Hot Tuna Summer Classic - Great Waves Forecast For Australia's First ASP World Longboard Tour (WLT) Event
 

With perfect northerly offshore winds and a clean straight groundswell forecast to arrive tomorrow (Friday), organizers of the Hot Tuna Summer Classic have taken the popular option to postpone today’s Men’s and Women’s Open professional ASP World Longboard Tour sanctioned divisions.

Surfing Victoria’s Craig Clarke commented on the decision this morning saying “With outstanding surfing conditions forecast for Friday, Saturday and Sunday we all thought it best to call a lay day for the Hot Tuna today. We will run the event comfortably in the two and a half days so we’re aiming to put these guys, who include many of the best longboard surfers in the world into ideal conditions and having checked the weather and swell forecasts thoroughly the obvious choice is to wait for the hot northerly offshore to kick in so tomorrow morning we’re 100% assured of running!”

Grant Thomas (Maroochydore/Qld), the number 2 seeded surfer at this event, commented on the delay to tomorrow by saying “Great Decision to hold off, it’s marginal today and the weather charts look like the surf will pump tomorrow and right through the weekend and there’s nothing better than excellent waves for a whole event. Off shore winds and good swells seem assured so bring it on!”
 

Hot Tuna Summer Classic: Grant Thomas is the number two seed for the event

and is looking forward to competing in the epic waves that are forecast for the event

Conditions at the events three main venues of Flinders, Rye and Gunnamatta were marginal this morning. Competitors were initially put on hold at 7:00am with a recall at 10:30am when organizers made the decision to hold off on the Professional divisions. The amateur divisions of Junior Boys and Girls will be surfed throughout this afternoon and the main event of the Hot Tuna Summer Classic will begin early tomorrow morning.