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. […]

Aloha, I just arrived in Hawaii…wow. The north shore to be exact. Hawaii has eluded me for years – been meaning to come for a decade…I just kept on getting distracted by all the other options now available to surfers these days (we’re spoilt). It’s great to walk around here, feel like I know the […]

Would have to be one of the worst surf days down at Bondi this year…pretty much dead flat and damp. I am not going to show you what I shot this morning – ain’t pretty…so here is some joy from the recent Boost Mobile Surf Sho down at Bondi. The good news it can only […]

Hasn’t been much to surf for a few days now. The north swell neglects most of our beaches and is better north side. We had a little semi-surfable shorey at 1 foot(ish). Sets were infrequent and a paddle was more about being in the 24 degree water than surfing anything substantial. Decent sunrise, as fast […]

To do list 23-03/2010: a) Grab a wide board and go surfing on those fattie two footers. Nice right hander in the middle of Bondi but plenty of human flotsam and jetsam out there. Wow – wear a helmet and live longer. b) 6:30pm tonight, go to “The Happening” where surf music + art + […]

A little spike in swell is puttin’ on some 3 footers down at Bondi. Unfortunately the SE wind is still on it creating a bit of bump and wobble. I thought it was going to be much bigger and better than it really is. Boo. Winds will go north later, so that will clean it […]

Strange old day out there. To start with I thought the waves were going to be orn, like it was last night. Nope. Dropped back and messed up. Bondi was predominantly closing out 2-3 foot…nothing special. A ground swell from the south will build during the day as the SE winds come up. Tomorrow looks […]

Nice little clean bump out there this morning with very few people around in the darkness (the sun didn’t pop out until 7:20am). Water is ridiculously warm, the sun is out, the wind is gentle – sounds good huh. Most waves struggled above the 2 foot mark…odd bigger 3 foot set. Shame the banks haven’t […]

Hard to believe it but Aquabumps turns 11 this week. Yep. 11! Bit freaky really, can’t believe that many digits have passed and the audience has grown and grown and grown. Don’t worry, I am not going to get all emotional nor are we throwing a huge party like we did a few years ago […]

The ocean looked a little lethargic this morning. The swell period pushed up but waves were smaller than yesterday. Bondi had a weak, dribbly 1-2 footer at sunrise (7am)…loads of crew flappin’ around in search of their very own bump. Swell seems to be in the middle of switching from south to nor-east…as later in […]

Hola. Nice little wave breaking down at Bondage – nasty rip sucking you out to Ben Buckler though. That kept me busy all morning whilst swimming with zee camera. Hard to stay in one place. Waist high/2 footers rockin’ in. Water is warm, no wind, and plenty of sunshine to enjoy the dregs of summers. […]

The first morning in months where you could feel that autumn chill in the air. Coulda done with a jumper. Water is still warm, waves are still 1-2 foot, clean, crisp and playful. Tomorrow the waves should pick up in the afternoon, Friday will be a 3 foot playground and the weekend has some new […]

Special kind of day today – a cracker. Light offshores (w) with plenty of sunshine. Small 1-2 foot waves (surfable on mals and fishes).Warm land temps with a max of 26…ah yes, a perfect day to be down the beach. The current plague of jelly fish in town are reaping havoc amongst swimmers…still. Incredible sunrise…I […]

What an incredible weekend of surfing at Bondi. Overloaded. All memory cards are full of tantalising heavenly punts…I have never had my finger on the trigger as much as the past 48 hours. In every direction I looked someone was bustin’ a tail out, doing a flip or was just walking around being a world […]

“It’s been a long time between drinks for a contest at Bondi, since ’88. I like Bondi a lot, it’s cool. It’ll be fun to be there and have a contest. It doesn’t sorta happen there very much. Usually its Rod Kerr running around the beach in his Speedos. But the rest of us are […]

Mornin’. In our recent survey one of our learnings is that a large portion of you live over the northern beaches. Try get over there a bit more. Today comes to you from Manly, the land of the tall pines. Always a good place to hide from the shredding southerlies which are currently blowing tumbleweed […]

Not much doin’ down at Bondi…wrong conditions for us. Very different to yesterday. Initially it was offshore, small NE swell trickling in, overcast and drizzle. 1 hour later the south change hit, making a onshore mess of things. This wind will brew a new swell, just wait a while for it to do its thing. […]

Immaculate morning down at Bondi. Light winds, glassy surfaces, small weak 1-2 footers (very inconsistent) and blanketing morning rays. Too good to not get in the water. If you’re surfing you’ll need a decent chunk of fibreglass to get going on the high tide lumps. The 10 second wave period is putting huge lulls in […]

The sunrises are late at the moment (6:40am) with the day light savings extra hour. That’s convenient as I don’t have to wake up at 5am to get a decent shot. (soon to change) Great colours this morning as a thick clouds lit up into a fireball, which only lasted minutes. Click here to see […]

