Thursday, June 30, 2005

*thirtyThose recent good waves have faded a notch overnight. I went for a swim at lunch and this is what I saw at South Bondi…bright green clear water, sunshine, 1-2 foot waves, crowded and a big fat 30 degrees (how’s work peeps?). Joy beach day…water subtly cooler – but still very inviting. Clouds are starting […]

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Wednesday, 30 January 2008

It’s no secret that Bondi was pretty damn good Bondi last night. Hundreds packed peaks along south Bondi – all 500 metres of it. Shallow bank in the south has been putting on a good show for a couple of weeks now. Well it’s still on today, half the size of last night – but […]

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Tuesday, 29 January 2008

glassWhat began as a grey, humid, glassy morning with few surfers in the water has evolved into a 29 degree, sunny, cracker of a day. The waves have switched on…quite unpredictable at the moment with a swell increase last night. 3 foot glassy peaks along Bondi at the moment. Good rights in the south end […]

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Friday, 25 January 2008

halfLotta sad faces around Bondi today as yesterday’s joy fades into a distant memory. So many places firing yesterday – hell – fat tubes at Bondi on the corner bank?!#@ Today’s half the size’‘n’half as clean with half as many out. 2 foot weak fat bits broke in the south earlier (8am). Maybe a lower […]

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Thursday, 24 January 2008

Since my neighbour Cakey thinks he’s Corey Worthington and kept me awake all night with his mid-week party – well at least Corey has more than 1 friend – whatever – I was up for the early. Real early. And that ended up being a good thing – see, in the 1st 10 minutes of […]

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Quite an eventful morning. BREAKING NEWS: Not only is it 6 foot with larger bomb sets, a dead body has been spotted floating off the south end of Bondi. Unconfirmed reports say it was a surfer, with leg rope and board attached – could have been early morning surfer or last night’s sess. Police choppers, […]

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Tuesday, 22 January 2008

big is not always best The howling southerly winds have subsided this morning, making for surfable conditions early down at Bondi. Swell dramatically increased yesterday afternoon…so now it’s up around 4-6 foot range. So it’s big, quite solid…but it ain’t pretty. Bondi was very random, bumpy, peaky and not really holding up that great. The […]

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Monday, 21 January 2008

You don’t have to be too cluey to work out the waves aren’t so great this morning. The overnight south change brought rain, wind and 2 foot slop. Bugger. The good news is that the 30 knots of howl is creating swell. This afternoon it will dramatically increase in size. Tomorrow is still onshore, but […]

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Friday, 18 January 2008

chewedThe waves are all chewed up from this onshore wind – but at least there are waves around – 3 foot. Only a few guys out catching little froth balls – they don’t look like they’re enjoying themselves a great deal. This onshore should swing tomorrow afternoon. So best wait until it cleans itself up. […]

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Thursday, 17 January 2008

howling messAs predicted the violent south change rocked Sydney yesterday around 5pm. It’s quite incredible how it goes from nought to 30 knots in a matter of minutes. From the gallery I saw all matter of objects tumble weeding down the road. This southerly is shredding the 3 foot waves on offer. No one out […]

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

There is a lot to like about today. It’s a combo of that fat 30 degrees we have forecasted, nice 2-3 foot clean waves at the Bra and a salubrious 22 degree water temp. This pretty picture ain’t gonna last though. Typically after a hot day a sever 30 knot south change will hit (tonight) […]

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Tuesday, 15 January 2008

sssshWinds backed right off. Swell has one or two feet on it since shooting this morning at 7am. (now 4 foot). 8 guys out. Um…bye gotta run – a long meeting can’t be contacted and gallery shut. uge

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Monday, 14 January 2008

The swell came with the storms last night…but so did its buddy the wind. 25 knots of southerly are currently making a mess of things. Its predicted to back off to 15 knots this afternoon and even less tomorrow, so hopefully the 3 footers will clean themselves up in 24hrs. But right now – only […]

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Friday, 11 January 2008

foamies Well we finish up this week on another 1-2 foot dribbly surf day down at Bondi. Its hardly surfable – but if you were to wrestle a foamie off a small child you would do something like the above. Coolites – Hell I can’t ride those things. Like driving a car without a steering […]

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Thursday, 10 January 2008

hotDamn hot. Cook things in your pants hot. Muggy. Damn muggy. Singapore style. Damn no waves either. 1 foot dribbly floppy bits suitable for a 1st timer. I spy a new swell on the 14th Jan (Monday – ENE swell with south winds). In the mean time stay cool. Go swim with the other 30,000 […]

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Wednesday, 9 January 2008

At first glance of Bondi this morning you would use words like unsurfable, dribbles, learners day, baaah, overcast ankle biters. But wait long enough and a waist to chest high wave will rock into the southern corner allowing one maybe two turns. Its far removed from the weekend’s joy, but if you’re still on holidays […]

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Tuesday, 8 January 2008

fatboysIt appears that last’s weeks persistent east swells have finally faded. We had a good run though… Today it was a dribbly 2 foot…bit bumpy as well. The morning high tide was fattening up anything resembling a wave. Perhaps closer to the 3:45pm low tide you might see a slight improvement – hell the sun […]

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Monday, 7 January 2008

tork it up. Hope you had a good break. So much tork of good surf lately – well hasn’t 2008 started on the right foot. But my first day in town I only saw 2-3 foot, high tide fatties in the south of Bondi. ENE exposed breaks around the corner had onshore wind issues – […]

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Tuesday, 1 January 2008

2008Hey Happy New Year!…may 2008 bring you another year of good waves. I don’t normally kick off Aquabumps until the second week of Jan but we’ve got a big NE swell hitting NSW at the moment, generated from a intense low hanging around Queensland. It’s quite spectacular – I hear most Sydney beaches are closed […]

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