laze …and so there’s obviously no surf to be had today. Well not that I could find (its coming from the NE). The weather is supremo at thirty-degrees, perfectly sunny and worthy of an early evacuation from work. Enjoy now as a south change will hit later dropping the temperature maximum by 10 degrees to […]

nope nothing here … The surfs gone pretty much flat today, so most of Sydney would barely have a wave over knee height. After a brief interlude of showers overnight the sunshine backed out producing favorable swimming conditions at 23 fat ones. Inspecting the buoy charts this morning brings bad news – we pretty much […]

COSMO/VENUS swimsuit shoot world record Bondi is pretty well known for its girls. Lots of them. Peak summer, you’ll find a few dozen parading around in the north end, big sunnies and all. They’re usually flanked by a mass of creepy guys wearing even bigger sunnies, lacquered in baby oil (e.g. Karl) Well today Bondi […]

excess baggage It was complete chaos down at Bondi this morning as we fang down the highway into Summerville. At 6am the beach was packed with sweaty frothas shedding winter excess baggage… just in time to squeeze into that summer cozzie. The surf was also manic at 7am. I saw about 45 guys on one […]

earlybirdWhat a Aquabumps report out before 9am? Get back on your chair. No more south pacific junkets amidst mini island paradises. Nope. Gotta say Bondi turned on a little piece of its own paradise this morning. Glorious sunrise at 5:30am, clear skies (no haze), no wind and a small south swell producing 2-3 footers (some […]

PacifcoBulla. Last report from this 4 hectares of paradise. Another perfect day up here with best waves of the week. Hell you know it’s good when all the island staff (including the owner) are out surfing. Namotu has a good selection of waves that will suit everybody from fast pipey rights to cruisy Mal-lefts. The […]

black skiesStorms have hit the little island paradise of Namotu (Fiji) thankfully bringing swell. Big patchy dark spots in the sky creating unusual lighting conditions for shooting. We surfed a wave magnet reef that was super shifty and 3-4 foot. Loads of fun to be had. Nothing better than surfing in boardies again. From my […]

LazyStill remarkably flat here in Fiji but the good weather continues to power on – just like Sydney. So I guess we both have to find something else to do. Paddle boarding seems popular on the 1 footers. Tick. Walk around the island. Tick. Dunnit (hey only takes 7 minutes). Swim time. The water is […]

island locoA tiny swell still tortures Fiji at the moment, but the water holds its superior clearness. Max 2-3 foot here today – nothing mega. I’ve been told to "diversify my interests" by the fishing guide. Still plenty to do in this aquatic playground… Yesterday, a hand full of pro kite-boarders on the island hit […]

Na-mo-tuBulla. Today’s Aquabumps comes from one of the most stunning islands in the world – Namotu in Fiji oohhh yeah. This tiny 4 hectares of paradise lies next door to one of the world’s best waves – the almighty Cloud Break, arena for the one of the ASP world tour stops in 2006. Namotu takes […]

snoozerSlept in slightly (well to 6:50am) and missed the sunrise. Of course it just happened to be one of the best this year (so I’ve been told by numerous people – thanks for rubbing it in). By the time I got down there it was smeared with grey clouds and starting to spit. Well it […]

morning gloryJust like yesterday we’ve got close to flat conditions this morning. I know you’re looking at the pics in this report thinking the contrary…but you’re seeing the best 4 waves of my 1.08hr shoot this morning (max 2 foot). Magic morning with perfect sunshine, warm, no wind, and 10,000 people out exercising…working of that […]

u crack me up.You guys crack me up. Really. I mean… I travel all over the globe hiding in little tubes, spending hours waiting on cliffs for good light, getting’ pummeled regularly, lugging 50 kilos of camera gear along the way…all in search of that epic wave shot…and yesterday I upload images of 40 girls […]

raft-up Everyday is different down at Bondi. Take this morning for example. Going for my morning swim across the bay, and what should I run into? Dead fish? A loose board? A raft full of hungry women? Yeah that’s right. A raft full of women powering to the beach to ravage a pack of eagerly […]

APEC me offAhhhh yes, back to normal Bondeye. No more black hawk choppers… no SWAT teams patrolling the beach… gone are the bus loads of cops… no more 1st ladies of APEC gettin’ tipsy on Poshberg’s Lychee Martinis. It’s all over folks…that 5 kilometres of APEC security fence is coming down today. Can’t blame APEC […]

blow The unrelenting onshore easterlies continue for another day. Yawn. Pass the crumpets. 20 knots of hack job really. A few lone wolves out this morning optimistically searching for a rideable peak. Odd 3 footer in the south end of Bondi (kinda) wedged up – Perth found a few little ramps. Otherwise an infrequent wave […]

MobyEvery day is different down the beach – especially at Bondi. Sometimes it’s an onshore slobbering mess (like today – forget about it). Sometimes it’s smoking. Sometimes there are 30 police scouring for evidence after a missing person. Sometimes there are 15 backpackers still peaking from the night before thinking they’re at Ibiza. Oh yeah, […]

submerge As forecasted the south change kicked in last night bringing rain, swell and a menacing howling onshores. Is ridiculously messy out there and not worth surfing at all. In fact this whole week looks very onshore and wet – that sneak preview into summer weather is all over for the time being, so back […]

brink. A trickling pulse continues to push 2 foot rideable waves into the southern corner this morning down at Bondi. You could just smell change in the air as an early morning offshore (w) was starting to kick onshore (s/se) by the time I put my cameras away. That onshore will increase to 20 knots […]