I don’t know what happened to the surf overnight, but whatever it was, it’s evil. The small 14 second ground swell of yesterday has, well, pretty much gone even though my charts said it should’ve hang around longer. The next 3 days look dire. Virtually no swell and rain until Monday. Been following the Goldie […]

Hello. What a nice morning. Strip of clouds highlighted first light, gentle offshore winds at Bondi and a neat little 2-3 footer in the corner. The swell period boasts 14 seconds, but there is no swell size to compliment such a high figure. That translates to a very inconsistent morning, long waits, but the odd […]

Still junkie out there this morning…but the swell is leaping up by the hour. At sunrise it was only 2 foot…and looking quite dire. When I last checked around 9am, sets were hitting the 3- 4 foot mark as the swell period rockets from 8 secs to 14 seconds. Oh, and another good thing is […]

I like these types of mornings. Thick grey overcast skies threaten rain and strong winds. A new south swell, still junkie from recent agitation, breaking around 3 foot. Almost NO-ONE around getting in your way and the onshore seems to put a little lip in the normally fat, flat lumps found at Bondi. Only a […]

Bondi tsunami – ain’t that a jap feature film or sumpin’? You all know by now that we had a Tsunami warning in Sydney yesterday and all metro beaches where closed (they even called off the Quiky Pro for the day) . We’ll we’re still here, the gallery (which is very close to the water’s […]

Full as a boot out there today. 1.8 metres of fat at 7am high tide. Swell has hung in there with waves breaking 3-4 foot, but they’re all porked up. I would wait for the low tide. Slight onshore winds now, currently Easterly, but later 5-10 knots of North Easterly forecasted. Don’t expect much on […]

I had high hopes for this morning after surfing big Bondi last night. It actually was quite solid on dark, and not 100% closeouts if you can believe it. The swell has dropped back a gear within the 3-5 foot range, but the nemesis east wind was in early, ruffling any decent bumps out there. […]

Swell has come up alright, but the onshore winds are still blowing. What a difference 24 hours makes…yesterday you’d struggle to surf a wave above your knee caps, and today you’ll score a chunky 4 footer out at South Bondi. The quality isn’t there though – lumpy, bumpy and sectiony…nonetheless – there are waves and […]

Hope you got up early this morning…as of 8:40am a violet south change hit with a BANG. What this means is: The change brings cooler temperatures for Sydney after a sweltering hot night – did anyone sleep last night? The early 1-1.5 footers of the early have been butchered into 30cm wind chop All this […]

I prefer good waves mid week than on the weekend. The fruits of working across the road from Bondi and surfing when you’re all at work. Well, you all know Saturday was pumping (everywhere) and Sunday had decent waves at North East exposed beaches, well today is dropped right back and Bondi was a semi-surfable […]

So we’re back in Bondi and the waves are far from impressive. Onshore 3 foot mush. Not a bad sunrise to make up for it… Hard to concentrate on work knowing that the waves up at Gold Coast are pumpin’, yep, just as I left the land of the high rise. Can’t get it on […]

The waves are so much better up here. It’s no wonder it’s a world champion breeding grounds. Finally the swell kicked up and most places had waves. Burleigh had some great 3 footers, barrels, speedy sections….super long rides…if there wasn’t 50 pros warming up for the 4 star WQS Breaka Pro I’d be out there […]

Some neat little waves on offer this morning up here at the Goldie. Exposed beaches like D’Bah had the odd 3 footer…but wow…thick crowds just like Bondi, just not so many L-Platers. Looks like everyone is limbering up for World tour stop No.1 – the Quiky Pro. Swell comes up today in QLD, and tomorrow […]

Finally some waves up here on the Gold Coast…ripper. The constant onshores subsided and some nice clean 2-3 footers at a small beach near Tweed. The place is overrun with pros in anticipation for the Roxy Pro/Quiky Pro that starts on the 27th Feb. (World tour stop No.1) From all reports Sydney was smoking yesterday, […]

Sorry about the late update today…I’m up at Surfer’s Paradise (QLD) without any surf driving around in circles (driving myself mad), especially when I’ve been getting sms’s from crew in Sydney telling me it’s smokin’! That’ll be right… Bondi would be around 4 foot today and bigger tomorrow…oh, and it looks wet down there….not up […]

No waves but plenty of colour. That’s 2 decent sunrises in 1 week…some one is being good to us. NE micro swell running, totally slipping past Bondi (0.5ft) and maybe dribbling into exposed beaches. I’d be surprised if you could find something above your knee/waistline today. High tide is killing it. Nonetheless, hit the beach, […]

I am not a morning person. Swear. Even after 11 years of waking up at sunrise it’s a major effort to roll out of bed in the wee hours (especially on these sleepless humid nights). But I have to say, mornings like these make it all worthwhile. Salubrious 23-24 degree water (that’s as warm as […]

Ahh what a day. Nice, hot ‘n’ muggy. Max 28 degrees with light winds tending nor-easterly later. We still have a small east swell in town, it’s only 1 foot at Bondi and barely surfable, 2-3 foot at Maroubra. Not a lot of quality on offer – the 6:50am full high tide is concealing anything […]