If you were sitting on a rock in the south corner of Bondi at 6am you would’ve seen weak 1-2 footers infrequently breaking right. Small crew scrappin’ around enjoying summer-like conditions. Good for beginners. Winds are offshore and the flies have thinned out. Low tide 10:28 am, High tide 5pm. I reckon the morning will […]

Hola. Another cracker morning with sizzling sunshine. Yesterday’s chunky NE swell has dropped considerably leaving 2-3 foot scraps at exposed beaches. Bondi wasn’t drawing much at all…around 1- 2 foot and pretty weak. Good for the beginners. Max 26 degrees today. SW winds early tending NE this afternoon. Damn flies out-a-control…billions of them on our […]

Hot. Cooking morning with a true summer style bake early in the day – BOM say we’re going to hit 32 today. Now that’s what I like to see. 1,000,000 up early enjoying this weather down at 6:30am. Few waves around as well with a decent ENE swell rockin’ into Sydney at the moment. Bondi […]

The weekend’s north east swells continue to produce small but fun waves this morning. With this swell direction it’s bypassing Bondi and rockin’ into breaks such as the Bra. It’s a bit lumpy and not really lining up that well (morning sickness)… best surf somewhere with northern protection especially when the NE winds pick up […]

Pre-breakfast—–show-early one isn’t it? Swell has halved overnight, still leaving some fun ones with smooth surfaces. Loads of east origin in this swell, not best suiting Bondi, but a few sets over head high broke quite nicely in the south end (infrequent). I would head to a beach facing more east and surf early today […]

La Bondhi be pretty ugly this morning with rain, NE winds, and a confused ocean. Swell is coming from the east and waves are breaking around the 3-5 foot range. It’s a lil’ inconsistent at Bondi – probably due to the fact that it’s facing the wrong way…but there’s a few waves to be had. […]

Plenty of swell around the traps this morning. Looks like its going to get bigger this afternoon as well. Nuisance SE onshore winds were completely butchering it earlier today. With forecasted NE winds tomorrow, best wait until then… Today’s report comes from Manly, a beach normally best suited to blustery South East winds and a […]

South East wind is howling early this morning – pretty much mashin’ up anything surfable down at Bondee. Swell has come up as anticipated and still has quite a bit of east direction in it. Manly perhaps? Need something with serious protection from 20 knot onshores. It’s currently 3-4 foot and will increase to 5-6 […]

Always hard to get outa bed on a Monday morning…especially when it’s raining and the surf is crummy. If you did venture down to Bondi this morning you would have seen knee high weak dribbles under thick overcast skies and a light ENE wind. Geez it’s been pretty ordinary on the surf front lately… The […]

Well Bondi wasn’t exactly the land of excitement this morning. (Surf wise). Yesterday’s strong north easterly winds kicked up some locally generated north swell which totally bypasses Bondi. Bondi had knee high infrequent sets. Surf a beach facing the opposite direction and I think you’ll find the occasional waist to chest high wave. It’s lacking […]

There are waves. Little ones. Perfect for beginners. It’s cleaner than yesterday. Weaker. knee to waist high. It’s cloudy with NE winds. Winds will be quite strong this afternoon creating some choppy weak wind swell for tomorrow. Only 23 degrees today… Tomorrow a southern cold front will rock into town bringing rain and hopefully some […]

stark contrast to yesterday’s mighty fine conditions. Bit ugly out there this morning. We’ve got random, onshore, overcast mushy waves this morning. It’s only waist high (some bigger) and a bit all over the place. You’d really want to be keen to get out there…or bored. In saying all this, you’re probably looking at the […]

at 7am it’s offshore making for clean surf conditions (NE later) the sun is baking, no clouds and its going to be max 25 degrees. Summer is eminent. there’s a few waves around – 1-3 foot at south facing beaches (smaller than yesterday – but still fun) the water is cool, not freezing and yet […]

If you were down the beach yesterday, you would have seen conditions resembling a lake and probably doubtful of any sort of wave to start this week. Fortunately a nice little ground swell from south kicked up…producing waves at south facing beaches around 3-4 foot this morning. Offshore winds were keeping it neat early, before […]

Few fun lil’ waves around this morning down @ Bondi – shoulder high sets working on a couple of banks in the south end. At 6am it was closing out pretty straight, 7am better, 8am not bad rights and lefts – few bowly bits. Winds were offshore early (SW) and will swing onshore this afternoon […]

A temporary drop in swell overnight has left us with knee high dribbly bits this morning. Not much to shoot this a.m. under overcast skies and onshore winds. It’s only a short intermission before picking up again tomorrow afternoon…max head high forecasted. Could be SE onshores with tomorrow’s increase, but Saturday has W/NW wind pattern, […]

Hard to get work done on dayz like theze. The surf looked fun this morning, around waist to shoulder high & clean (early). Post 8am the NE winds played havoc and a 9am high tide contributed to wave weirdness. At 7am it was working on 3 banks…fat then sucky, then fat. NE winds aren’t too […]

How good was the weather on the weekend? Cookin’ beach day yesterday. Barely a ripple to speak of over the weekend. This week is looking promising with an overnight south change kickin’ up some swell for Bondi this morning. It’s really bumpy and all over the place, but at least it’s not flat. Waves were […]

Bondi 7am – shoulder high, not bad…not bad…Pretty hard to pick at the moment… Woke up expecting micro conditions, instead half decent bumps rockin’ into the bay. Bondye had a couple of distinct peaks working quite nicely amongst the summer loving morning crowd. Couple of sets up around head high, but mostly shoulder high. Good […]

Hola! With the recent NE winds, we’ve got some locally generated wind swell from the north. Wind swell is typically weak and short interval. Bit like frothing harbour chop really… best suited to the beginners. Bondi is facing the wrong way today to attract any sort of goodness. Best hunt around for something else facing […]

