velocityjohnno wrote: Thanks for getting into it everyone! Craig I've sent a couple of our pics to you, which illustrate one of the flare pulses I reckon. I've seen a family pic from outside Karratha ...

From a storm that formed south-west of Australia, deep swell lines travelled the length of the continent, slowy drawing apart till the they struck the southern Tasmanian coast with forerunners ...

Burton Automotive Newcastle Surfest June 2nd - 8th The first contest of the five-contest Challenger Series starts next week. Synoptically, the pattern for Surfest is positive with lots of activity ...

South Australian Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday May 19th) Best Days: Today, tomorrow morning South Coast, later Wednesday Mid Coast, Thursday both coasts, Friday South Coast, Saturday ...

Victorian Forecast by Craig Brokensha (issued Monday May 19th) Best Days: Today, tomorrow, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday afternoon Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Small-mod sized, reinforcing S/SW ...

A very unstable, dynamic synoptic chart this week with a large high (1034hPa) moving from the Bight through Victoria, with a coastal trough deepening off the Mid North Coast on the leading edge of the ...

Be careful what you wish for. The non elimination round was introduced to encourage surfers to go for it/not safety surf. More pressure from get go does not necessarily equate with higher ...

Tuesday will start to build surf size, originating the fetch trailing Monday’s front. However, the origins of this swell will go back five or six days - this system has actually been taking shape from ...

South Arm Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Friday May 16th) Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Strong swell Sat, but bumpy with onshores Slowly easing size Sun with better winds Small leftovers Mon thru' ...

Eastern Tasmanian Forecast by Steve Shearer (issued Fri 16th May) Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Bigger S swell increase into Sat, easing a notch into Sun with SW/S winds Sat, more W’ly Sun S swell ...

South Australian Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Friday May 16th) Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Large swell down south on Sat but poor winds, easing Sun but still tricky winds Small weekend waves on ...

Victorian Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Friday May 16th) Features of the Forecast (tl;dr) Large swell Sat but poor winds, easing Sun but still tricky winds Smaller Mon/Tues/Wed with better conditions ...