Something cooked up last night…Bondi had head high sets. She’s dropped a couple of notches overnight though…there are still rideable peaks down Bondi this morning early (chest high). Winds – offshore NW. Damn nice day with sunshine (max 28) and chilly 19 degree water. Swell looks like it’s from the east and it’s not a […]

Sometimes things don’t work out. Oh no no…it’s me not you. Sometimes the wind is just all wrong. Like today. Onshore SE 15 – 20 knots. And sometimes the swell is nothing but knee high wind slop. You couldn’t paddle onto it even if you tried. So surely you’ve got a lot of work to […]

No you don’t have to have your eyes checked – these pics have been “chumped & dumped”. In a cheap attempt to dazzle you with some nifty photoshop tricks, ‘ve tried to convert this mornings grey flat images into something of interest. Yesterday’s south swell has been blown out by the overnight NE’ster. South facing […]

Black is back baby. Under a blanket of morning cloud we’ve got surfable but messy waves down at Bondi. Yesterday’s cooling weak south change brought some new wind swell, but the early direct onshore easterlies weren’t let much quality come through. You’d score waves up to head height with the majority smaller. Ok is more […]

Aahhh yes…what a weekend. A brief interlude into summer. Saturday was cookin’ with 30+ degrees, clear skies, small NE swell and only 30,000 people on Bondi beach (no exaggeration). Dang. Summer in Bondi – nothing like the buzz of turbo charged Hyundais bakin’ it up Campbell Parade (ok dumpin’ it around the block 20 times). […]

Waves? What waves? Nuttin’ down the beach this morning – apart from the 10,000 crew pumping out the early morning sweat. Its going to be a sizzlin’ dirty thirty today – best get yourself down the beach for a dip. Water temp still 19, high tide 8am, low 2pm, Moderate to fresh NNW winds, virtually […]

Yeah check that date above. Thursday. This isn’t yesterdays report running late. It’s the early bird so you can get back on your chair now. I was quite surprised to see a little shorey chunk this morning down at Bondi. It’s only around waist high… the odd set pumped up with a backwash booster. It […]

1st light is seeping into town real early now. Like 5:15am. Half of Sydney is getting up for bit of morning activity…if you were a tourist down at Bondi this morning you’d thought Sydneysiders are all mental. If you peeled yourself outta bed this morning for a wave you’d be disappointed as yesterdays swell was […]

I don’t remember the weather being this good in September last year. 30 fat ones today. It’s just like the peak of summer. Bondi has been blessed with pockets of joy lately… Sunday was all time…yesterday arvo was pretty special…today it tries to continues with chest to head high sets rockin’ in. Conditions should improve […]

Today’s guest reporter is Gezza Blake, ex-Tracks Mag, Quikie + now a mad man with a hose (fireman): Warning: Think twice about visiting Uge at his swank little Aquabumps store in North Bondi. You may just get roped into writing one of his daily reports like I did this morning. Normally I would say no […]

A light to brilliant bluish green and the colour of the water this morning. The dropping swell only left us dribbles (knee to shoulder high) on a shallow southern Bondi bank, but the water was clear, warm & crowded. Virtually no wind and perfectly clear skies as it heats up to a max of 24 […]

Rush hour::7am. La Bond*age was throwin’ a few tasty bits this morning. Totally random of course (standard). If you played your cards right you might’ve score a three foot set out the back (mostly smaller). You’d have to scrap with 30 other guys to score…it would wall up initially allowing you to generate some momentum, […]

Finally those insistent onshores backed off allowing for surfable conditions. It wasn’t Hollywood at 6am – thought it was going to be better…a massive rip in the south made me earn my keep whilst trying to shoot in the water. Bad idea. Waves broke around 4 foot, okay maybe the odd bigger set. But she’s […]

No not the hedonistic, endurance-enhancing kind. The sky…it cracked this morning finally. After 5 days of thick blanket cloud, god’s fingers finally poked through. She’ll be clear from tomorrow onwards. Today 18 mainly fine. Tomorrow 20 Fine. Thurs 22 Fine. Blah. The wave department is still on the manky side. 4-5 foot sets out the […]

After all the hype, for some strange reason I thought it was a good idea to watch Wolf Creek last night. That flick is all messed up…a bit today’s surf conditions – dark & disturbing. After driving around in circles for 45 minutes checking every beach I didn’t see anything resembling a decent wave – […]

Day No.2 of storms. Another day indoors. Good time to get on top of your work as outside is pretty miserable. Winds continue to howl from the south. The (bumpy) swell is up there…6-8 foot at exposed beaches. Thought it was going to be bigger. Didn’t see anyone surfing in the eastern suburbs. I reckon […]

Phew-weeeeee. Blow baby blow. I can normally gauge the ferocity of a storm by the rattle of the windows in my room. Well at 5am this morning they were going nuts – thought they were gonna blow in. Howling 40 knot southerlies are terrorizing this town, but she’s creating a monster swell at the same […]

You’d probably look out the window today and think she’s gonna be a cracker. Yep…it is…right now…but not for long…hour by hour clouds will creep into town smothering the mornings golden light. Expect a light sprinkle later tonight and then she’ll blow hard tomorrow bringing us a new SOLID south swell. So sit back, relax […]

Sorry if ya got two reports today. We’ve got techo probs Houston. Yesterdays may have come overnight. 12 propellers are sweatin’ over a server as we type. A stealth mini south swell has snuck into Bond*age. It ain’t big (head high max sets), but there’s some joy on a little bank in the middle. Everyone […]

If you google "perfect weather" you’d probably find pictures from Sydney over the weekend. It doesn’t get much better…well Hui could have thrown us a couple bones in the surf department -‘ but what a great start to Spring. We’re denial that it’s actually Monday -‘ a work day…so we’ve extended our weekend’s road trip […]

(Hang on – this years going way to fast kids) Sydney changes when the sunshine cranks – loads of crew starting their exercise regime, people seem happier, some crew work on the base tan (Mannie) and some don’t work at all (Beo). Whatever you do – make some time for a dip as it’s going […]