Influencer central
How many followers do you have? Haha, I’m being cheeky. Is Bondi the epicentre of social media in Australia? It certainly feels like it sometimes. Everyone seems to have amassed a following. Once upon a time, when I was taking photos down at Bondi in the mornings, people would question what I was doing. Why […]
Back to Bondi
Back in Bondi. After weeks bouncing around Indonesia, the travel lag is very real. Bondi felt strangely quiet this morning. Windy, onshore and cool, around 15–17 degrees, but plenty of sunshine overhead. There was actually a bit of size, 3–4 foot, but it was soft, mushy and pretty average. The funny part was how empty […]
Before the Blow
If you were down there for the early, you scored a pretty good little wave this morning. Bondi was 2–3 foot, offshore and clean early, with multiple banks working and plenty of options. There was a decent crowd on it, but enough waves getting around to keep everyone busy. Then the southerly arrived. We’ve now […]
Curtain Call
If you were up early this morning, you would’ve been treated to a pretty spectacular sunrise. It didn’t hang around for long, lighting up like a little curtain above Ben Buckler before everything slipped back to grey and overcast. Loads of people were out and about early, and for good reason. The weather is looking […]
Back to the beach
We’re in for one hell of a good-looking week on the coast. Have you seen the forecast? Tuesday is looking like 24 degrees, Wednesday 26, and then Saturday is shaping up as a 100% beach day — 26–27 degrees before things cool back down on Sunday. Shed the winter puffers. Dig out the beach umbrellas. […]
Rip City
I paddled out the back for a swim with the camera this morning and wow – there is a serious rip running from south to north. It only took a few minutes to drag me from Ramp 2 right into the middle of the beach, where I could finally make my way back in. She’s […]
The Chase Begins
Hola! What a beautiful (flat) morning. Super sunny, and kinda warm really (felt like in the teens degrees). White Claw Big Wave Series: The Chase Begins There are days when the ocean just feels different. The forecast starts lighting up, the wind swings around, and every surfer, photographer and ocean tragic is watching the charts. That’s […]
Dead South
A fresh batch of 181-degree, dead-south swell is marching into Sydney today. The waves are breaking with plenty of grunt, feathering plumes at sunrise. That westerly offshore has now swung southerly and is starting to make a mess of it (8 knots). There weren’t many viable surf options this morning. I barely saw anyone ride […]
Frosty & Firing
A solid pulse of south swell has arrived in Sydney, producing waves well over head-high, with some serious grunt. Two to three metres of south swell, southwest winds and sunshine – proper winter surfing conditions. Only two guys were out this morning (basically empty). Talk about thin numbers for a day with waves! Although it […]
Spooked, But Surfing
I know everyone’s a little apprehensive about entering the water after the recent spate of shark sightings. I am. I’ve even noticed a few Bondi regulars, people who’ve been surfing at sunrise for years, still haven’t returned to the water. Everyone’s a bit spooked and wide-eyed out there, constantly checking what’s moving beneath them. But […]
1 – 0
Bondi was weirdly empty this morning. Oh yeah – I’m back. Miss me? Where was everyone? Indoors watching Spain knock off Argentina in the World Cup final, perhaps. The match kicked off at 5am Sydney time and dragged deep into extra time – right across Bondi’s peak sunrise exercise hour. Spain eventually pinched it 1-0, […]
Darkest Dawn
It’s so dark in the mornings. We’re only two days off the winter solstice, basically the darkest mornings of the year. Makes it hard to get anything done before skirting off to work, don’t ya reckon? No matter, because there are NO WAVES today. I’m calling it. Uncontestable. Good to see the ambitious Scots surf […]
Pacific on Pause
The ocean’s looking more like the Med than our usual roaring Pacific. Energy-less, bumpless, windless. Just calm. Good morning for a swim and snaps underwater! After a brief smudge of pink at sunrise, the sky slipped back to grey. Oddly enough, we’re in for a warm one, around 22 degrees. Easily the warmest day of […]