The weather has gone from horrible to perfect in Sydney. But it’s short lived. The rest of the week is going to be wet. Right now we should all be racing to the airport to catch a flight to Tahiti. Chopes pumping again. The WCT comp is currently ON and it’s awesome. Watch Live Now […]

It’s so good to have the sun back. Haven’t seen it in a while. Like the rest of the week the surf looks pretty junkie. I rolled on down to Maroubra to see if it was catching any of this East direction in the swell. Kinda was… Not many people surfing. In fact I only […]

Things have calmed down along our coast and we have some manageable waves at Bondi. It’s still pretty agitated. It rained on me around 5 times in the 1 hour period I was shooting – so the weather still has room for improvement. Gee the garden is getting a good watering at the moment and […]

Conditions are pretty wild here in Sydney. The swell has kicked and there are 6 footers on the loose. The swell looks disorganised. The howling winds not helping. A couple of little protected corners would be good today…not unreal. Not like Teahuppo was yesterday. Oh man…what a day of surfing. I am kicking myself I […]

She’s hell stormy outside. Gale force winds ripping through Sydney…nearly blew my camera out of my hands down the beach (that’s a first). The ‘surf’ is one big lump of white wash. I would head over to Manly if you wanna surf today. Billabong Pro Tahiti just kicked off. It’s solid! Woohoo ::uge

Pretty crazy weather at the moment. After 3 months of perfect sunshine we’re getting lashed with storms and heavy rain. Yesterday was bi-polar, ended up being a nice day for a few hours. Bunker in kids, we’re in for a wet week ahead. This morning I roamed around Maroubra and Bondi. The Bra had solid […]

Greetings. This morning we have a increase in swell but not quality. Bondi is 100% closing out. We badly need some banks. It’s straight AS. The sun is out and we look to hit 18 degrees today. With showers over the incoming weekend today is a great one to get outdoors. North swells forecasted for […]

Things were looking up at the beach this morning. The surf conditions have improved. I saw waves around chest to head high. It was good on the lower tide – not so great on the incoming high tide (now). Some interesting light beams lately…some call them “The Fingers of God”. Always something new down the […]

Good morning. Apart from some pretty amazing light dancing through the gaps in the clouds there wasn’t a lot going for this morning. The waves are a grovely chest high…extremely onshore affected. Only two guys out at South Bondi which says it all. Pretty chilly morning, around 7 degrees before the sun rose. Days like […]

There is some chunk to the bump today. Bondi has some mighty fine close outs. Some of the best I’ve seen. I’m talking 4-5 foot…all in a line dumping on the banks. I really hope some of the holes in our sand banks are being filled in. We need it. Some funky banks out there. […]

After a very busy weekend Bondi has returned to the quiet. 150,000 people ran into Bondi yesterday. It was packed. The surf wasn’t too bad either. It’s the biggest day of the year around here. Hope the legs have recovered. To kick this week off, we have waves. 3-4 foot at Bondi. It looked fat […]

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a sky full of clouds. The rain even cut short my shoot today, so there are 6 images not 12 in this batch. The waves are over head high and kinda chunky. The early morning high tide made it very wobbly. Should improve on a lower tide (I […]

Officially it was 7 degrees this morning down the beach, but with a 15 knot offshore straight from the mountains it felt like 3 or 4. Maybe colder. I know that is an average day in Melbourne or London…but for Sydney…she’s cold. The swell kicked hard yesterday afternoon and we abandoned the helm to score […]

These mornings are all starting to look alike. I wake up, not a cloud in the sky. Head to the beach, it’s cold. Only difference today is we’ve got good waves! Yes, we have swell. It looks like a south swell with a very, very long wave interval. Basically if you sit out there and […]

Another one of those magic, sunny winter mornings down the beach. The icy offshore winds had claws…sure was chilly getting out. The swell has dropped today. I saw waves in the waist high range. It may come up later today with a pulse tomorrow. Tomorrow’s forecast is for a 20 second period swell. Wow, that’s […]

The most notable aspect of this morning was the chill. It was cold at sunrise, 7°C is what my phone said. I’d say with the wind chill it would be more like 4°C or 5°C. There are waves in town…finally after a week of very small stuff…so now it’s 3 foot and fun-as. You’d have […]

It’s Friday…or Flyday as my Chinese ancestors say. It’s the end of the week and another day of belting sunshine and warm conditions. Waves are tiny, like 12 inches…but the One Wave Fluoro crew were loving it – as usual. Great to see so many smiling faces in the water – even with no waves. […]

I was thinking this morning, if you were an overseas subscriber to Aquabumps (as many do…thank you) and had never been out here to this great land you’d be looking at this week’s Bumps shots thinking…”What the hell is going on down there…is that winter?” Yes Sir, this is winter…how good is it? 24 degrees […]

Today is just a taste of what spring is like. It’s a tease… It’s 23 degrees and it’s also very sunny. It will revert back to winter this weekend though. And hopefully bring some much needed swell ‘cause its tiny out there. I shot Bronte for something different. This Saturday, August 2 Power Living Yoga […]

I worked out that I’ve seen over 3,000 sunrises in my Aquabumps morning ritual career (15 years). Today’s sunrise was really something special…some of the brightest colours I’ve seen down there. I missed this morning’s twin, last night’s mind blowing sunset (which everyone is talking about)…so this morning made up for it. I was down […]

