1/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Plenty of surfers were on hand to brave the elements.Pics Adam Head
GALLERY: Double trouble as monster waves, king tide combine
Big-wave surfers are in their element but low-lying communities are being inundated with water as huge swell generated by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth is made even more severe by king tides up and down the coast. SEE THE PICTURES
2/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Some daredevil types couldn't resist jumping from rocks as waves exploded behind them Pics Adam Head
3/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Some daredevil types couldn't resist jumping from rocks as waves exploded behind them Pics Adam Head
4/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Plenty of surfers were on hand to brave the elements.Pics Adam Head
5/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Some daredevil types couldn't resist jumping from rocks as waves exploded behind them Pics Adam Head
6/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Some daredevil types couldn't resist jumping from rocks as waves exploded behind them Pics Adam Head
7/50Gold Coast beaches including Burleigh Beach are closed to swimmers as huge seas from Cyclone Seth batter the coastline. Pics Adam Head
8/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Plenty of surfers were on hand to brave the elements.Pics Adam Head
9/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Plenty of surfers were on hand to brave the elements.Pics Adam Head
10/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Plenty of surfers were on hand to brave the elements.Pics Adam Head
11/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Plenty of surfers were on hand to brave the elements.Pics Adam Head
12/50A shipping container used to store gear at Currumbin Surf Club has been washed into the surf - MUST Credit @issydphoto Instagram
13/50A shipping container used to store gear at Currumbin Surf Club has been washed into the surf - MUST Credit @issydphoto Instagram
14/50A shipping container used to store gear at Currumbin Surf Club has been washed into the surf - MUST Credit @issydphoto Instagram
15/50A shipping container used to store gear at Currumbin Surf Club has been washed into the surf - MUST Credit @issydphoto Instagram
16/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Some daredevil types couldn't resist jumping from rocks as waves exploded behind them Pics Adam Head
17/50Gold Coast beaches including Burleigh Beach are closed to swimmers as huge seas from Cyclone Seth batter the coastline. Pics Adam Head
18/50Gold Coast beaches including Snapper Rocks are getting battered as huge seas from Cyclone Seth bash the coastline. Plenty of surfers were on hand to brave the elements.Pics Adam Head
19/50Gold Coast beaches including Currumbin are closed to swimmers as huge seas from Cyclone Seth batter the coastline. Pics Adam Head
20/50Tourists and locals watch on as giant surf pounds Gold Coasts northern beaches. Picture Glenn Hampson
21/50Tourists and locals watch on as giant surf pounds theGold Coast Seaway. Picture Glenn Hampson
22/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
23/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
24/50Pro surfer Julian Wilson takes on a large wave in his hometown at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
25/50A bodysurfer at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
26/50Pro surfer Julian Wilson takes on a large wave in his hometown at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
27/50Big seas and dune erosion at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
28/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
29/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
30/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
31/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
32/50Lines of swell at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
33/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
34/50A bodysurfer takes on a large wave at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
35/50Pro surfer Julian Wilson after surfing at Coolum. Picture Lachie Millard
36/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
37/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
38/50Pro surfer Julian Wilson takes on a large wave in his hometown at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
39/50Pro surfer Julian Wilson takes on a large wave in his hometown at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
40/50Big surf at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
41/50Big seas and dune erosion at Coolum as ex Tropical Cyclone Seth makes its way down South East Queensland. Picture Lachie Millard
42/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. Local Bryan King enjoys his new waterfront vista in Palm Ave. (contact no 0402 033355). Picture Glenn Hampson
43/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. People wading through the floodwaters.. Picture Glenn Hampson
44/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. Locals Alberto Scuteri 4 enjoys the water , not so his parents. Picture Glenn Hampson
45/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. Walkies was a damp affair. Picture Glenn Hampson
46/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. Picture Glenn Hampson
47/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. Locals watch the water rise. Picture Glenn Hampson
48/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. Picture Glenn Hampson
49/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system. Picture Glenn Hampson
50/50Flooding from the King tide at Budds Beach at Surfers Paradise was made worse by the approaching storm system.Holden hunt and Taylah Jay walk through the floodwaters in Pine Ave. (contact no 0402 033355). Picture Glenn Hampson
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