Bondi 7am – chest to head high, surfable, bit mankyIt’s always a nice surprise to wake up to some rideable waves when the radar hasn’t been forecasting a great deal. Or maybe the radar is just busted, like the speedo in the old beastie Holden. Regardless, if you were up real early, like 5:45am, there […]

Thick grey skies and south winds combined with a small, weak south swell. Wave height is around knee to waist high (may bigger sets) – suitable for beginners (keen ones). Quite messy. Rain made it pretty hard to get a shot…trying to stick ya lens out the car window isn’t conducive to world class photography…here’s […]

Bondi 6:30am – tiny, weak, overcast, sloppy What’s that…rain? Haven’t seen that stuff in a while. Hopefully some of it is reaching our damns. Surf – what’s that? Haven’t seen that in a while either… a dire week ahead with very little forecasted in the surf department. You’d struggle to find a wave over your […]

Twenty five. Now that’s a solid number and that’s how hot is going to be today. Actually that’s about the highlight of today…as the surf is dismal. You could paddle after knee high north easter wind chop but surely you have something better to do. I’d say your 1st swim for the summer would be […]

Wal: “can ya smell it?” Uge: “Wot?” Wal:”Summer (insert dumb grin)”…. indeed amigos – its here. What a sensational morning down the beach. The sun had that element of ‘bake’ to it. The waves unfortunately have backed of somewhat from yesterday’s bag of goodies. Instead of 5-6 foot range, we’re torkin’ 2-3 foot and a […]

Surprisingly the swell has come up overnight more than anticipated and is now producing some solid waves around 4-6 foot range down at Bondi. Biggest its been in some time now. Any beach facing south should attract the same size today. Even though the winds are offshore early (will swing SE onshore this afternoon) it […]

Bondi 7am – shoulder high, sometimes bigger…bit messyMight be a few kids late for work today as we’ve still got small (but good) waves this morning. Nice offshore conditions with a gentle SW breeze under clear skies. Most waves were breaking around shoulder high… a few sets out the back managed to get up over […]

After being spoilt with perfection in Indo it can take a while to adjust to our beachies. Some of the good days are shadowed by distant holiday memories of long workable walls, warm water, pure glass and the odd tube. This morning, however, was quite impressive down at Bondi around 7am. The onshore winds of […]

We’re back and the land seems to be still rockin’ like the boat…Looks like I haven’t been missing action in my absence (surfwise). Today is no exception as it’s pretty much flat in Sydney – unsurfable. Instead of running 5 shots of pond like conditions under overcast skies…I thought I would run a few from […]

10 days, 9 surfers and a 120 schooner drifting around some of the worlds best waves…it’s been so good – one of the best trips. We finished up on a perfect 3-foot right before starting the long 13 hour boat ride back to Padang. We are all surfed out. Consistent swell for most of the […]

Greetings from paradise. Our 120 foot schooner hasn’t moved and we continue to surf the same world class left hander. We’re all surfed out. Paddling is torturous and you start surfing pretty lame due to tiredness and complacency. Waves were smaller today…around chest high with the odd head high set. Massive lulls. If these conditions […]

<Start Indo Satellite transmission> Waves have been as good as waves get. We’ve spent the last 3 days anchored at the best right in the area, and then the best left. These waves would have to be the most photographed waves in the world (outside Hawaii)…as they consistently work like a machine. You’d recognize them […]

Hola! The Mentawai Islands turned it on again for another day. Swell was slightly larger than yesterday, but cleaner. We surfed 4-5 foot cranking left all day. Bit of morning sickness on it early, but it cleaned up to pure silk by the afternoon. Crowds – large. This break (not naming) has some of the […]

Waves were pumping today. Shacks all round. Swell has come up and loads of breaks are lighting up – plenty to go around for all. We surfed mostly 4-5 footers with light winds for most of the day… until 5pm where a 45 knot squall struck in a matter of seconds causing havoc at an […]

Bit of a lazy day…waves weren’t as good as yesterday so we all kicked around the boat walking in circles for most of it. An early wind played havoc with most breaks so instead of perfection we surfed near perfection. There is always something around the corner that’s offshore – being and archipelago every optimum […]

Selmat Pagi! We’ve now made it to the Indonesian islands after 3 flights, nearly losing one of the gang in Bali at Double6, a whole lot of dithering and then a 13 hour boat trip. We’re currently floating 100 kilometres off Sumatra’s coast line along side a thumping tubular right hander. 9 surfers on board […]

Hola! The long trek to the Mentawai Islands begins. 1st stop Bali for few a warm up sessions. How goooood is this place…swell came up today and we scored a meaty 4-6 foot solid freight training left. Massive longs rides, about 200-300 metres if you connected one all the way through. Think I did 1 […]

Yesterday’s gusty North easterlies kicked up some wind swell. It’s only managing 2-3 foot at easterly exposed beaches though… Interval between waves is short, creating really weak conditions suitable for the power groms – and not much else (wind chop). Winds are still northerly this morning and will howl north east later on today. Sensational […]

Swell has settled in nicely producing more rideable waves this morning (4 foot). It’s slightly smaller than yesterday, yet cleaner and lining up better. The banks at Bondi are patchy, so the best bet is to go for a drive and find a south facing beach with banks or a chunk of reef. Weekend looks […]

Bondi 7am – meaty 4-5 foot, multiple peaks, bit shiftyHola. Our generous ESE swell continues today. Sets around 5 foot at Bondi, some bigger. Still looks very shifty to me. Peak here, peak there…closeout here there. Bit of a lucky dip really. If a pocket protrudes… belt it before the inevitable Bondi fattness. About 60 […]