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 […]

Hola. There was a lot of talk about Bronte this morning – not sure why. About 40 guys scrappin’ for the odd fat burger when Bondi was uncrowded and much bigger (4-5ft). Ok, so there is pretty of wobble in this fresh serve of south swell, but at least there is swell. I am hoping […]

Hope you enjoyed our little aquatic-excursion to Fiji last week. We’re back in reality now and that’s not such a bad thing as a new south swell hits our shores. Bondi is bankless and 3 feet. Straight hander after straight hander rolling in. I’d expect it to pick up dramatically as the day progresses. An […]

To end our Fijian sojourn we’ve got another brilliant day…the water has been clear, but today was the clearest – immaculate. Underwater you can see everything, everywhere… We surfed a spot up the reef with no one around and peaky 3 footers (the odd 4 foot set). It was a swell magnet drawing any available […]

That’ll be right…I leave town for 1 week and the world’s largest sand storm blows through Sydney. To reiterate, I am in Fiji (not Bondi) at the moment, which means I have no photos of the sand storms (I have 1.2 million emails requesting images). Sorry – can’t be everywhere. From the photos I’ve seen […]

Bula. No waves here in Fiji today. Pretty much flat and a bit of wind (should be right for the kites later). To keep everyone away from the bar we’ve distracted them with underwater activities and a few photos sessions. Waves will be back tomorrow so it’s a good opportunity to let the sunburn settle […]

Aquabumps is going to be broadcast from the little island of Namotu this week (that’s Fiji). It’s heaven over here. The colours of this place are insane. Clearest blue water in the world I’d say. Sometimes I’d be shooting something (like the boat shot) and even I can’t believe the fluoro hues that are flash […]

If you had bad timing you could think it was pretty much flat down at Bondi this morning. If you were patient enough to wait 15-20 minutes a wave would appear in the 2 foot range. The swell is still very east, so Bondi won’t be attracting the best of it…go to Maroubra, Whaley, Manly…stuff […]

Wow. What a day. Doesn’t get much better. I know I’ve been saying that a lot lately. Firstly it’s going to hit 32 degrees today. Secondly there are waves from the east around 3 foot. Thirdly its clean due to the NE offshores (at Bondi). Go surf. Is good. Even better the further you get […]

Even though the swell has pushed up into the 3 foot range, a wintery onshore breeze was messin’ with it. Didn’t really see a decent wave roll through the whole time I was down there (approximately 45 minutes). I guess that sums it up really. The wind should swing NE which will clean things up…but […]

Not much doing down the beach this morning. No sunrise as clouds dominated the horizon and the weak 1-2 footers weren’t really my cup of tea. The charts are calling a dramatic improvement as the day progresses. East swell, 11 secs later today – that should be good. So by the time you read this […]

Mad southerly change ripped along the coast around 7:30am this morning, ruining the still, calm cookin’ morning. Felt like it was going to hit 33 degrees today (again) as you broke into a sweat before 7am – well now you’re probably under-dressed for work as the temps dropped back to winter averages. It hit 33 […]

Busy day in surf land. Incoming tide pushing a few bombs into our beaches. Ideal conditions with light grooming offshores. Most beaches would have something to surf today. Swell origin has gone SE so Bondi was starting to work again. Hope you got a few. Loads of people late for work today. Jeremy Wilmotte, Maroubra […]

A lil’ spike in swell is providing plenty of waves for all this morning. Tad more south in it, SSE at 9.6 secs. Quite a few breaks working around the 3-4 foot mark and this morning’s low tide (5.11am at 0.44m) is puttin’ some hollow in them walls. Board snappin’ material. The weather man is […]

If you get in your car and head north or south you’re bound to score something worth braggin’ to the fellas ‘bout. Why? Well we have a small east swell running, and its getting’ bigger as the day plays out. What else huh? Westerly winds all day long – perfect offshores making those low tide […]

There’s waves today, but only at selected breaks. Swell origin is dead east, so a beach facing that direction will be making the most of it. Bondi was neglecting the swell source and 1 foot. Tama and Bronte didn’t have anyone out. Bra had a decent wave. Manly would have one also. So it’s a […]

Mornin’ chinas. At 5:30am I got a wiff of pink starting to light up above Ben Buckler so I rolled down the hill, tripods and multiple cameras in tow. By about 5:40am the skies lit up into full blown technicolour. Quite spectacular. Amazing start to the day. Now before you send me an email saying, […]

Today we have some special guests down at Bondi – the future of women’s surfing – the stars of the ROXY surf team, Sally Fitzgibbons (Gerroa) and Laura Enever (Narrabeen). Between these two young girls they’re cleaning up the female competitive surfing arena. 18 year old Sally, ranked 6 in the world, is lighting fast […]

This surprise south swell is still alive and kicking. Must be pushing up from Victoria as its been pumping down there and coming in from the dead south. Bondi was 3 foot and mostly closing out. These banks just can’t handle it. A 7:30am high tide (when I shot) wasn’t doing it any favours. The […]

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 […]

Yet another sensational sunny, warm morning welcoming the new season. The dead south swell has hung in there and Bondi is flaunting fun little peaks (2 footers). Most other beaches wouldn’t be showing much, maybe Curly would be the best bet over the Northern Biatches. I suspect these conditions will maintain for another 24hrs before […]