Bondi Beach, 5:45am

Mixed Up Dribbles

There are bits and pieces of waves around the Eastern Suburbs this morning. I can’t say I saw anything of decent quality as I roamed. There seems to be a couple of swells in the mix, and it’s very small. BUT – it’s a cracker day outside and the sun is up VERY early, so […]

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Harries the lifeguard

Traffic

The surf has calmed down and oh boy the crowds have laid it on thick. All manner of wave craft and their mad pilots hit the beach at sunrise. Multiple banks in operation, some big gaping holes in the sand banks making fat burger sections. Nonetheless, fun little waves around head high on offer. Clean […]

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F I C K L E

Some days it can bit hard to sit on the beach and take photos of everyone scoring good waves when I want to be out there myself. (no violins please…my turn comes when you all go to work) Bondi was looking great this morning with 2 peaks in operation. The newly formed and very popular […]

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M < A < Y < H < E < M

Offshore and a couple banks at Bondi putting on the goods. Waves breaking in the waistline to chest region…fun! You won’t be lonely out there – morning mayhem. Ah yes, you’ve guessed it – the water, weather and conditions are pretty darn good. The Lifeguards are holding their annual inter council surfing comp today – […]

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Vanilla

Hey there. Nothing really amazing down the beach this morning. The sunrise was smothered with thick dark storm clouds that finally cleared around 8:30am. There are fun(ish) little 3 footers around, Bondi looked messy and barely anyone out, whilst around the corner looked better. Tomorrow is going to be a really nice day. Perfectly sunny […]

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The Emerald Coast

Just got off the plane and went for a dawdle down the beach. To put it plainly – it’s an AMAZING DAY outside. The water is a deep emerald colour, it’s offshore (and quite strong), there is a fun little mal riding 2 footer crumbling with the schoolies pack frothin – what more could you […]

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Antarctic Blitz

And you thought yesterday was cold, welcome to today. The wind is howling 20 knots which can make it feel a lot colder than what the weather man says. Much warmer in the water than out…19 in, 7 out. At Bondi there was a ‘wave’. It was 1-2 foot, peeling left for 15 metres. A […]

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