Well, 2021 has been a wild ride for us all – there are positives amongst all the case numbers, lockdowns and mumbling behind masks. So after 22+ years of running Aquabumps, I had a massive break (during lockdown) from the daily routines and spent a lot of time with my monster children+wifie (and surfing!) I […]

Submerge yourself in 23-degree water today. What a terrific way to start the day! That’s getting close to as warm as it gets around here. Shed the rubber and dive in… Not many waves around, kneeish high dribbles. It doesn’t matter; everybody is swimming anyway. On holiday yet? Soon I am guessing. Drive safe if […]

As we head into the final straight for Christmas, the beach starts to get quiet. This morning, the waves were tiny as a new southerly breeze was ruffling the surface. There were pockets of light as the high cloud was forever transforming. Today’s post is a collection of images taken between now and last Friday […]

We are back to flat, grey light, a tough gig polishing up the beach in these conditions. Fortunately, we’ve got a little chest high wave to entertain us. The early morning high tide was killing it, though. Super wobbly, fat and a bit weak. Great news, today the sun will bake, and your grassy knoll […]

Change is good; change is now. A Southerly flow has rolled through town, cooling it down, roughing up our surf and spoiling the glorious beach weather from yesterday. How good was yesterday? It was so dreamy and very summery. Waves are now sloppy waist to chest high, and skies are dark and threatening. It’s a […]

It was a damn fine morning down the beach: calm, little or no wind. Water was an incredible 21.7°C – just right for a boardies and bikinis surf. Sun’s out – not a cloud in sight. Crowds were off the hook. The beach was pumping with fitness gurus, meditators, yoga bendies, squads, surfers, swimmers, early […]

There are waves suitable for riding today! It’s calmed down a lot, and Bondi had multiple peaks running with something for you to slay. The 7 am full tide wasn’t kind, putting HEAPS of fat wobbles in faces, making it random. Bit fools goldish. The lower tides should be more generous. Twenty-five degrees today, light […]

There’s a heap of grunt to the bump this morning. Bondi was huge! I saw sets in the double head+ height range, closing out the bay. Zero surfers out at sunrise; it looked junkie, even with a grooming SW early offshore. As I write, it’s gone cross-onshore with 8 knots of southerly, the swell will […]

I knew it was too good to be true… Waking up after a heavy night of rain, Bondi looked soooo sweet at sunrise. It was warm, dreamy, clean and bathed in sunshine. It looked like Utopia as the swell spiked and the lefts lined up (head high). It was orrn…(for a moment). I shot, I […]

I’ve got no clue what’s going on with the weather these days? It changes every minute: sunny, rain, thunderstorms, windy…all in the same hour. This isn’t Melbourne, and this isn’t summer! haha. A wet start to the day, but now I see people on the beach sun-tanning. There’s a howling 26 knot southerly and tiny […]

These waist-high, grey, lightless, southerly solid wind days sure are dull! Pass. It’s not a beach morning; the fact that barely anyone is down there is telling. How big was that flash storm last night – boom! We reckon the tin roof of our salubrious Aquabumps Gallery took a strike of lightning, knocking out some […]

Not much is happening down the beach today. It’s predominantly grey – no surprises there! We had a moment of golden rays, but it was short-lived. The onshores are lighter, producing more surfable conditions for the enthusiastic. It wasn’t great though, weak, waist to chest high and disorganised. Monday to Thursday looks very small, cloudy. […]

Some mornings I over-froth and can’t decide how to document my morning. Shall I set up a housing and capture from the water? Above or below the surface? In the air? On the south Bondi cliffs or from the shore? This morning I ticked all the boxes. Needless to say, I get excited when the […]

It’s one helluva day outside; I am not sure if it looks so good because we’ve persisted with endless days of La Nina drizzle and grey skies – but it’s a day to be outside! Do it. Icebergs have a reef in the pool! Well kinda. Snapchat is trying to raise the awareness of The Great Barrier […]

It’s the first day of summer, and I was glad to see a glimpse of the sun this morning. But, as you all know, it’s been a very wet, overcast spring as we head into a La Nina Summer – boooooooo! It’s surfable, contestable, small, weak and limping on a south bank. It’s suited to […]