If Queensland is the surfing capital of Australia’s east coast, then Snapper Rocks is the main drag. Congested, celebrated, packed with tourists, loved/loathed by locals, rich with history, ...

Dolphins are the OG surfers, the real locals, the natural-born waveriders. The ocean is their home; surfers are just visitors. So, it makes sense that porpoises would innately surf better than humans ...

Snapper Rocks is the opening salvo on a magical stretch of sand along the Gold Coast of Australia known as the Superbank. Part nature, part man-made machine, Snapper Rocks is the prototypical, ...

Earlier this year, Queensland, Australia’s Superbank lived up to its name. A series of swells lit up the famed pointbreak from Snapper Rocks to Greenmount, with a groomed sandbar manufacturing perfect ...

Snapper Rocks, the crown jewel of Australia’s Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast, is one of the most crowded surf spots in the entire world. On any given day – swell, completely flat, rain, shine, sleet, ...

Eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore has reached the semi-finals of the Gold Coast Pro at Snapper Rocks, her best result since returning full-time to the tour. After a narrow second-round win, ...

The ocean giveth, and the ocean taketh away. Following the biblical swell that slammed Australia’s east coast back in March – and sent Kirra firing on all cylinders for days on end – ex-Tropical ...

You know what’s nice? When you’ve been surfing the same wave day in and day out. Figuring out what direction, tide, wind, and all the other stars that need to align to make it work its best. Knowing ...

Snapper Rocks is one of the most hectic surf lineups in the world. It’s absurdly crowded, filled with so many bodies that collisions are quite common, and scoring a wave to oneself when it’s pumping ...

Its been decades since ocean pools had a presence along the Gold Coast shoreline. Now, council is considering whether they ...

On Tuesday, it will be officially decided whether or not council will go forward with the revised Rainbow Bay to Snapper Rocks foreshore masterplan. The plan originally said the Rainbow Bay surf club ...

“Snapper Rocks is one of the most perfect waves in the world, and this was an extremely difficult decision to shift locations,” said WSL APAC President Andrew Stark. “Our priority is to ensure ...