Jungle rightsAfter 3 days of surfing a left, we cruised south to find our own perfect 4 foot right hander hugging the edge of a jungle riddled point. Not a boat in sight. 30 minutes after the 1st wave a local villager paddled out in his dugout canoe, caught 2 waves (don’t think he sees […]

men-tah-whyIt’s just been silly up here in the Mentawai Islands (Indonesia). 3 days of non-stop epic waves. Not massive (4-6 foot), just smokin’…these islands were only discovered as a surf destination in early 90’s, predominantly by an Aussie – Martin Daly, who was a salvage diver – distracted by the local world class waves. It’s […]

Indonesia arguably has some of the best surf in the word. More specifically, the Mentawai Islands has the highest concentration of world-class breaks within a 100 mile radius. The Mentawai islands are located 150 kilometres south of Padang, Sumatra, well in the middle of no where. Mentawai Islands are exposed to the extreme swells that […]

Finally the persistent rain has stopped and we can go outdoors…the winds have backed off a little and a new east swell is showing some promise. Bondi remains severely junkie and unsettled – but surfable if you haven’t been out in a while. Very few waves were holding up at all. Tomorrow should be a […]

There are waves this morning as we’ve got a new east swell and relatively clean conditions (well compared to recent dayz). I’ve been down the beach a few times trying to get some shots, but every time it pours (is this rain going to stop?). Bondi had a little (junkie) wave still shaken up from […]

cranky It’s been pretty onshore and ugly for 9 days now…but I have to say today is probably the ugliest. Yikes. Totally onshore, with 15 knots of sou-easterly and only touching 3 feet. The odd optimistic lone wolf is out not doing much. BUT there is light at the end of this dark tunnel. Friday […]

Summers definitely over now as we enter the 8th day in a row with onshore winds and rain. Well there was a narrow window of offshore SW this morning, but the ocean is showing signs of recent agitation and by 9am the onshores rocked in. Waves are up around 3-4 foot and very surfable…low crowds […]

You gotta love winter. Especially 5 days in a row of it. Looking out the window all you see is dark greys and pouring rain. Everything seems to slow down a little and you exchange that Peroni for a hot cup of hot Milo. Swells are also generally bigger in winter, but sometimes we catch […]

The big question today is when is this southerly onshore stream going to end? Well no time soon. Swell is stacking up – sets around 6-7 foot at Bondi today, but it’s so messy that no lone wolves have dared the paddling frustration. North Bondi has some sort of warped, chopped up lump breaking, but […]

Looks just like yesterday, onshore mash on Eastern Suburbs beaches Bondage to Maroubra…whilst the northern beaches score all the joy. The pick would be Manly or Dee Why Point with this early howling southerly. Tomorrow same same…go north. BOOSTAERIALSURFSHOThe BOOST Mobile SURFSHO starts this Friday and goes for 3 days up at Surfers Paradise. Bring […]

*pro show late transmissionThat little east facing, wind protected pocket called Manly had a few good waves today around lunchtime. 3 foot with 4 foot freaks and more importantly out of the southerly. (Bondi was horrendously onshore and resembling a washing machine). Today the Gravis surf team put on a show, Bali’s Prince Rizal Tanjung, […]

Yesterday, between 9am and 11am, the surf was pumping in Sydney full stop. Shame about that violent south change that brought everything to a messy halt at 11am. Hell – even Bondi was throwing out a few little pits. Unfortunately the onshore winds continued this morning and the waves are a very untidy 2-3 foot. […]

corner bumps What a sensational morning with a low ceiling of cloud creating a nice little sunrise – great colours. At the other end of the beach, a crowded little peak in the corner was puttin’ on a few 2 foot fun ones. Super crowded with boards flung in every direction. Chaos. Keep the Ambulance […]

TV reception in Tamarama isn’t that great at the best of times. So when I called up requesting cable, hell I didn’t think a ship would park in the bay spewing cable out into the line up. Watching Bondi Rescue is going to be crystal clear from now on. Surf is looking pretty darn good […]

buckets Since it was bucketing down this morning when I got up to shoot, thought I’d show you recent pics from peak summer. Ah yes, it’s quite amazing how many people you can fit on 1 kilometre of sand. 11am updateAfter a quick 11am check down the south end of Bondi, the waves have improved […]

The surf has been far from perfect recently… Today is no exception with a small south swell chugging around the 2-3 foot mark, but the nemesis SE onshores are making a mess of things. To top it off, we’ve got persistent rain so its no oil painting down at Bondi today. On the bright side, […]

With the switch back from day light saving it seems we all can’t work out what time it is…the beach is empty and surfable at 2-3 foot (Bondeye), but very bumpy with antagonising onshore winds. The great news is that there is swell this week – and its south-east swell well suited to Bondage – […]

+11As the temperatures plummet to a crazy 11 degrees this morning, the waves are on the up – 3 foot at Bondi and clean (Bondage loves the south). Luckily the water temp remained around 20-21 degrees. Few good waves around, Bondi is seriously lacking decent banks, but there is plenty of swell which will be […]

After last night’s southerly change blew into town there is not much left to surf. 1 foot max and just dribbling into Bondi. Unfortunately the forecast is looking quite dismal as well with a small southerly swell spike tomorrow morning, but apart from that its sub 2 footish. Only a wintery 18 degrees today! Underwater […]

RDOThis deceptively cold morning is worth calling in sick for as its going to cook up to 29 degrees this afternoon. Oh yeah. Summers making a late comeback and the water is a sensational 21. Last night we also had a stealth ground swell kick up 2-3 footers on dark, but this morning its dropped […]