plenty of wildlife, pealing rivermouths & points. Men: ll probably go, Ian Gentil. Beautiful new big swell coming across with light and variable offshores. I remember it did go genuinely dead flat one day a few years back, people were pulling dinner plate sized abalone out of spots usually smothered in whitewater 365 days a year. WA EclipseHeat 6The 2nd ComingThe Tension ~ The Dramawill have gromz peeing in their wetties! Send em out at Boaties or Cow!!!! First heat or Peak Transmission Surfers gotta pedal & Windmill Arms until Elo gets his Disney Channel! You can get a general idea on the energy around heard island but the actual strength, direction and local conditions cape to cape can change fairly rapidly, May as well just give JJF the trophy now looking at the forecast. I've seen it go months if not years without sand or with the wrong sand alignment. The opening days of the Margaret River Pro provided quality surf with clean conditions, climaxing on Saturday to 6-8ft as competitors vied to make the mid-season cut. Theyll have to run tomorrow hey, to get the BS rounds done. adding to it all is the new mid-season cut, which will reduce the Championship Tour competitors Finals Day Post Show: Cutline Cemented, Fight For The WSL Final 5 Resumes At Quiksilver/ROXY Pro G-Land Maybe this was possible due last years WSL sponsorship safety 'cut' off .(by removing the two teen explosive 100% committent chargers sent backpacking to QS for 6mths? Wot! Plus on-the-ground opinions from surfing's best features // Apr 19, 2023 Words by Chris Binns Is that the WSL Shark patrol boat doing laps at Margs atm. Luckily, the Challenger Series has got a few decent waves, and they can bounce back if theyre good enough. Cheers, yeah a high squeezes in quickly overnight Thursday, bringing those improving winds. By Steve Shearer (freeride76) Thursday, 20 April 2023. (Weather station: Van Nuys Airport, USA). Fingers crossed. Just as distant Sight'n'sound is an offshore issue > so too are #8 Watches that can't pick up signals! also, Kelly is great in the booth but needs someone to wrangle him (like Rosie telling him to stfu) as all talk turns to Kelly. Wouldnt want to be the one calling it on in the early rounds when people are facing the cut and conditions are unpredictable. The WSL have all but admitted Kelly will get a wildcard for the rest of the season and will be able to accumulate points. Dealing with onshore surf and reading the play is part and parcel of being a good surfer. Weather: fine Western Australia Margaret River Pro 2023 | World Surf League Especially us who can surf and enjoy what Oz offers. https://surfingwa.com.au/south-west-locals-jerome-forrest-bronte-macaula tbb is not having a crack & even checked Jack's Instathis lad can surf wellhappy to share that Even better, as the tour leaves town the rain and onshore winds are movingback in. Looks like a good mixed bag of solid surf coming up - a perfect place for pro surfer tears to be washed away. "Whatever you think about the cut,it certainly adds drama and spice to what would have otherwise been a pretty standard day, at a pretty standard wave.". (How is this possible!) http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/index.shtml?type=mslp-prec after all the crap that went down from the monday experts at bells re the finals etc .cant help but feeling that this is all setting the scene to majorly shit-can the wozzle (again) for all the things they should have known and managed better. Yeah, looks it, but with no real decent swell. It seemed like such a perfect time to wrap it up. Forecast looks good for Margs still, great surfing there already. You could not make that air more dynamic or land it cleaner. haha. These testing conditions will still make for some interesting viewingand resultsespecially with the cut drama happening. Also in the same comp was Samson Coulter who played Pikey. May 27 - 28. Event 06. I think its crazy that one person could dominate a whole year and then it can be snatched from just one piddly event at lowers. Be washing machine at 10 metres. Get with the Plot tbbLike Wot! The Fantasy Issue featuring a classic Tony Edwards illustration and a searing bottom turn by Terry Fitzgerald. Form Guide. Think that's weirdcheck out Jack's WSL CT Trials Final Combo score[4.47] of 20 points. Tyler Wright potted two 8's for an excellent heat claiming that the welcoming ceremony from Indigenous elders had helped ground her and was very important for me.. Sunday: West to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots tending south to southwesterly during the evening. Look forward to seeing them in action. Hes in my age bracket Id say. Good time for some wine tours and cheese by the fire i guess. The world's best surfers will descend on Margaret River in April 2023 for the World Surf League's (WSL) 2023 World Championship Tour. (And btw