Well we’ve all had a real nice time lately. Swell has been plentiful, grooming offshores and lots of options in Sydney. Today looks to be the ugly brother of the previous two days…junkie, wobbly, dark yet still surfable. The best waves I saw along my morning wander was at Bondi, with smaller (but cleaner) 2-3 […]

After I posted the update yesterday the swell kicked big time. Oh boy there were some great waves in town, some hitting the 8 foot + mark. The swell direction is still East, and it’s not as good as yesterday afternoon, but still plenty of surfing options. Rain hasn’t stopped though – and probably won’t […]

Howdy. The expected swell hasn’t really turned on (yet). The charts were showing an increase in swell activity today, but I don’t think it’s arrived. Must be running late. Currently we have a small groundswell from the east, and the wind is barely blowing (maybe 4 knots from the west) – so she’s super clean […]

Was nice to have some morning light in the frames this morning. Hasn’t been much of it around lately. As per the forecast the swell has come up from the East but it’s junkie as hell. A few 4 footers, wobbly and choppy, yet surfable. For the next 5-6 days there is plenty of swell. […]

A very typical Sydney storm is in town. Strong South wind, sloppy south swell and random junkyard out at Bondi. If you want to surf uncrowded Bondi, it’s all yours. 3-4 footers, hard to pick the right ones, but there’s gold in dem hills (for overly enthusiastic an unemployed surfers). For the rest of us, […]

We’ve got a sloppy south swell and south wind down at Bondi this morning. The weekend’s clouds are still here and the rain is on and off. Quite a wintery picture down here with only 2, maybe the odd 3 footer. Quality is very poor as squalls roll through, yet the line-up is basically empty. […]

This morning I wasn’t expecting much. The swell websites all talked 1’s and 2’s…period was down and last night’s check showed little promise. Well, something arrived, mostly closing out but definitely 3 foot sets. The odd left opened up to the beach in the southern corner of Bondi. The odd right in the middle – […]

Nice sky of colour to kick today off. Bondi was a hive of activity at 6:30am. Plenty doing their regular thing. Optimistic crew fighting over leftovers in the surf. Only 1-2 footers on offer today, so no need to rush down. If anything, go for a swim…as it’s just that good. (25) Can you swim […]

I know I’ve said it a fair bit lately, but I’ll say it again – real special morning out there. The waves are clean and in the 2-3 foot range. The sun is out, not a cloud in the sky. The water was bath temp. warm. Can do just boardies and maybe a little vest. […]

That spike in swell arrived but didn’t really hang around. Bondi had a large crowd out at sunrise enjoying 2-3 footers, warm water and perfect sunshine. I headed down to Cronulla (Greenhills to be exact) to hook up with Matty Griggs (ex-coach to world champs like Mick Fanning and Steph Gilmore) and his super grom […]

The winter’s dial clicked over another notch this morning – did you feel that extra chill in the air earlier today? The water, however, continued its spa-like temperatures (23) – how could you not go in? Interesting day today. Weak 1 footers right now….but around 4pm a south ground swell arrives and the swell period […]

That was a real nice weekend. I was impressed to see waves on Saturday at Bondi…fun ones (nothing on Sunday). The water has been SO clear and warm lately. Perfect weather. Can’t get much better than that. Today Bondi had the odd 2 foot freak set, but mostly 1 footers dribbled into the corner (with […]

Good morning. Nice morning wasn’t it? A few (small) waves around early on a left rip bowl at Bondi. Quite hard to surf (and shoot from the water) as a deep hole between two banks provided an outlet for all the water in the bay. Damn need an anchor out there. Water is RIDICULOUSLY warm […]

Well it hasn’t been the best week of surf. Can’t be good all the time I guess and we’ve had our fair share recently. Today we’ve got 2-3 footers, onshore, junkie – but hey, the sun is out! Few left rip bowls on offer…grab em whilst there here…cause the forecast for the next few days […]

It’s pretty fickle out there. On/off. Wet/sunny. Cold/hot. Not really sure what to make of it. At 7am the surf looked average with some crumbly 2-3 foots hittin’ Bondi. Around 9am it looked a lot cleaner and lining up better. About 10 x better. Who knows what it will look like by lunchtime when the […]

I saw a dude paddle out at south Bondi, shortly to return to the beach dissatisfied with the whole ordeal. I then saw another lone wolf drift out in the middle of Bondi, copped a rinsing, then returned to the beach, off to work. Further north at Mirra Kirra (aka North Bondi), I saw 3 […]

There’s some nice deep holes in them sand banks at Bondi. Sets break on the outer banks then crumble to the beach before reforming into a nice little left rip bowl. It was short and only 2-3 foot, but the best option this morning. It’s gonna get bigger as the day progresses, like 5-6 foot […]

Hurro. Today is April fools. A day where I normally write it’s pumping, 3-4 foot when it’s not – yeah real tricky eh. Well it actually is…pumping (kinda)… Some decent waves rolling through this morning in the 3-4 foot range. Sure, it’s a little wonky as the onshore wind blew for 24 hours previously, but […]

Some days it’s quite hard to come up with 7 entertaining images for this blog. Today is one of THOSE days. There was no sunrise this morning as clouds’n’rain smothered the 1st light. Intermittent rain can also make it tricky to shoot – it pays to have the sanctuary of your car close by. The […]

