured the entire coast looking for waves but ended up back at the perennial favourite Winkipop. //BEN MATSON
It was somewhat of a patchy winter in Victoria this year. Sure, there were a couple of cracking swells but prolonged spells of cold corduroy were far and few between. Fortunately, things have recently taken a turn for the better with Thursday delivering a quality return to form across the Torquay reefs. Otto Boubat scoured the entire coast looking for waves but ended up back at the perennial favourite Winkipop. //BEN MATSON