Worse, at least for surfers, is that structures built on the dunes meant the sand can’t naturally retreat backwards. With infrastructure fixed in place and the shoreline encroaching, the beach profile ...

Today, Isla Huppatz and Dane Henry won the 2026 Gold Coast Open, a Qualifying Series 4,000 event. The recently crowned WSL World Junior Champions, Huppatz and Henry, both continued existing hot ...

ok, so, if you were flying above the ocean in a helicopter looking down upon (a) a 20 sec 6ft swell and (b) a 10 sec foot swell, i was thinking that the 20 sec swells would appear to be 'wider'. But ...

Steve Zoeller, one of the quiet architects of modern Australian surfboard making, passed away on 14 February 2026, aged 75. A dedicated craftsman who spent five decades working with foam, resin and ...

The current swell will ease through the weekend with early-mid next week being mostly tiny ahead of a dynamic end.

US surfer Kolohe Andino is safe after the Coolangatta apartment block he was staying in caught fire during the early hours of Wednesday morning. The blaze broke out around 12:30 am at the Carool ...

A trough and front Thurs bring some windy S swell to the mix to end the week and offer relief from the summer doldrums.

We've got a great outlook ahead with plenty of swell and decent winds.

Costa Rican authorities have named a murder victim as US surfer Kurt Van Dyke. Police in Cahuita responded to a call about an armed break-in last Saturday night. 66-year old Van Dyke was found ...

Probing the geopolitics of China's new wavepool.

Indian Ocean Basin analysis by Craig Brokensha (issued Tuesday 17th February) This week through next (Feb 18 - 27) A good, long-range SW groundswell should have filled in across the region through ...