Quite a unusual morning in Sydney – sunny then stormy. It all began with semi-clear skies and a overnight spike in swell heights. Waves are now breaking 3 foot from the south and lookin’ tidy. The early morning high tide was bit of a problem – most waves I saw at Bondi were either fat […]

Real pretty day outside (again). This autumn stuff is great. Yesterday proved the charts wrong and it turned on – 4 foot waves were on offer for most of the day with perfect gentle offshores (and sunshine). How good was that? Hope you broke free from the desk and got out there (plenty of people […]

Just one of those cracker mornings out there – quite distracting sitting here in Aquabumps HQ punching out a update when I know there are 2-4 footers rolling into Bondi. It’s ultra clean with warm water and smothering sunshine. Magic! Why would you live anywhere else on a day like this? There would be decent […]

Before you hit reply on this daily email and demand I re-send the correct sunrise images from this morning – well, I don’t have ’em. I was circling Sydney airport when the sky blew up into strong hues…so I could only watch on, without a black shutter obstructing my view. Many say it was one […]

Spectacular day outside. One to be outdoors or better still submerged. Just like every other day this week, we have 1 footers, sunshine, offshores and warm waters. Take the longboard and paddle around in these ideal conditions. The land will hit 28 degrees today – how good is that. Just like summer. The next time […]

I won’t lie, trying to come up with something (interesting) to write about every morning can be hard. It’s even harder when there are no waves and the past few days have been very similar. So I spin my pen, get distracted by Facebook, go for another coffee at Gusto (3rd) or stir up my […]

The days all seem to be the same this week. It all starts off with early morning cloud that usually burns off by 8am. The winds are offshore NW and the water temperature remains a comfortable 22 degrees (boardies). The mercury will hit 25 on land and it’s perfect beach weather (yep). You’d be surprised […]

The waves were quite unimpressive this morning. The early low tides were making the 1-2 footers flop flat on a bank, robbing you of a decent ride. I don’t recommend surfing it. The clouds, however, were very impressive. Vapour buckled and stretched over Ben Buckler like a Turneresque master piece. The weather is outstanding and […]

Late one I know…oops. Got a lil’ distracted. The day started out with clouds and glassy 1 footers. Now it’s glassy 1 footers and sunny. (top of 26 degrees) Tomorrow sunny, warm. (top of 26 degrees) Wed sunny warm…(top of 26 degrees) Thursday, sunny and warm…(top of 25 degrees) And then… A sunny and warm […]

A pink glow seeped under my bedroom blind…and I knew it was going to be a cracker morning. What a shame it was all over by the time I donned the boxers and rolled down the hill with one eye sealed. For the next hour I was questioned by the early risers “did ya get […]

Ok ok…so the cat is out of the bag. Surf is pumping and Sydney’s coastline has lit up with peaky, south swell, 4 foot gems. I must say its dramatically better now than when I shot it this morning. The rips are horrendous, but there are some great waves to be had. Have to go…um…to […]

I am not all that happy about the drop in morning temperatures but you know what winter brings – finely tuned south swells. Bondi loves the dead south (that would be 180 degrees for those with their protractors out). Nice little bump in swell earlier this morning, 2-3 foot and offshore winds. Large crowds out […]

How about that…an Aquabumps report hits your inbox before 8:30am! Yes I did go home last night. Starting to cool right down in the mornings now as the claws of winter creep in. Clear skies, offshore winds and mini 1-2 footers on offer from our current East swell. Not really much out there to motivate […]

Hi… Nice morning with waves around…you’ll have to get out there before it goes onshore (which will happen very soon). I saw waves around 2-3 foot this morning and not many people out. Looks like the seasons have changed and most of the tourists have fled, leaving uncrowded peaks for the early risers. Small swell […]

Volatile weather at the moment in Sydney – not too dissimilar to the north shore of Hawaii. Sunny 1 minute, raining the next. A grey calm morning out there. Bondi had a neat little 2-3 footer, glassy and classy. Shame we have no decent banks. Right now it’s sunny and raging West-Sou-West winds – looking […]

Today we drove to the other side of the island where it’s a completely different weather pattern – sunny skies, blue water, calm beach…ah yes, a nice change from the rainy/stormy north shore. Ok so the waves weren’t pumping but the water clarity was AMAZING. See you in back in Bondi, :: u g e […]

When you think Hawaii you probably envisage pipe 8-10 or Waimea Bay monsters…thinking it’s smokin’ here most of the time. Well late season (now) it’s actually quite fickle. We’ve had a week of howling trades…which is quasi offshore to sideshore but when it’s 30 knots+ most waves are torn to shreds unless breaking very close […]

Aloha. Swell has dropped a tad here on the North Shore of Hawaii…but the trade winds are hooooowwwwling (and I’m not talking about the non-Hawaiians). Saw a guy do an air at Ehukai and thought he was going to land on the set behind. Difficult conditions…still size around. The odd double head high set. Hairy. […]