Stab in the dark, Bondi Beach 6:45am

Straighty 180

There’s plenty of south swell around but absolutely NO banks for them to break on. Oh my, it’s straight az. I’m talking the world’s greatest closeouts – you’d barely get a chance to get to your feet before it shuts down on you. Shame, as it was offshore and head high on sets – good […]

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Amusement

It’s was a frosty one this morning. 5 degrees is what my phone called it. The little breeze off them mountains had bite. Not as breezy at Lenny Kravitz’s pants though. I wanted to enter the water to shoot today…to feel alive. Very invigorating. Some nice left peelers reforming on the inside but the rip […]

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Back to Bondi

I know I’ve said it a fair bit lately, but I’ll say it again – real special morning out there. The waves are clean and in the 2-3 foot range. The sun is out, not a cloud in the sky. The water was bath temp. warm. Can do just boardies and maybe a little vest. […]

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Boo.

An severe drop in swell energy and early morning southerly has ruined your plans of a good wave this morning. After yesterday’s delights we now have 1-2 foot onshore junk. Pass. Nice day though, 25 degrees. Tomorrow ‘may’ have a little bump with NE winds, other than that it’s going to be a Christmas of […]

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the bird flies north

It’s quite disturbing sitting on a patch of grass at South Bondi, watching 3-4 foot sets close out straight along the whole beach. What a waste. All this swell and nothing doin’…If only we had a reef or a decent bank that could hold waves over 2 foot. The long period ground swell has arrived […]

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