tsunami in Samoa

The swell has dropped a gear or so, but surface quality has improved thankfully. Bondi is breaking around 2-3 foot, and a shallow south end bank was starting to switch on – and so did a powerful rip that sucks you out to New Zealand. We’re expecting this dead south swell to drop right off […]

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Phantom Caves

Last night before bed I checked the swell charts. I saw a 15 second period forecasted overnight that reverts to 10 seconds in the morning. To be honest, I thought it was a typo or the work experience kids had been let loose in the Buoy weather office yesterday – so I ignored it. If […]

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fools gold

With all this swell around somewhere has got to be going off. A brief drive thru the eastern suburbs beaches proved fruitless – fools gold. This decent NE swell is completely missing Bondi and streaming into Bronte and Tama – but the high tide is killing it – fatness everywhere and many closing out. Didn’t […]

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corner peaks

There is a little wave in the southern corner of Bondi this morning (2 foot, odd one slightly larger). The south swell has dropped after a pretty decent session on dark last night. Winds have started to blow 15 knots from the NE and the clouds will increase their presence. Tomorrow a new NE swell […]

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Fresh Serve

Quite a special day out there today as we heat up to a salubrious 23 degrees. The waves have halved overnight, but Bondi still has a 4 footer worth slaying. Looks like a lot of people thinking the same thing as two huge packs of early morning crew scrapped over incoming peaks. I am talking […]

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