Attention les surfers Australiens

Cyclone Oma weakens but impacts still expected along Queensland coast .
People are being warned not to risk their lives by going to southern Queensland beaches this weekend with Tropical Cyclone Oma whipping up wild wind and surf.

An earlier cyclone watch for the southern Queensland and northern New South Wales coast was cancelled this morning when the system weakened to a category one system.

But the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warned there would be abnormally high tides and dangerous surf into early next week