Ashley Jones surfing coolite TC Iggy swells

In February 2012 Tropical cyclone Iggy travelled down the coast from northwest of Exmouth and created northerly swells on southwest headlands and beaches.

BOM report

Tropical Cyclone Iggy formed to the northwest of Exmouth, off the west Pilbara coast, on the morning of 26 January 2012 and remained offshore to the west of WA as it moved southward. On 1 February, Iggy was located approximately 500 km west of the Gascoyne coast and moved in a generally southerly direction as a category 2 system but tracked more to the southeast as the day progressed and rapidly weakened to be below tropical cyclone strength on the morning of the 2nd as it tracked eastward towards the Central West. Ex-TC Iggy moved through northern parts of the Southwest Land Division on the 3rd and brought heavy rainfall to locations in the northern Lower West and southern Central West, as well as near gale force winds to coastal locations in the Central West. Source BOM.

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Experienced Yallingup surfboard rider Ashley Jones surfed the north swells created by ex-TC Iggy at Smiths Beach Yallingup on his old coolite. Photos by Jim King Dunsborough WA.