Cirrus

The clouds stole the show this morning… Wow, what an amazing winter’s morning. At 6 a.m. I woke with pink hues pasted on the side of my face – it’s orrrrn! 2 seconds later I made the mad scrambled down the lift in jocks, double parked with lenses rolling around at my feet. I only […]

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Horus

Surfing should be a really low priority for you today, as the week of flatness continues. The wind has icy claws and is currently blowing 20-30 knots (strong). Put the boards away until the weekend. I hung around Bronte pool this morning and watched all the locals performing their morning rituals, some swimming, some just […]

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15.6

Like most of this week there isn’t a great deal going down at the moment. Today is probably even smaller and straighter that yesterday. Until the weekend you won’t be surfing a great deal…nice morning though. Go for a walk or join the polar bears in a swim. It’s 15.6 degrees in the Icebergs pool. […]

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The sabbatical

I bet you didn’t think there was going to be waves this morning after checking the swell charts last night. Well, there is. Small ones from time to time dribbling into the bay (2 footers). Now I’m not saying its pumping nor should you drop your pencils and dash out the office…but if you find […]

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The unexpected

I didn’t quite know what to expect down the beach this morning. I was leaning more to the pessimistic side as I couldn’t see much water moving from my bedroom window at 6:20am. After spending 5 mins on the cold sand, Jono (one of the regulars) took off, pulled into a snug barrel, flew out […]

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soak

Ah yes….just one of those dayz…. The ocean is on idle whilst the sun is on overdrive. A sun soaked morning with 0.5 foot dribbles. Sometimes, from no where a 2 foot set arrives but that would be every 15-20 mins (extreme patience required). I’d say a swim is in order, yes, a dip and […]

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Freaky

What a freaky morning. It’s warm, like spring and heading towards 23 degrees. Also the swell has evaporated overnight. What a drop huh, from 3-4 foot to ankle biters in 24 hours. Winds are NW, typical of a summery day but it’s going to howl 30 knots later. I’m a photographer not a criminal Ken […]

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6-thirts

Couldn’t sleep so was wondering around Bondi really early this morning. Good thing there was a cracker of a sunrise with some interesting cloud formations – the type of clouds that warn rain later tonight. Waves were up but suffering under the low tide. Paddle, take off, bottom turn, maybe 1 turn before the whole […]

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Winter Love

Love winter. It’s the best time around here. Bondi is half empty and you can even find a car park on Hall Street (from time to time). Winter also brings swell, mostly from the south and we’re facing the right direction to greet it. Yesterday’s dwindling swell has been replace by, yep, yet again, another […]

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Salubrious

I was surprised to see a little left wedge puttin’ on some fun rides down at Bondi this morning. It’s the leftovers from that booming south swell that hit last Friday…. today is very surfable considering the charts said it was going to be flat…but then again those same charts said it was going to […]

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Friday the 13th

The swell has come up and surpassed all of our expectations – it’s huge! Seeing it’s coming from the dead south Bondi is wearing the full brunt of this new ground swell. I saw sets up in the 8-9 foot range closing out the whole bay. Quite exciting really. I love how big waves stop […]

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One Hit Wonder

Bit like a Britney Spears one hit wonder, the swell came and gone within 24hrs. Yesterday afternoon was smoking. Smoking. Around 2pm I drove around the eastern suburbs beaches and swell was stacked up to the horizon, breaking clean in offshore winds….ah yes… hell the sunshine was even out. Hope you managed to get out […]

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s w i t c h

The swell direction has flipped over to the NE and other breaks are showing promise. Bondi neglects the north swell so it was 2-3 foot but much cleaner than the Maroubra which was 3-4 foot, but a bit wobbly. Winds are offshore all day – ah yes, a good day for surfing. High tide 9am, […]

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Bus Stop

The rain has truly set in and the swell has jacked up a little. All of today’s shots were taken whilst huddling under a small shelter along Campbell Parade. I saw a few good waves roll through in front of the 2nd ramp – 2-3 foot, quite a large hungry crowd out sampling early, despite […]

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Bonditis

I wasn’t around for the City to Surf but you sure can tell 100,000 people have been through our neck of the woods…Bondi seems a little ‘worn’. I also missed the clean swells of yesterday that so many have kindly reminded me of this morning. It’s dropped back a little, 2-3 foot. Bondi was uncrowded […]

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Backwash

G’day from Perth. Yep we’re back in boomtown WA and today’s images come from a super backwashy Trigg Beach (A metro beach). There’s 2-3(ish) footers over here at the moment, bit junkie…few guys out and pretty much closing out straight (std). They’d be something down south for sure. Where is everybody? Not a soul to […]

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Bondi Fix

Hola. Damn fine morning. Chilly though. Small little bump at Bondi (1-2 footers), clean and infrequent. Most crew where on the right/left in the corner, but I didn’t really see it do much – most waves started off flash, but fattened out pretty quickly. The sun is out, the skies full of colour at 6:30am […]

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Brand Nue Day

In stark contrast to yesterday we’ve now got offshore winds, cleaner 3-4 footers and sunshine. It’s still not perfect and showing signs of recent agitation, but I recommend ditching school and sampling a few for yourself. No rush though, there seems to be waves until Sunday with a another peak in swell on Friday afternoon. […]

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Storm Boy

I like storms. Sydney has been lashed by a violet south storm overnight. Winds hit 55 knots last night, I thought the windows were going to blow in. What a mess! I drove around this morning documenting all the busted stuff. The City to Surf tents were massacred as the southerly picked them up and […]

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Chill Bill

In 1 line, frosty, sunny morning with no waves. The ocean has exhausted all swell from last week and we’re in a holding pattern until a brand spankin’ new south swell arrives late tonight. The inbound swell will hit with a 30 knot buddy called Gale. Swell for most of the week, let’s just see […]

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