Shark attack Western Australia (WA)

Sydney Morning Herald :: 11 May 2008
A Western Australian beach remains closed on Sunday morning after a Perth man was attacked by a shark while swimming there.
Jason Cull, 37, was about 80 metres off Middleton Beach on the state’s south coast on Saturday morning when a four metre white pointer shark, one of three circling [...]

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Shark attack in Mexico – Surfer killed in shark attack

smh.com.au :: 30/04/2008
An American surfer has been killed in a shark attack off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, officials say. The San Francisco man bled to death on Monday after a shark bit his right thigh, leaving a 38-centimetre wound, the Guerrero state Public Safety Department said in a statement on Tuesday. The US embassy in [...]

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Surf Solomon Islands – Scoping the Solomons

Source: www.coastalwatch.com
Text and photos: Brad Malyon
As surfers most of us embrace that sense of adventure that is part of a well-deserved surf trip. Whether it’s half an hour up or down the coast or boarding a dodgy chicken boat in Padang Harbour, it doesn’t matter, its all about leaving the hustle and bustle of everyday [...]

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Surfer killed by shark off NSW coast

Sydney Morning Herald :: 08/04/2008
A 16-year-old surfer has died after being attacked by a shark off the NSW north coast.
The boy died at North Wall Beach at Ballina after suffering large bites to the leg and body, a Surf Life Saving NSW spokesman says. The attack took place around 8.30am (AEST) while the boy was [...]

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Surf South Africa – The Pushup Coast

Source: www.coastalwatch.com
Text: Tim Fisher
Photos: Oakley
They’re big blokes, all four of them, standing around the barbie, beers in hand. Listening.The fifth bloke, the biggest of the lot, like Willy Mason big, a comp-surfer turned deep-sea fisherman named Robert Pollock, is getting to the end of his shark story. It’s the one where a White Pointer gets [...]

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Surf Pacific Islands – Without a trace

 
Source: www.coastalwatch.com
Text: Reggae Ellis
Photos: Dave Sparkes
The first time I had a chance to go to the Mentawais was way back in 1992, the trip Tom Carroll, Ross Clarke-Jones and some mutual friends did on the Indies Trader before it was a charter boat and when only a handful of people knew about the waves up [...]

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Surf Nias – Nias Rediscovered

Source: www.coastalwatch.com
Text: Brad Whittaker
Photos: Matt Johnson and Noah Hamilton
The waves of Nias, first discovered by Peter Troy, Kevin Lovett and John Geisel have been credited for opening the door to what may have become one of the most photographed and videoed island chains on the planet, that being the Mentawai, Telo, Simelue and Hinako’s. Nowadays [...]

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Surf Ireland – A wave through the hills

Source: www.coastalwatch.com
Text: Paul Morgan
Photos: Mickey Smith
From the latest Issue of Australian Surfing Life

Hawaii Vs Ireland
Towards the end of the year I was confronted with two options. One, go to Hawaii with every man and his dog or two, go to Ireland. Yes, Ireland. I knew it could pump, but I also knew it was incredibly [...]

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Surf forecast Australia

If you want to know the latest surf conditions, check out beach cams of Australian surf beaches or watch some great photos, there are two local websites that have all you need to know about the surf conditions in Australia:
Coastalwatch.com
Swellnet.com.au
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Sydney’s summer weather marked by storms and low temperatures

Sydney Morning Herald :: 29.02.2008
Author: Arjun Ramachandran
As summer comes to an end today, Sydneysiders may wonder whether it was ever here at all.
Searing heat, parched gardens and sunny skies – trademarks of an Australian summer – were replaced by cloudy days and lots of rain, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. „In terms of rainfall [...]

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