Friday, August 31, 2007

usual suspectsThere’s a group of guys that surf Bondi every morning, religiously. I take my hat off to them. Whether is pouring with rain, horrendously onshore, or sub artic conditions – they’re there wettie’n up. Well, you know when it’s mega flat – ’cause the usual subjects are having a day off. It’s that flat […]

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

clearWhat started out to be a very overcast morning has cleared up to perfection. Surprisingly a small weak 2-3 foot wave was in the southern end of Bondi at sunrise. At lunchtime it had dissipated in half a foot dribbles. But the sun is flooding in and it’s a superb beach day as we cook […]

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

spent.In stark contrast to yesterday’s day of pumping 4 foot NE swells, we’re left with onshore junk at 1-2 foot this morning. It’s all over. Barely surfable with an early wind. Still warm weather (24) as that massive high hovers above us. How good was yesterday. 27 degrees! It’s only been that hot this time […]

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

blood moonDayz like theze just make you just make you want to throw in the day job and spend the whole day down the beach. It’s perfectly sunny. Warm too. Fat 27 degrees. Oh and there’s waves. No lie. A consistent east swell is tickling our coastline with 3 footers. To top if off, there’s […]

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Monday, August 27, 2007

twenty-fiver Yesterday’s decent east swell has dissipated over night leaving 1-2ish footers down at Bondi this morning. A more east exposed beach may have an extra foot slapped on that, but is small and clean – seriously lacking power – suggest Mal riders or beginners only. The good news is that we’re spoilt with a […]

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Friday, August 24, 2007

cleanMuch cleaner waves today, but still lacking punch as the south end dribbles at 3 foot. Wave period is quite short, 6 seconds, meaning wind waves. It’s offshore though…I got a couple of snaps before the rain chased me out. sundeeWaves will improve on the weekend with an ENE swell coming. Saturday afternoon should get […]

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

same.same.Well… it’s about the best surf day of the week so far… and it really ain’t that great. One of the worst weeks for surfing we’ve had in such a long time. The junkie 3 footers were hindered by an onshore easterly breeze (10 knots). A few guys were out trying to reach their minimum […]

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

archival goldI’m gonna run out of archive glory should this onshore smashup persist. Bondi was a skanky… The 25 knots of sou-easterly butchery continues, but the swell looks to be growing in size (hard to tell really, it’s a blur of whitecaps). So um, not much else to write about really. Still onshore for a […]

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

bondi junkiesWaves have gone from messy to shabby onshore junk. It’s barely surfable – so just fuggedaboutit. At least there is some sunshine. Talking of junkies, let’s talk about the Astra Hotel, a heritage listed building in Bondi…yeah that big mustard coloured, 6 storey slab of concrete above Motion and Bondi Tratt. It’s been around […]

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Monday, August 20, 2007

the inside waveJust peeping out that window for one second you can work out that it’s totally onshore, wet, and ugly. 3 foot wind-butchered dribbles plague Bondi. Definitely a day to get heaps of work done. Swell gets a bit bigger tomorrow, just needs those winds to back off otherwise it will remain junkie. Today’s […]

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Friday, August 17, 2007

fresh serveThere’s plenty to go around this morning. A solid ESE swell with 10.5 second gaps is feeding Sydney with the goods. Flanked with an optimal NW offshore breeze you should really stop reading boring email and head somewhere with a few decent banks. Bondi was around 4-5 foot; BUT we’re not blessed by the […]

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

dead bodyThe talk on the beach this morning was the dead body that washed into Bondi’s south corner last night at 2:30 a.m. Police were scouring the sand this morning looking for any clues. The word on the street (not official) is that it was a 30 year old Asian female in her pajamas. She’d […]

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

wobblyOvernight the swell has jacked up. Waves are hittin’ the 3-4 foot heavens, so it’s def worth getting into that little rubber 2nd skin n’ tip toeing over the icy sand for a bash. Lots of wobble in those bumps this morning, legacy of yesterday’s onshore agitation. The odd one rocks in, and breaks quite […]

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

pilesPost Bali trip, I was quite surprised to see that little pile of sand in the southern end hanging in there. The lil’ swell magnet bank continues to break, even in this small southerly wind swell. With a wave period of 7 you can’t expect much power, but it looked like 2-3 foot of fun […]

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Monday, August 13, 2007

bond*ageI know what you’re thinking… It’s been a while since one of these little Aquabumps puppies hijacked your inbox. What the hell is going on? In summary, was in Bali last week for a decent swell (and to do nothing). The Island of the Gods turned up the heat last Tuesday / Wednesday – Ulus […]

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Monday, August 06, 2007

deckchairYou’ll probably open this email and roll the eyes thinking that punk is on the run again, back to Indonesia. Yep, my plan to avoid the claws of a cold Sydney winter is coming to fruition. Hey it’s only for a few days, so relax and enjoy some equatorial sunshine in your day. Like Oz, […]

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Friday, August 03, 2007

blacksun Its one of those mornings that you think the sun is just not going to shine. Damn hard to get out of bed when its this dark. Thick cloud blankets Sydney as an imminent south change lingers off our coastline. Would you believe this micro ESE swell is continuing to provide fun waves down […]

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

calmNice warm day for the middle of winter (max 23 today). Loads of people down the beach this morning taking advantage of the calm conditions. Waves broke around 2-3 foot (se swell), wind was pretty much non-existent and there was quite a few crew scrambling for whatever was available. It looked pretty weak, and fat […]

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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

::muddychainsawThat subject line has absolutely no relevance to the surf today. I got it from one of those random sp**am emails that try and sell you toolkit enhancements (1 of 100 a day). I just thought it was a funny one. Who thinks up that stuff? Some pimply face hacker in the backyards of the […]

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