{"id":280242,"date":"2026-05-11T11:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/?p=280242"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:15:48","slug":"the-holy-grail-of-weird-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/05\/the-holy-grail-of-weird-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Grail of Weird Waves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Weird Wave uNLoCKeD\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IxYIcBvC71g?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dylan Graves has built a cult following by hunting down the planet\u2019s strangest surf spots in his YouTube series Weird Waves \u2014 but could his latest episode be his weirdest yet? Known for chasing everything from industrial river waves to sketchy novelty breaks hidden in plain sight, Graves thrives in the kind of surf missions that sound completely ridiculous on paper. With his laid-back humour and curiosity for surfing\u2019s oddball subcultures, each episode feels less like a polished travel show and more like an unpredictable scavenger hunt for waves nobody else would think to ride.<\/p>\n<p>Hit play to see what is possibly the weirdest yet, as Dylan and Anthony Walsh tap into a sketchy Australia tidal rapid with monster hold downs.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kimberley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kimberley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kimberley-980x560.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kimberley-480x274.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unforgiving tidal rapid in remote Western Australia becomes the target of Dylan Graves and Anthony Walsh during a risky exploratory surf mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Holy Grail of Weird Waves? 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