Australia’s beaches are breathtaking, but they can also be dangerous—especially if you’re new to the country and unfamiliar with local water conditions. One activity that attracts many migrants is ...

Snapper can technically receive swells between roughly 355 and 170 degrees, or anything from a north to south direction. However, the best swells have an east component and are typically between 60 ...

Surf fishing can be daunting. Standing on the beach looking at the crashing waves and vastness of the ocean makes you feel small. It’s not like a pond or river that you can more easily break down.

Surf fishing and be a bit intimidating to the uninitiated. It’s you against a vast ocean, and even though some lakes are huge, you still feel like the fish are confined enough that you have a shot.

Can you get away with using a hand-me-down fiberglass surf fishing rod that is yellowed with aga and abuse. Yes. But just because you can, doesn’t mean you’ll catch fish. However, with the right, high ...

One thing Australia has in abundance is coastline, and with that comes waves. Though there are plenty of places to catch them, Healey’s favorite is unequivocally the Margaret River. "The Margaret ...

Cyclone! It’s a loaded word in Australian surf communities. Tropical cyclones are part of every summer, and while they don’t always give us much surf, when they do, we never quite forget. Here, in an ...

Alistair Hobday receives funding from a range of government and non-government sources, including the Department of Environment and Energy, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, WWF, and ...

Standing on the shore of a big lake or reservoir with a rod in your hand can be daunting. Still, the fish within that body of water are confined. The same can’t be said of the Atlantic Ocean. Catching ...