Huge waves in Tassie

Mark takes off late on his 9'2

Mark's little brother Kev had his first experience of paddling into big waves!

The sets just kept rolling through like this all day long!

Over the weekend Mark and his brother Kev along with some other local Tasmanian surfers paddled into the biggest storm to hit Australia in recent years off the coast of South Tasmania!

The boys battled severe hailstorms, up to 70-knot winds, freezing waters and torrential rain and paddled into waves around 15 foot (30-foot face height).

Visser along with James Hick, Marty Paradisis, Mike Brennan, Kevin Visser and a handful of other local surfers were among the brave few surfers to successfully ride the waves.

Coastalwatch chief swell forecaster Ben Macartney has reported that this swell is the biggest he has ever seen hit the coast of Tasmania!

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Photos: Stewart Gibson