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As a heavy storm raged off the coast of Australia on 20 April 2015, a short video clip on Vine showing a surfer catching a wave outside the Sydney Opera House, situated on Bennelong Point, began to circulate online: Although many viewers shared the video clip (including the popular morning radio duo Fitzy and Wippa) claiming that it was real footage recently captured at Bennelong Point, the original video had been uploaded to YouTube (with a similar backstory) by one Darren Jackson in June 2012: Although the footage is pretty convincing, the conditions shown cannot possibly occur at the site of the Sydney Opera House. First, the video shows several rocks running along the side of the opera house; but no such rocks are really there. Second, the portion of the video starting at the 26-second mark clearly shows shallow water breaking in the foreground; but, according to Storyful, the water surrounding the famous landmark is all much deeper. Finally, a variety of land formations, sea walls, and other obstacles make it practically impossible for 2km waves to form at Bennelong Point: Darren Jackson never revealed how he made the video, but it appears that he took real surfing footage and superimposed it against the iconic background of the Sydney Opera House.
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