Lennox is one of the worlds classic waves definitely a bit better than Surfers point on its day.. and Im a WA boy! Too reliant on sand, tide and swell direction. April 20 at 4:00 PM WATCH LIVE Western Australia Margaret River Pro 2023 - Day 2 World Surf League 902K subscribers Subscribe Like Share 1 waiting Scheduled for Apr 20, 2023 #WSL Shop a. 30 minutes of rail-game mastery, yes please. Western Australia Margaret River Pro Preview: "Bulletproof Forecast" - Stab Mag How Surfers Get Paid - Season 2, Episode 1 - Drops July 20 Western Australia Margaret River Pro Preview: "Bulletproof Forecast" The 2023 WSL curse is lifted! Since then, a strong low has set up camp right off the tip of Western Australia bringing poor weather and surf along with strong winds. It's not worth it. But..definitely a massive wind swell in the mix to make the surfers feel really at home in wintery WA!! . Just the kinda local WA Wild Card that Hodad Kelly dreams of surfing against! A threat to Angourie, the death of vibes, and a tongue in cheek guide on how to become a surf star. One thing's for sure, we won't die wondering how Kelly feels about it. From the crew who gave you Mirage - the surf history of Namibia's Skeleton Bay - comes a similar short doco. A good quality pointbreak, reliable but alot of variables need to align for it to be world class. Could possibly get a few mens heats done early friday, but I can see a moderate southerly kinking south west and fucking the right. So tbb has just worked it out! With the Western Australian swell window extending from south of South Africa, all the way to just south of the Australian continent, it's open to myriad swell sources, but again it looks like we'll see high pressure dominating these swell windows ahead of the first day of competition next Sunday. ELO shows how to hook up the New Apple Watch into WSL Ranch line up! Dud WatchesYep! Tricky call for Margs, being located midway between. (I may be biased though). There are a few but most quit the habit due to Champ Hodad Athletes boycotting vaxes (Ring a bell!) A large SW groundswell is forecasted to come through on Saturday with favourable winds. Taj picked up 11 CT victories during his 18-year run (Photo: World Surf League). Anyway, that's all i've got for now but definitely one to watch, as is Mia. A brief window of cleaner conditions in between the next deepening low/trough may be seen later week but with the previous low dominating our swell window there'll be nothing significant swell wise into the end of the week. Looking forward to hearing Kelly in the commentary booth if he is finally cut. The mix of swells still looks solid but lumpy and easing from 8ft+. If he has a bit of luck with the waves and doesnt get injured, hes the bogeymen. If only the Local Wild Card Jack knew that, reduce the pressure of being that WA Grom that Eclipsed the WSL. Less than ideal charts still delivering 6 foot surf. We've seen the free-surf footage, he's still the man. #2 Local Hero Jack Exits for a Massage (Back in a jiffy!). No afficionado here but this 946hp thing in the deep south could push some large lumps up towards the capes..winds are light all this week. Wooops.. Its still only showing once on my screen. Coz each WSL Dr No Jet Ski comes fitted with WSL 4G Boosters for New beaut Apple Watches! Form Guide. So must go the thinking. Margaret River Pro unlikely site of sudden, and wild, progression in Standard WSL cliche dribble. I also wouldnt be complaining if we get a rematch of the 2022 Heat Of The Year (below). If Kelly doesn't make the Cuthe sponsors himself for Next WSL CT Comp > His Comp! Probably closer than going to the Goldy though. Santa Clarita, CA Monthly Weather | AccuWeather Thanks heaps! Saturday: South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending west to southwesterly early in the morning. While we are all here, having a minute's silence for Kelly' career - if that is in fact what happens -can we all say a silent prayer for John's Dicky Knee. Your browser has JavaScript disabled. IF only we had the setups like Margs down here dammit. https://www.swellnet.com/news/reels/2022/04/04/watch-masons-medieval-mad Abit above average WSL in W.A. Recall Kelly's Vax dramawe all reckon he's had shots for all sorts of exotic spots! We also got Tajs thoughts on his former rival Kelly Slater, whos still grinding it out on the pro circuit. Cheers. I am sure he doesn't want to admit it but its true and he may struggle to get back on. Western Australia Margaret River Pro Preview: "Bulletproof Forecast" Definitely agree. So does South Narrabeen. It would be very ironic if it went flat when the new Snapper comp starts. The World Surf League's (WSL) 2023 World Championship Tour schedule released today positions the Margaret River Pro as the crucial mid-season decider that will determine which of the world's best surfers make the