Surfline 11 January 2021 – New year, same ocean. Well, sort of. While North Pacific action has taken swift control of our personal and professional lives these first couple weeks of 2021 with nonstop surf from Hawaii to California — effectively making our usual, no-brainer Good to Epic selections a real brain-scrambler — top spots in the other Pacific (the South Pacific) produced a few moments of bliss for a much more captive audience over the past couple days. And since Fiji’s flight restrictions mean that tourism is still basically nonexistent, locals have been enjoying surf like this at their leisure — while the rest of us can only dream.
“Although fewer and farther between, the pulses that have come through these past couple months have been on par with what we usually see during the high season or ‘prime’ season,” explains Surfline’s Jonathan Warren. “And so far, this low season is performing above average. A deepening low swinging under Australia from the Indian Ocean was reminiscent of a typical storm system during the Southern Hemisphere winter, however, it’s the middle of summer here. This is precisely why we call it the ‘low season’ and not the ‘offseason.’ Because there’s still a chance for some good swell.”
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