The Breaker
The Breaker Yep, finally pumping. Photo: Steve Arklay Sean Doherty Link copied to clipboard Mid-last week, Surfline forecaster Katie Jackson identified an explosive weather phenomenon — extra-tropical moisture merging with a cold Antarctic low under Madagascar, and moving east armed with super-low central pressure and intensifying winds. The resulting swell struck all Australia’s SW-facing coastlines, first southern WA, then rapidly hammering everywhere else with scary power levels. But its real focus ended up being western Victoria. The guns came out, the guns were snapped, and one sur...