The waves are tiny and clean. Nice day though, looks like the mercury will hit 20 degrees. Until this Saturday the surf is going to be really small… Chris Bryan is a Cronulla cinematographer who operates a fancy piece of camera called The Phantom. Phantoms are those cameras that do super slow motion clips. They’re […]

Today kicked off with some pretty serious colour sprayed across the sky. It was really something. All kinds of imaging devices were clicking away @ sunrise. Did you get the shot? It’s now 11am and it’s raining. Shows over. Hope you got out there for the early. Little fun wave on offer at Bondi best […]

Lucky aren’t we? I mean we live in a sorta big city and can surf nearly every day. Lately the waves have been more than just surfable. Today’s its small, waist to chest high, clean and fun. Not many places in the world you can surf twice a day and hold down a corporate job. […]

We have waves! Good ones… I’m giving up on forecasting this week as reality is exceeding my predictions, daily. It is 3 foot and from the south east. Super clean with chilly offshores. Bondi and Maroubra both had good waves. The joys of winter. ::uge P.S. I lost one of my favourite flippers today at […]

Hola. Since we last spoke there’s been a few lil’ surprises down the beach. Yesterday afternoon the swell kicked and 4 footers were on offer at Bondi. So good, especially without the crowd. This morning was only forecasted for small 1-2 footers but it’s breaking head high. The sun has come back and it’s another […]

I certainly hope you got a few waves over the weekend with the big storm swell in town. It wasn’t really appealing around our neck of the woods, but I hear north side was the place to be, out of the wind and all… Today the swell is dropping, fast. It’s currently waist to head […]

Looks at these photos and tell me if you think you will be surfing this arvo? It’s half a foot now, but boy, she’s about to erupt. They say by lunchtime you will see it pulse and by nightfall we should have 8 foot. Sometimes swells don’t run on schedule…hope this one does. Tomorrow will […]

The sun is back and the surf is dribbling. What a nice morning. Looks all calm and orderly right now doesn’t it…well, in 28 hours the ocean is going to roar and spit out 8-10 footers. Yes hellmen, huge swell kicking really hard tomorrow afternoon. Where you going to be? It’s ski season and some […]

I thought a rainy-1-foot-day is the perfect opportunity to go through my shots from the past 4 weeks. As you know, I’ve spent a good chunk of the past month travelling and have seen some incredible things…from the mega-city Manhattan to the remote islands of Mentawai…and then the amazing nuggets of The Cape last week. […]

A very wintery morning. The beach was pretty much empty. A bit of precipitation overnight…2-3 foot fat waves…grey skies…definitely a great day to do some work. Even though the forecast has been downgraded for the weekend, it’s still going to be quite solid (4-6 foot on Saturday) The showers will clear tomorrow and Thursday looks […]

It was one of those frosty mornings – 6 degrees. The beach was pretty much empty and there are waves. Bondi was a little disorganised so I headed down to Maroubra. It’s 2- 4 foot, nothing amazing but well worth a paddle. Big south swell hitting this Sunday…a whopper! ::uge

The beastie swell has dropped a couple of gears and Bondi is now surfable at 3 foot. It’s wasn’t very good though (I could be just saying that in light of yesterday’s glory). In fact I didn’t see many decent waves being ridden this morning despite perfect offshores and solid south east swell. Definitely a […]

I’ve been travelling a lot lately. People I meet always ask me “What are the waves like in Sydney…?” “Yeah, not bad…” I respond. Definitely not bad today! After 4 hours of swimming, shooting and drooling…I can officially say Sydney is pumping today. Some of the best waves I’ve seen in ages rolled through. Forecast […]

What a crisp, clean, cold morning down here in Bondi. Even though the waves were waist to shoulder high and lacking punch, it was a good one to be floating around. Tomorrow the swell will kick right up into the 4-6 foot range. Now that’s exciting. Thanks to a couple of recent articles in the […]

It was only 6 degrees before the sun rose…nippy huh? The water is perfectly fine, just that dash across the sand can be a lil’ fresh. There are waves! Good ones. At sunrise I saw some luscious right hand tubes on a shallow south bank. Looks like the rip is on turbo and creating some […]

G’day. I back in the hood. I was away for 2 solid weeks in the mega cities…that’s the longest stint I’ve been separated from my muses…being waves and surfing. Can you imagine how good Bondi looked this morning to me with fresh (urban) eyes? 3 foot, clean, offshore and only 3 or 4 guys out? […]

SoHo, or as it used to be known, South of Houston Street is a neighbourhood in New York City that is well known for its cast iron architecture, fashion, art and cobble stone streets. It’s like going back in time as most buildings are well over 100 years old and left unchanged. I rate SoHo. […]

The Hamptons is what Bryon Bay is to Sydney. It’s the beach where you go and chill. It’s where you can surf and get space…Manhattan is awesome but I reckon you’d need a break from the pace and concrete after a while. After talking to Hampton locals they have great stories and photos of double […]

Normally I like my islands filled with palm trees, a little right hander wrapping around one corner, ya know, in the pacific… Well I’ve arrived at Manhattan Island NYC just for something different. Ok I haven’t seen any organic matter yet or a wave…but it’s just as amazing. For years people have told me how […]

It’s not often I stray from the coast but today I am in the incredible metropolis of London. It’s summer here and the sun is out – what a great time to visit. I haven’t been back here in years…such a different pace to the Mentawai Islands I was in 10 days ago! The place […]