Two Bryde’s whales have been filmed riding waves with surfers at a popular beach near Byron Bay.
The whales, which weigh 12 to 20 tonnes each, were joined by a pod of dolphins in hunting a large school of bait fish while surfers caught waves above them. But eventually, the whales decided to catch some waves for themselves, using the momentum to propel them into the school of fish.
Earlier this month, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the northern hemisphere is officially in La Niña and will probably remain so through winter. So what exactly does that mean for surfers?
“El Niño is synonymous with pumping surf along the US West Coast — does La Niña equate to wave famine? Well, not exactly,” Schaler Perry, a Pacific Forecaster for Surfline, tells us. “For a number of reasons, but primarily because not all La Niña or El Niño events are created equal. There are different flavors, if you will.” … More