A surfer braves a large wave at Queenscliff in Sydney, Monday, June 6, 2016. Storms have lashed Australia's easter coast for several days whipping up waves as high as 12 meters (40 feet), which caused serious beach erosion and forced hundreds of coastal residents to evacuate. (Photo by Rick Rycroft/AP Photo)





Australian surfer Justis Allport escapes a wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Australian surfer Justin Allport wipes out on a wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Russell Bierke catches a wave as rescue workers watch from the shore during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Russell Bierke catches a wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Richie Vaculik wipes out on a large wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Russell Bierke leaps off his board mid-ride during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Blake Thornton rides a wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Evan Faulks catches a wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Riley Laing (L) gets a tow into a wave as a container ships leaves Botany Bay during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Surfer Richie Vaculik gets a tow into a wave from a jet ski during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Spectators watch from a clifftop as they watch competition in heavy seas during the Cape Fear surfing tournament off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Australian surfer Justen Allport rides a wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





Australian surfer Justen Allport rides a wave during the Cape Fear surfing tournament in heavy seas off Sydney's Cape Solander in Australia, June 6, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





A surfer paddles back to shore while a huge wave crashes behind him at Narrabeen beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia, 06 June 2016. Major flooding and heavy rain is predicted to continue across parts of central and southern New South Wales (NSW) as a powerful storm which lashed the state during the weekend heads towards Tasmania. (Photo by David Moir/EPA)