Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Bondee 7am – offshore, 4-5 foot, consistent, shutting downSwell is great – good size and consistently pumping lines into the bay…wind, yup, nice clean offshores, sunshine – perfect…banks? Nope. Most of what I witnessed this morning was closing out straight along mid to south Bondi. Sets were up around 4-5 foot solid, with the majority […]

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Monday, May 30, 2005

Bondi 7am – 4 – 5 foot, lots of water moving Our predicted beefy southern swell arrived on Saturday night and continues to pump size into Bondi this morning. Yesterday was a big day here in Sydney. It’s smaller than yesterday, yet still up around 4-5 foot range. Great conditions this morning with westerly winds […]

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Friday, 27 May 2005

Bondi 7am – coupla tasty head high waves suitable for gougingSwell is still here, slightly smaller than yesterday afternoon before a weekend of thunder chunks. Heaps of crew out this morning enjoying the multiple peaks on offer. Decent clean head high waves in the south with a semi tube section on the inside shallow bank. […]

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Thursday, May 26, 2005

Bondi 7am – swell has arrived, shoulder high, fun!After last night’s southerly blow up we’ve been blessed with shoulder high (and bigger) waves this morning down at Bondi. It’s not perfect, but there were plenty of waves on offer for the large crowd sprawled along the beach. It’s a south swell, so any beach facing […]

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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Bondi 7am – bigger than yesterday, still not big enoughSilky smooth surfaces with dribbly knee high waves in the middle of Bondi. Every 20 minutes the odd waist high set in the middle. Looks slightly bigger than yesterday… still better suited to the newbies. Sensational morning with a spectacular sunrise and great light for shooting. […]

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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Bondi 7am – waist high, weak…beginner’s dayFiery skies this morning with a classic autumn sunrise. Pity the surf wasn’t up to scratch with tiny knee to waist high dribbles on Bondi. Good opportunity for the beginners to clock up some water time without the big crowds. It’s clean and winds are blowing chilly offshore (NW). […]

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Monday, May 23, 2005

Bondi 7am – micro clean knee high bits…mal riders onlyHope you satisfied your wave quota last week because we’re lacking swell today – and is not going to improve for a few days. Super clean conditions under a fat high pressure system…sun is shining in perfectly clear skies and the offshore winds have a chill […]

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Friday, May 20, 2005

Bondi 8am – 4ft-5ft yup…working quite nicelyFew good waves around this morning – getting wet ain’t a bad option. Sun’s out too… This week’s solid south-south-easterly swell continues to pump joy into our beaches – it’s a fair bit smaller than yesterday, yet more in control. Bondi has finally cleaned itself up with the gentle […]

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Thursday, May 19, 2005

Now ya torkin…swells up folks. Had a look around Cronulla and found a few off the point that looked like fun. Mostly 6-8 foot solid with some cracker sets – loads of paddling against a strong current – a great day for a tow. SSW winds currently hacking through Sydney at 10-20 knots causing havoc […]

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Bondi 7am – wild and wooly. 10-12 foot faces on sets. Totally blown outLoads of sizey messed up chunks around this morning. Overnight increase is now producing 12 foot faces out the back of Bondi. Not really surfable. You’d be duckin’ and weaving through a few rogue foam balls whilst droppin’ into some hell bumpy […]

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Monday, May 16, 2005

Plenty of swell mashin’ our coastline at da moment. Large rollin’ fattie-bom-ba sets breaking right across the bay (10-12 foot faces). Not much fun surfing with howling SE onshore winds creating a mass of white foam omo style. Not much lining up – might get the odd wave in the northern corner of Bondi or […]

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Friday, May 13, 2005

Wot only one measly picture from today? Yup. When I checked it at 8am it wasn’t looking that inviting with howling onshores messy up over head high chunx. One lone wolf in the middle picked off 1 wave in 15 minutes… nonetheless we’ve got some swell, just need surface quality. High tide 11:50am, low tide […]

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Thursday, May 12, 2005

The expected south swell arrived, perhaps smaller than anticipated…but it should build as the day progresses. Nuisance s-easterly onshore winds were early and mutilating surface quality, and it’s only going to get worse with expected freshening winds dis arvo. So, you’d have to be keen…couple of random ones, but nothing much to yeeeeha about. High […]

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Bondi 7am – cleanliness is next to godlinessFirst impressions weren’t too flash. It was really clean stuff though – silk. Superb morning light. Today’s anticipated south swell appeared inadequate. Hanging on the rail for half an hour or so and some decent rights were breaking off da Bergs corner. The pick of the sets over […]

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Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Da bra 7am – small sucky peaksAfternoon bumps…I know…late. Couple nice lil’ sneaky ones breaking close to the shore at da Bra this morning. Nothing much over waist high…quite a few out enjoying smooth surface quality and pretty rad sunrise. Bondi would have the odd mini chunk, so you can surf, morning better than arvo, […]

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Monday, May 09, 2005

Bondi 7am – clean waist high, picturesqueThis month’s micro conditions continue today with waist high waves at Bon-dye. Clean conditions under a gentle offshore breeze as winter’s chill kicks in. Few little waves in the south and on the middle bank, mostly closing out or fat. NW winds this morning which will swing to the […]

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Friday, May 06, 2005

Bondi 6:30am – small small smallYou can surf. It will push. Don’t expect to be butchering big open faces though. Bumps are knee high at Bondi. Bit of east direction in this swell, so beaches facing that way will be bigger. Southern weather pattern will arrive this afternoon bringing strong SE’s and increase in size […]

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Thursday, May 05, 2005

Bondi 7am – knee(ish) high dribbly bits Few technical problems around town this morning – big internet outage…Dum de dum. No surf. Nada. Ripple-mania. Nice morning…loads of activity on the beach. Looks like a few training for the bare foot soft sand classic being held by North Bondi SLSC May 29. Glassy conditions this morning. […]

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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Bondi 7am – ankle bitersIn some parts of the world its 8 foot solid and tubing off it’s noooona today. There’s even lip launching jet skis narrowly missing Teahupoo warriors (more). But it’s all quiet on the surfing front at downtown Bondi. Soft ankle biters will struggle to give you any push this morning. An […]

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Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Bondi 7am – shoulder high, inconsistent and closing out mostlyLate report today…yep…I know (whack over knuckles). Really late. Bondi was super clean earlier this morning with shoulder high waves breaking in the southern corner. Large early crowd enjoying the morning sunshine and glassy conditions. Sets were around 5-10 minutes apart, and when they rocked up […]

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Monday, May 02, 2005

Bondi 7am – onshore messy shoulder high.It’s pretty messy with early south-easter winds mincing up shoulder high chunx. 3 guys out in the south not really scoring any joy…so not a bad one to sleep in, especially with the morning drizzle and grey skies. Cool maximum of 20 degrees today and partly cloudy. Swell will […]

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