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The Vans Triple Crown at Sunset Beach will see reinforcing NW swell on Sunday that will keep the surf in the overhead to double overhead range. Smaller surf is expected for Mon-Tue.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 12/03/16
Small, heavily shadowed NW swell trends down over the weekend for the Maui Pro. The surf should pulse up on Monday, the final day of the waiting period, as new NNW swell fills in.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 12/02/16
Solid NNW swell prevails Friday at the Hawaiian Pro and should offer the best and biggest surf in the remaining waiting period.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 11/17/16
Lingering swell mix eases on Tuesday and Wednesday. Small surf is expected for the second half of the week and Saturday to close out the event waiting period.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 10/24/16
Building, fun to mid size WNW swell prevails Wednesday for the Quik/Roxy Pro, holding early Thursday before fading Thursday afternoon.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 10/11/16
WNW swell for Thursday with favorable winds in the morning. Easing swell for Friday before reinforcing swell shows during the weekend.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 09/28/16
Old Southern Hemi SSW/S swell-mix lingers through the next couple days as a pulse of SSE/S tropical swell from Hurricane Orlene show. Winds are generally favorable in the mornings, with light to moderate onshore flow developing in the afternoons. The surf continues to look slower late in the waiting period.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 09/13/16
SSW swell continues on Tuesday with favorable conditions, especially in the morning. Longer range looks dicey with windswell/swell and potentially unfavorable winds.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 08/22/16
The ISA World Surfing Games will have fading SW swell on Sunday to start the event. Monday and Tuesday are small, but contestable, with more surf lining up through the end of the event. Winds are generally best in the mornings.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 08/05/16
The US Open of Surfing will see small southerly swell mix on Friday. New SSW swell will gradually build through the weekend, with fun size surf building through Sunday.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 07/27/16
The J-Bay Open will see stronger surf show on Sat with conditions looking favorable due to offshore winds. Lingering swell and less favorable winds are expected on Sunday to close out the contest waiting period.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 07/15/16
Series of large, intense lows to send an overlapping series of SSW swells Wednesday through Saturday, with the largest of the bunch expected Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. The WSL Puerto Escondido Challenge has been given the green light to run on Friday with surf in the 20-35' (faces) range expected.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 06/21/16
Good size swell will continue Thursday, down a bit from Wednesday. A larger, longer period SW swell builds in for Friday.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 06/14/16
Good size southerly swell continues through Friday. Onshore wind is expected again on Thursday, but fairly light in the morning. Offshore wind is expected in the mornings Friday and Saturday.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 05/18/16
Medium to fairly solid SW swell with overhead surf and clean conditions prevails Sat and the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro is likely to wrap up.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 04/15/16
This is the official Surfline Forecast for the 2016 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 04/01/16
This is the official Surfline Forecast for the 2016 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 03/14/16
Windswell keeps a steady run of contestable surf in the water for World Surf League Ron Jon Vans Pro
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 03/10/16
More solid NW swell and good conditions due Tues/Wed for the Volcom Pipe Pro.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 02/01/16
New windswell for the weekend with strong onshore winds. Easing windswell and winds for Monday.
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Read Full Entry | Posted: 01/22/16
