Beach time
We’ve got a new south swell streaming into Bondeye…it’s looking real pretty. There are waves breaking above a short man’s head…and it’s only gonna get bigger. Bondi suffers under these current conditions. It just can’t handle it. At sunrise some waves broke fat – most just folded and closed out. Needless to say…paddling out on a fine […]
Back to Normal
I have a grumpy mate (no names)…he labelled the Bondi waves today ‘surfable’. He under cooks everything. I reckon it looked super fun. The left bowl was on. I saw plenty of good waves rolling in. The tide is going high now…and I would say the swell will fade fast. Not a great deal of […]
The Boardriders
I can remember back in 2005 when a local Bondi Lifeguard rocked up to my gallery and bounced an idea off me. He wanted to create a TV series on Bondi based around the lifeguards. “Yeah…that may work…will people really wanna see what’s happening in Bondi?” I said to Benny. Well 9 fruitful years of […]
Beach News
Hey Honks. Sorry about the late update. I would like to say I’ve been surfing…as it looks pretty good out there. But nah, no such luck yet. Chained to the desk. The left has fired up in the corner and there are some 3 maybe 4 footers available for your riding pleasure. It’s 23 degrees, […]
W O N K Y T O W N
The sun is back, the offshore winds are blowing and Bondeye was 3-4 foot this morning. That combo normally means its cranking…but it wasn’t…really. Plenty of wonkiness out there in random peaks. Guess that is legacy of yesterday’s onshore agitation. It’s cold, 8 – 18. Tomorrow looks fun, dead south swell. Back to an east […]
T R A N S I T I O N
It poured around 6:00am today. That’s normally when I start rolling down the beach. Hard to believe that now seeing it’s just gone perfectly sunny. I mean seriously, take a look out the window – it’s a beach cracker (max 26). The waves were pretty lacklustre this morning. Something dribbling in the south end but […]
Mad Cows
Today when I rolled down the beach I saw: – Brand new waist to shoulder high waves definitely worth surfing (little fat) – Lots of people, up for the warm weather and working on the summer rig – 50 mad cows littered around Bondi beach – Free Ice-cream – I am an addict. – NE […]
5 percent
95% of the year Bondi is closing out. I guess we’re in the 5%. I’ll let the pictures do all the talking and save my dribble for another day. If you enjoy surfing and like the waves of today, book a trip on Tengirri to the Mentawai Islands. Now is the time to get sorted […]
Stunner
Just like I said yesterday, it’s a good week. Autumn turns on for another day. Sunny, hot, glassy morning…little left throwing some lip in the corner and 10,000 humans up enjoying it. Why can’t it be like this every day? Go surf, it’s an east swell, decent and around head high. The mercury will get […]
Salty
Not the best morning for taking photographs. The rain seemed to follow me and my lenses around. Nice left in the corner though – albeit much smaller than previous days. The left had a little consistent bowl, good if you’re a really small human. Oh yeah, real cold out there too! I saw a few […]
Night Surfing
One of the benefits of having a fully lit Ice Skating Rink right on the sands of Bondi is that you can shoot night surfing. The swell has been huge lately and fortunately Wal found a newly formed left shorey grinder that was all lit up – bang in the perfect spot in front of […]
Morning Sparks
I sat on a rock this morning for a good hour watching 20 odd crew pick off some nice little waves. It’s only 2-3 foot and breaking tight in the corner amongst the morning glare – fun and consistent. There are more lefts than rights but I think that will change as the tide pushes […]
Swaddled
Last weekend was a great one for surfers. Solid swell on both days – if only it could be that good all the time. As predicted the swell has backed off this morning, but there are still super fun 3 footers. I don’t think it will hang around for long…dwindling fast. Tomorrow will be small […]