The swell that hit the Victorian coast on the weekend peaked at 25 foot+ west of Cape Otway and 15 foot+ on the exposed coasts of the Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island. It was a rare set of circumstances and it had swell forecasters marvelling at the result. Yet as impressive as the weekend waves were they were still fell short in size and shape of the Easter swell of '81, and it makes me wonder exactly how big the Southern Ocean storm was that created that incredible swell and when, if ever, it will happen again.

Torquay's weekend warriors were thrilled last Sunday when the reefs pumped under a beautiful springtime swell. All of them putting on their Sunday best for the best Sunday in ages. All photos by Kaine Hazle.//STUART NETTLE

The swell arrived and the weekend was full of great waves