Endless Swells
Every morning, I wake up early to shoot and decide where to venture. I’m finding it hard to leave 2026 as I always see fun waves at the south end. It’s been a great run of south swells, and there is something to slay most days.
Today it’s 2-3 foot, smaller but still rippable. Tad junkie at sunrise. Perfectly clear skies, 25 degrees and westerlies – perfect for the beach, all day!
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Bondi Hacks
As we shift into Bondi’s busiest months, a few life hacks can help you cope with the crowds. Bondi Hack # 1 — Get your Waverley Council parking passes from the chilled environment at Bondi Pavilion on the beach. Go see Tammy seven days a week! Yes, even on Sunday. No more schlepping to the […]
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TWENTY-6
Lately, I wake up every day to swell (and sun). It’s awesome. We’ve barely had any flat spells this winter, and so much south swell is roaring into the bay. Today, we’ve got 3-4 footers—solid! I probably should have shot from the land instead of swirling around South Bondi rip bowls, but I got a couple […]
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All Dressed Up
Surfing Bondi this week is a bit like being all dressed up with nowhere to go… We have heaps of supply, south swell galore, but the banks don’t seem to be handling it. There are lots of holes and fat sections that’ll ruin your flow down the line. It’s sunny offshore, cool start but warming […]
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Refrigerated
Oh boy, it’s cold! Well, it was this morning at sunrise, especially for Spring time. The puffer jacket got a run. The winds have been howling, big time. Yesterday, gusts struck 40 knots. All that wind kicked up a thumper of a swell, which today is a shade smaller but still chunky. I saw sets […]
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Smotherly
We all got a bit excited with the recent hot, warm weather. Today, however, reminds us that we’re not clear of winter as the roaring southerlies smother Sydney. Strong winds have brought chunky swells and waves breaking 4-5 feet at Bondaka. A small crew is game to tackle a cold morning and large volumes of […]
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South Change
Wow, I changed the background colour to black and some fonts on this daily email template, and all hell broke loose—more finger-waggin’ and raised voices than a Trump vs. Harris debate. Now that the riots have calmed and the cars stopped burning, we’ve listened and changed the template back to a white background…thank you for […]
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Brood.
Everybody around here comments how many groms there are surfing every day at Bondi. Some say it with great disdain (I think they forget two of them are mine) – but others smile with stoke, as the future looks bright for surfers at Bondi competitively. In my whole 25 years of Aquabumps (yes, 2-five), I’ve […]
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Feast
South-facing swell magnets woke to a bump in size; Bondi looks fun! Sunrise saw a pulse, and as I rode down, I saw 4 or 5 very dreamy-looking sets, unexpected for Bondi (the world’s most consistently average breaking wave). There is a very active, enthusiastic crowd feasting at ramp 2. Getting a wave is a […]
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Phantom
Hard to believe, looking at the beach right now (circa 2 pm), but there were waves this morning at sunrise. Promise. Quite good ones, too. But if you missed it, you really missed it. They did the phantom. It’s flat as now. Cooling SW breezes with a microscopic east swell – with glorious spring sunshine […]
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Bondi Activations
Spring is here; you’ll know it because all the brands kick off their activations in Bondi. This morning we had several things going, and there’s still stages being built for the weekend’s Festival of the Winds (which always gets busy around da hood). Waves – yeah…actually, nah. Not much is happening. Tiny dribbles and this […]
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Thigh to Waist
It’s much smaller but immaculate. It’s warmer as we head to 27 degrees, a fine spring day. Bondi has waves around waist-high, smaller crowds (but still busy) and cold water. MAKE A WAVE / SURFAIDFrom September 1st to the 30th, rookies and pros alike are encouraged to surf for 30 days straight to make an impact for […]
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Cray-cray
Crazy times down at Bondi as the waves were on the cook this morning. Plenty of super-fun 3-4 footers peeling into Bondi, flanked with an enormous morning crowd – one of the largest crowds I’ve seen this year. Some decent sets rolling through from out the back. Must be plenty of sand out there! 23 […]
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