tour's Final 5. Perhaps a case of morning coffee jitters on the mouse? From Tuesday, conditions will deteriorate as the remnants of the low moves in from the west, bringing an onshore change as Monday's swell starts to ease. Caroline Marks and Filipe Toledo claim top gongs in Surf City. From the crew who gave you Mirage - the surf history of Namibia's Skeleton Bay - comes a similar short doco. Its a powerful scary wave that can rag doll easily-hard to surf for an average punter-but the lefts have room to carve and with a more westerly swell direction (I think) definitely stand up. . Surfing preview: All you need to know about the Margaret River Pro and Premium ad-free surfcams, dawn surf reports, and more https://surfingwa.com.au/south-west-locals-jerome-forrest-bronte-macaula https://www.instagram.com/jackthomas.15/?hl=en. Another day, another Elimination Round, she said, before admitting she felt looser, because I made the cut. Personally, give me reliable reefs anytimeand minus the crowds. Tune into the updated photo report after 8am.". Get full access to every feature from our print issues, read classic Tracks issues from the 70s, 80s and 90s, watch all of our classic films & more . Santa Clarita, CA Weather Advisories - Warnings & Watches | AccuWeather A couple of quality days possible through back half of the event window." Stay tuned for the Margaret River Pro, running from April 20 th - 30 th. Hoping that low gets squeezed south by those big highs, All while the East Coast wave machine continues to pump. It was breaking off the reef at Bluff somewhere in the vicinity of 10 feet. Severe low (aimed mostly north) nestled between two stong highs this Friday. Just don't ask how tbb dug this one outBingosolves Leo's Arm waving puzzle 10 years later! Nah. I'd rather it come together better than expected than to it fall flat on an epic forecast. they're doing the WA trials today, not sure exactly where though if it's mains or box. The place really tests the best and how fun is the box when the likes of Owen and Italo conquer the beast for the first time in comp. WSL Jack's Surfers Point Scores > 2022 ht [9.94] Elim' [6.90] > 2023 Trial [4.47] Kelly's heat (2._ _?). I agree with your post though, tough decisions to be made. Marking the last stop before the mid-year cut, the surf world's collective eyes will be tuning into what's going down at Main Break this week. They all got through today but they all still look a step behind last year's form. We'll agree to disagree, mate. Maybe after lunch they can get some heats done. So wot did he mean by allare all watches pieces of shithe did cleverly tip further investigation! 0.9m is approaching the upper band down here, I think from memory max is around 1.2, Fisheries obstacle avoidance vessel lit up, the boys are out warming up, Staying well out to sea after last years "near miss" incident, WSL presser: "Main Break providing super clean surf in the four-to-six-foot range.". 5 of 11 on the 2023 World Championship Tour. Some Chinese in lockdown wait 5 weeks just to go outside atm. Please enable it to continue. I definitely only commented once. Form Guide. Winds tending southeasterly 10 to 15 knots inshore north of Margaret River. The whining in this country from some is out of control Alf. Don't hit it, John. Jet ski assist!!! The film features the enigmatic and free-thinking Dave Rastovich at home on the Far North Coast of NSW. I Was mucking around there. The final two wildcard spots have been filled by Trials winners Jerome Forrest and Jack Thomas. Margaret River Pro - Early Forecast Craig Brokensha (Craig) Swellnet Dispatch Friday, 14 April 2023 Following a very average Bells forecast (which the pros managed to make entertaining), all eyes shift across to the west, with the Margaret River Pro waiting period kicking off next Thursday. In this quintessentially Australian film, the two friends ride waves with the nations best surfers. A Monster Preview of the 2023 Margaret River Pro. The On the Road Issue, featuring a Larry Bertleman profile, plus Hawaii, California, South America, Orstralia & more. No offence intended to you Simba. Day 2 of waiting period , maybe 6 box. Those looking at Thursday will notice winds going more southerly but without any real quality swell due until later in the day, it'll be a lay day. surfer can cope with the pros can perform exceptionally in bigger waves than most weakend warriors #1 Joao can team up with Kelly to starve wild card Jack to halve his last Marg's wave count to one! Jacob Willcox, Reef Heazlewood, and Jarvis Earle have been given three of the four open Men's spots with the remaining spot going to year-long injury replacement Carlos Munoz. Just sayin. Go for it Caitlin & Molly in 2023 & beyond!!! This morning, a surfer was bitten while surfing Boat Ramp bommie. I'd like to agree with you but unfortunately Sunday is a no go.