This solid south swell just keeps on giving. Last night it came in hard – I saw sets at Bondi that must have been 10-12 footers. I am talking one wave closing out the whole bay. At dawn Bronte had a wave…not many out as it’s a lot of paddling to get out. If you picked the right one it may even have a tube…or fatten out…or even occasionally a serious close out. Yes, very random.
At 6pm last night I thought we were going to lose the Ice Skating Rink that is currently situated precariously on the sands of South Bondi. The water came right up hitting the fences 2 hours before the high last night – but they’re still there. Chris and Martin (the organisers) must have been in that little beer tent sweating on that. See the pics if you don’t believe me.
For the rest of the week we have dead south swell (180 degrees)…and plenty of it with offshores. Surf if you know what you’re doing – because there is so much power and size out there.
We’re are still fine tuning our daily mail out…most of you should be receiving fine now.
Later :: uge
You could watch waves like these role in all day. Nice work Uge.
That first picture is insane, surely he didnt make it?
Sadly he didn’t make it – but got a great sequence. He stood tall in the barrel. uge
Clearly the water lapping at the ice rink was due to global warming, caused by the ice rink itself.
Couldn’t agree more Steve – it’s wrong on so many levels
report of the year.
I wish you were in the lineup with your lens Uge. That barrel would have looked insane!
Black Cloud – hard day for swimming with all the water moving. Would have love to got the lucky shot though.
image 20578 looks exactly like inside section of Sunset Beach, Hawaii. And looks like anonymous surfer is going to get a sick pit
Amazing shots today and from the 8th! Far out!
Pete may not have made it out of the shot above but he certainly had the full stand up barrel on his 2nd last wave. Stalled it after his bottom turn then it just threw right over him. He could have put his hands up and still not touched the ceiling. Outstanding!! Definitely worthy of his claim when he kicked off.
GRacey – agree…Pete was charging out there today
How can we look at the photos from the Tasman swell that you judged last weekend?
Mate sick photos….Cheers FC
uge
dang
thanx man
cya