Friday, July 29, 2005

An exhausted south swell could only manage knee high dribbles down at Bondi this morning. Perfectly sunny, yet extremely chilly morning…heading towards a top of 19 degrees. A number of surfers out scrappin’ around on the knee high closeouts – not really doing a great deal. A left in the middle occasionally has something to […]

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Thursday, July 28, 2005

The last 24 hours have been interesting surfwise… Sydney had a ‘one-day-wonder’ swell visit yesterday. 7am yesterday – waist high, lunchtime head high, yesterday arvo 4-5 foot at south facing magnets (& good)…and this morning back to small waist high to occasionally chest high waves. Fun right-hander in the south end is producing some suction […]

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

New mini south swell rocked up today – nothing to get too excited about. Bondi was only around waist high…but I ended up shooting up at Palmy for some new stuff. Couple of knee to waist high waves in the middle of Palmy, bit bigger at Avalon…Curly is probably best pick on the north…and Bondi […]

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Bondi 7am – flat.Our flat patch continues today. It’s about as small as it gets…Incredible sunrise and morning light. One of the best… Fine weather today, max of 22 with moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds. Swell should slightly come up tomorrow…still micro and suitable for beginners. "Shark"A photo-art exhibitionRon and Valerie Taylor are […]

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Monday, July 25, 2005

Basically it’s flat. Surfing just isn’t an option today. To make up for today’s flatness we’ve got a cracker of a day. Whole 23 degrees of it! Perfect sunshine. Barely any wind … so get out there and soak it up. 1st pic today is heading straight to the pool room. Gold. Surf action for […]

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Friday, July 22, 2005

Swell has slipped another notch overnight. Peak in the middle and bergs corner providing some fun shoulder high sets. Large crowds out for the early. Big lulls in between decent sets. Fantastic sunny day…the run back to the car is pretty chilly. High tide 8:53am, Low tide 2:26pm. Super deluxe max. temp of 20 degrees […]

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Thursday, July 21, 2005

Bondi 7am – frosty head high sets, clean, fun…Damn chilly morning. Surf looked pretty good this morning…considering the banks are pretty manky. The swell has decreased in size overnight once again… however it’s breaking quite clean and controlled down at Bondi. Sets were up around head high with two peaks, a right in the south […]

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

The swell dropped slightly overnight leaving behind messy head high waves this morning (few sets bigger). Real bad banks at Bondi – so waves are pretty fat, lacking workable walls. The early morning SW winds will swing SE and make a mess of today’s surfable conditions. High tide was 7:05am and the low is at […]

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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Some hefty chunks breaking out the back of Bondi this morning. Sets around 6 foot solid. The ocean is looking pretty unsettled with loads of water thrashing around the place. Only two guys out in front of Icebergs picking off infrequent foamy faces mostly breaking left. This southern swell is larger than yesterday, and the […]

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Monday, July 18, 2005

Avalon 8am – 4-5 foot (backs) sets, chilly offshore windsAfter a great weekend of waves, we continue with 4-5 footers at south facing beaches and SW offshore winds. Sun is shining…but its still damn cold down there. 5 guys out at South Avalon picking off a couple of bomb sets…looked a little fat, few long […]

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Friday, July 15, 2005

Bondi is sucking the most out of this south swell – but it’s got absolutely nothing to break on. Sets above head high…quite consistent. The banks are dire – basically producing closeouts. Perfectly clean conditions with a gentle offshores again…gotta get in the car today to find south facing beach with super banks… High tide […]

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Bondi 7am – crap banks, head high and offshoreReal nice conditions with a gentle offshore, clean surfaces and a swell lining up better than yesterday. Sets are around head high – still suffering from fatness. Banks have been rearranged in the recent large swell and they’re not favouring us. I would bake it out of […]

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Swell has hung around overnight producing some decent sets out the back of Bondi this morning (saw a couple double head high sets). Right hander working from the southern corner…but its fat…real porky style…even with a 6:39am low tide. Kinda wave that you take off with anticipation of some hackable wall, but when you get […]

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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

With an overnight decline in swell height, today we left with more surfable conditions. The seas are still pretty unsettled creating bumpiness – yet protected corners will still be drawing energy creating surfable waves. I would be checking something like North Bondi (or South Bondi if you don’t mind copping a few on the head). […]

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Monday, July 11, 2005

Swell has chunked up overnight – Not many options over our side today …so had a little look around the north side. Best wave was at Collaroy and perhaps South Steyne. Heaps of grunt in this south storm swell – some 10-12 foot faces out the back at southern exposed beaches. Collaroy had cleaner, controlled […]

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Friday, July 08, 2005

Bondi 7am – ankle to knee high dribbles, fuhgetaboutit ****late report due to my server blowing a gasket**** Bondi pancakes today…if you wait 20 minutes for ‘wave of the day’ you’ll get something surf(ish)able. Other than that, nice morning pink sunrise, silky glass conditions with next to no wind. BOM predicting easterly winds this arvo […]

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Thursday, July 07, 2005

What a day. Salubrious. Yesterday afternoon we had a mini spike in swell which only hung around for about 6 hours…one-day-wonder-hoax. This morning the swell rang out of juice only producing waves around waist high – very inconsistently. Our lil’ leftie wonder bank struggled to produce the goods today after several days of joy. It’s […]

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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Joy morning with perfect sunshine and light offshores. If you live in a city where you can go for a swim/surf before work in the middle of winter with out a dry suit, I reckon you’re on a good wicket. Big impatient crowd this morning sitting on the 1 peak in the south, waiting for […]

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Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Tuesday, July 05, 2005 An inconsistent ESE swell occasionally pumps a shoulder high glassy one into Bondi. Large crowds and long waits in between substantial sets may be a deterrent. Gentle offshores creating a silky smooth surface quality…fun bank in the south end. Decent little pockets with the odd shack. BOM predicting NE winds later […]

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Monday, July 04, 2005

Even with post indo blues it looked like fun out at Bondi this morning. A little left in the southern corner was working – sucking the most of this small ESE swell. Couple nice little pockets on offer – even saw a shack on the inside bank. This is the best conditions for this week, […]

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Friday, July 01, 2005

In stark contrast to yesterday’s torrential rain, today we’re blessed with clear skies and gentle offshore breezes making for a good surf day. Bondi had some decent waves rolling into the bay, the southern end was larger and wilder than the tame lefts in the northern corner. Very few crew out – fun to be […]

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