Windy and chunky – that’s a good summation of what I saw down the beach today. You’ll need to surf nooks and crannies tucked away from the Southerly. Its kinda offshore right now, SW, but it will edge around to the South later today and pick up to 20 knots. Typical winter’s day. Rained 3 […]

Wanna surf Bondi on your own amongst 3 footers, read no further and best paddle out now. It’s not incredible as the early morning high tide put plenty of wonk in the faces. But it is all yours. Couple of things to note about this week: – In general, there will be waves breaking all […]

Not a bad week to be running around the beaches with a camera. Some decent moments worth capturing. This morning’s focus is on the sunrise, which splurged colour across our skies around 6:30am. There are waves as well, smaller than yesterday and still coming from a ESE direction. North winds all day, making it clean, […]

No two mornings are the same. I guess that is what draws me back down there every day after so many years. Yesterday I couldn’t even get out of the car as the rain blanketed down. This morning a thick fog smothered Sydney, making it hard to see what’s going on out the back. One […]

I’ve been down the beach 3 times this morning to get the shots. Blanket rain over Sydney made those missions a little difficult. I could see semi-clean waves from the car park at Bondi. Perhaps shoulder high with the odd head high set. No one around. Wind looks to be coming from the North – […]

There is swell but it’s horribly onshore. Bondi was a frothing mess at sunrise today. Pass. There is quite a bit more East in the swell today, but the nemesis SSE wind is flanking, roughening up anything that you’d want to ride. Tomorrow the winds will lighten and the swell increase. But Wednesday onwards we […]

A new batch of south swell is slowing starting to trickle in…she’s a little junkie (short period) and winds are icy SW (right off the mountains down south). On dark tonight it should be over head high. Tomorrow bigger and Sunday the biggest. Strong southerly winds are forecasted for a few days, so you will […]

The claws of winter were digging deep this morning. I got down the beach in the dark and it was bitterly cold. My phone said it hit 2 degrees this morning (my phone seems to know everything). That wind was icy and cut through the layers. Good lil’ bank down at Bondi for surfing. The […]

Hey there. Bondi loves these days. A wiff of dead south swell and we have a little peak on a couple of sand banks. It’s small and long period swell, translating to infrequent waves, but when they roll in, you may get one around shoulder high. Could take 15 – 20 minutes though, but it’s […]

After a short 24 hour stopover in Torquay I’m back up in Sydney to greet the good weather and fun, small waves. Real nice morning, soaked with burnt orange rays and barely any wind. Huge crew out in the water before sunrise, apparently a lot of tourists dropping by for the day. Hungry pack with […]

I reckon Bondi would be pretty small today. When I saw a bit of swell heading towards Victoria I thought I’d come down and shoot a few shots of Bells and Winkipop, just outside of Torquay. Haven’t been here in 12 years. The forecasted swell arrived, well most of it, it’s only getting bigger as […]

All quiet’n’calm down the beach this morning. A small wave limped into Bronte, super weak and not really worth it in my mind. Bondi had knee to waist high dribblers. Handful of loggers out cruising. Unfortunately for the weekend it’s going to remain tiny, ankle to knee high. The next swell is due Tuesday where […]

Hi. It’s another nice morning. Kinda freaky with warmer temps as the wind blows from the North, which is uncharacteristic of this time of year. The flimsy ENE swell is still here in town, but its weak and on the decline. I saw ‘waves’ at Bronte around waist high and Bondi has something dribbling in […]

Feels kinda warm doesn’t it? (Max 20 today) Those northerly winds consistently bring warmer temps that’s for sure. Lap it up. Last night a storm hit, the wind blew and the car got a free wash. By sunrise it had blown away leaving shoulder high wind waves, best surfed over the hill at East facing […]

A really nice morning without surf. Plenty of colour over The Buckler around 6:40am. As forecasted, the swell is tiny and gathering around your knee caps. Forget surfing. It’s also going to rain later today, so enjoy the winter sun right now. Waves will be bigger tomorrow from a new choppy ENE swell. I suspect […]

These are the days that best favour Bondi. The swell is tiny and not many places would have anything breaking at all. Bondi, a swell magnet in south swell, this morning had fun waist to (a lil’ guys) chest high waves. Not many out and plenty of sunshine after 7am. 5 things you should know […]

Days like these are for the extremely motivated and over enthusiastic. You’d need to be in order to peel yourself out of bed, wax up and paddle out there. 2 keen individuals surfed South Bondi this morning. I can’t say they got epic waves as it’s junkie, again, and onshore with plenty of rain ‘n’ […]

The conditions are all wrong for us around here…there is plenty of swell, Bondi waves broke around head to head’n’half – but it’s a junkyard. The banks can’t handle the size. I didn’t see a single person surfing from North Bondi to Bronte. That’s sayin’ sumpin’. In fact I reckon I saw 2-3 humans all […]

Big is not always best…especially around here with the lack of reef breaks. The swell increase has arrived right on time, sets peaking around double head high, but it’s all over the shop. Bondi, of course, is not surfable. A few body surfers swam out the back, but I didn’t see them do much. It’s […]

We’ve got a fresh new supply of South swell in town. Waves are currently breaking above your heads, which is nice. Shame about the wonk…this new swell is wobbly as, needing time to sort itself out. Tomorrow will get even bigger…the biggest day in 2 weeks. I’d expect to see double head high waves tomorrow. […]

Hola… There is always something going on down at Bondi. This morning’s treat was the Sydney Philharmonic Choir singing as we went about our morning rituals. At less than 7 degrees around 6:30am, with frosty offshores, I bet they couldn’t wait to get off the beach. Surf : today is knee to a freak chest […]