The default setting for Bondi lately seems to be grey skies, tiny onshore dribble and one-foot waves. Not exactly inspiring conditions for a sunrise photographer. This morning’s shoot was ordinary at best, so rather than force-feed you today’s photos, I went digging through the archives. Rewind to April 2018. Some of you might remember this […]

Quite an uneventful morning down there. The surf was pretty lame, and so was the sunrise. No colour, no light show, just dark, gloomy skies and the odd 1–2 footer wobbling through the bay. It does feel a touch warmer than previous mornings. Icebergs is getting a clean-up, the lineup was relatively empty, and even […]

What the waves lacked, the sunrise made up for. Cracker this morning — did you see it? I’ve got little sunrise spies planted everywhere, feeding me intel when the sky’s about to go mad. Today, the spies were bang on: plenty of high cloud, plenty of colour, all around 6:40am… and it barely lasted a […]

A nice, sunny start to the week in Bondi. Crisp, cool air, 1-2 footers and a very quiet morning down there. While waves are technically breaking, I wouldn’t say they’re good enough to motivate most people to squeeze into a wettie and paddle out, especially after a long weekend. Geez, there’s a lot of construction […]

Oh man, it’s tiny. Like someone pulled the plug out of the wave machine this week. It looks more like a lake than an ocean down there. But Sydney is a wild place. In less than 24 hours, a solid south swell is expected to march into Bondi, exploding onto the banks, closing out sections, […]

It’s pretty much flat out there, with howling offshore westerlies sweeping across the beach. A beautiful day nonetheless. The skies are crisp and clean, the water sparkling, and there’s a definite chill in the air. It’s only 19 degrees, but it feels much cooler. This weekend we’ll dip into single digits for the first time […]

Like it always does, winter arrived in a hurry. One day it’s boardshorts and warm mornings, the next it’s June 1 and everyone’s digging out the down jackets. The seasonal switch has been flicked. Cold mornings, chilly sea breezes and that awkward sprint across the sand back to the car park. The ocean looked completely […]

Today marks the first day of winter, and there are definitely pros and cons to the seasonal shift. The pros? Winter generally delivers better waves. You can surf most days, the crowds thin out considerably, and not many people are keen to brave those icy westerlies before sunrise. The light is incredible too – clean, […]