Surfline • Wavetraks Newsletter October



		From Sean Collins and the Surfline Forecast Team : EFFECTIVE November 22, 2003


	South America Wins The West coast of South America took the prize for receiving the most swell energy from the Southern Hemisphere during October. Around six large SW groundswells affected that stretch of coastline and conditions did cooperate for most of the month. Tahiti did not fair very well except for some subtropical storms that produced a few overhead swells for the region and Fiji did a little better and picked up some solid SW swells. Western Australia pulled in about four solid WSW ground swells, while Indonesia had a mostly moderate sized SSW swell throughout the month. The South Atlantic continued to have an off year‚ and South Africa never really picked up any large swells during the late season and Brazil saw a handful of mostly small to moderate SSW swells.

	Go to Western Europe, Young Man As we head towards the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere we can still expect some decent swell activity at some of your favorite travel destinations but swell size and frequency will definitely be on the decline. Places like Indonesia will most likely have unfavorable wind conditions over the next few months, while the West coast of Australia will have fairly clean conditions and you can still expect some overhead swells to show up during November and into December. Expect less size around the Fiji region and Tahiti will start to pick up more northerly swells from the North Pacific so stay tuned to that forecast for some fun tropical surf along the north facing reefs in that area over the next six months.. The West coast of South America will continue to see some late season surf from off of Antarctica and a few swells from the North Pacific should make it down to Peru and Chile. Unless the South Atlantic has some kind of rebound, it looks like we might have to wait until next winter before any consistent or large swells affect the Cape. As far as the Caribbean is concerned, let's hope the Atlantic doesn't get into a hangover stage after producing such good hurricane surf during peak tropical season. As we transition into winter, look for NW/N/NE swell to become more consistent associated with North Atlantic Gales and cold fronts pushing off the East Coast. Also, Western Europe can expect plenty of moderate to strong WNW/NW swells as we move towards wintertime. --Kevin Noonan and Mark Willis
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