Mornin’… and what a good morning. Clear skies, little or no wind and 3 footers heading in from the East. The 6:30am (1.5m) high tide put wobbly fat bits into any moving body of water…so best surf it mid to low today. (low tide is 1pm) The water is ridiculously warm. My guess is 23 […]

When it rains around here, Bondi is like a ghost town. When it pours, you can park where you want, surf any peak without a mini mal clocking you in the head and drink up a fresh batch of rain-runoff diuretic. It poured this morning so most stayed tucked up in the rack. 3-4 footers […]

After last week I was getting acclimatised to shooting perfect waves, big gaping wide open monster barrels, sunshine, Kelly, Taj, Mark Matthews etc. Now this morning…shooting empty, grey Bondi just didn’t cut the mustard. Looks like everyone’s filled their wave quota up on last week – no one around…also there’s a tinge of winter claws […]

Well hasn’t it been a good week. 4 days in a row of offshores and decent swell. This morning it was still on – even barrels in our area, but a lingering south change will put an end to proceedings. It’s gonna blow – 30 knots. Barrels, big monster barrels, Kelly, Taj…if only it could […]

What a great week of surfing in Sydney. Yet another magical day – 3rd day in a row….ah yes, sunshine, 3 foot clean waves from a easterly swell, and now a grooming northerly. Gold. It’s not every day Kelly Slater’s in town…well, he dropped in last night, surfed Solander on dark and popped down to […]

There is a lot to get excited about today. The planets have aligned, the winds gentle and offshore, the sun shining, it’s warm in and out, and this current east swell just keeps on giving. It seems no one is at work today, the beaches are full. East swell is very handy in Sydney, as […]

Finally the rain has stopped. How about that torrential down pour on dark last night – gave the streets a good hosing down. That new east swell kicked in late as well – with plenty of grunt. I was out there when it hit, and oh boy, some chunky fun ones… Bondi has fun 2-3 […]

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It’s not such a nice day outside. Rain, bit of wind, and sloppy 2 footers. The beach was relatively human free as a hint of winter is in the air. You don’t have to be too bright to work out that this weekend is gonna have some great waves. A new south ground swell will […]

Went down to shoot pics and was stuck in the car for a while whilst the heavens opened up. It was so dark at 7:30am. Didn’t stop raining for ages, so I drove back up the hill and started flicking through the Boost Air Sho pics from the weekend. Amazing what those kids can do […]

I’ve taken a lot of photos today. Around 4 hours’ worth. Guess that says it’s a good day, good light, good weather, good little waves and a salubrious water temp. The swell has backed off again, and is only 2 to 2.5 foot now. Not much wind so everything is neat and glassy. Lots of […]

The southerly has been and gone… and so has the swell. Last night I saw chunky 4 footers marching in and now only 2 footers grace Bondi’s shores…(weak 2 footers too). Blink and you would’ve missed that spike in swell…oh well, there’s something good brewing for the weekend. I’m talking 18 second, 6-8 foot goodness […]

What a big weekend for Bondi…the Boost Air Sho hit our beach filling it with flamboyant aerial masters. Thousands came down to watch. Josh Kerr, a total stand out, won the comp and is now $25k richer. All the crew surfed amazing in the, erm, embarrassing small Bondi conditions. Saturday afternoon I was getting my […]

It’s that time of year again where aerial masters of the universe roll into Bondi and bust out their finest moves. Yes, the Boost Surf Sho is here…pity the swell hasn’t arrived with it. This morning we had small 1-2 footers on a left bank towards the middle. It was packed. Owen Wright (last year’s […]

Nice calm morning down at Bondi with next to no swell. it’s very humid and sticky, best for a swim. Tomorrow some East swell should push in, I hope so, as the Boost Air Sho kicks off with the juniors tomorrow. Bondi, facing south will neglect most of the swell energy, but hey, let’s pray […]

This is the last update from the Quiksilver Pro presented by Land Rover at Snapper Rocks, Queensland. It’s a massive day up here…an early 7:30am start to catch the low tide tubes and glassy conditions. Biggest waves of the comp so far with 3-4 footers reeling down the point. I’ve said it before, Snapper is […]

Sorry about the late transmission… Today the Quiksilver Pro presented by Land Rover (yes very formal these days) was on again up here on the Gold Coast. Snapper was pumping out 2-3 footers, pretty hard work on the high tide (just shoulders) but smoking on the low tide (like now). Highlights: At 6am the pre […]

So here we are, up at the Goldie for the Quiksilver Pro presented by Land Rover. After a week of lay days, it’s back on with all the big guns hitting the water at Snapper. It’s only 3 foot, but Snapper is such a good wave with pockets of gold in multiple sections – the […]

Weird, we had swell yesterday morning…and by the afternoon session it had totally disappeared – flat – just like Snapper at the Quiky pro. Then at sunrise today it beefed up to 3-4 foot. Shame Bondi can’t handle that kind of chunk and you have to drive elsewhere (standard). I did find a couple of […]

Ok, after a short stint of winter yesterday we’re back in summer’s bake – hooray. Waves are clean, 2-3 foot and green. Winds offshore. Most banks at Bondi had something playful – but if you wanted performance waves a short drive in the car was the best option. Big crowd up early before work…plenty of […]

It’s here…the soothing cool southerly dropping the temps and bringing the swell. Bondi loves the southerly. Waves were breaking 4-5 foot and of course it was maxed out – many folding into closeouts. Perhaps when the winds kick to the north in the afternoon it will shape up. Only 3 people out. Luke, Paul + […]