Pile on! Bondi 6:30am today

Clocked out

Daylight saving has officially ended, and we’ll have more light in the mornings. Combine this with some fantastic head-high waves and clean grooming offshores, and you get most of the 2.5 million Australian surfers paddling out at Bondi! $10 bucks says you can’t get a wave on your own today! Between 6am to 7am Bondi […]

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It's much bigger today. Yep

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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Bondi Beach - 900 metres long and one of the most popular beaches in Australia

Contrast

This morning at Bondi, the light was in a constant state of flux. It would flick between overcast, flat light to uber contrasty golden rays (my favourite flavour). I feel it was leftover volatility from the rain and storms that passed through before sunrise. Right now, as I write this riveting editorial in Aquabumps headquarters, […]

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Angles, foam, light. Bondi

Yeah nah?

To go or not to go? Whilst the surf has tapered off, the winds are not blowing and there’s a clean head high wave on offer. With morning higher tides it definitely got some wonk on it. Surf now or on the lower tides? Will the wind come in? Dunno. I do know there’s a larger, […]

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