![Freddy Carmody, one of the best surfers on Bondi Beach](https://www.aquabumps.com/content/uploads/2024/02/Aquabumps__A1Z5525_2024_Feb_21-fred-carmody-1200x800.jpg)
Sublime in da brine
It was freakishly warm and comfortable in the brine this morning. Usually, I’m hesitant to swim after so much rain, but today, it was just too damn seductive! It must have been 24 degrees at sunrise. I swam happily in the rips, mouth closed, for an hour—the rip between ramp 2 & 3 was HECTIC. […]
![Shredding the morning glow, Bondi 7:30am](https://www.aquabumps.com/content/uploads/2023/03/Aquabumps__A1X9927A_2023_Mar_15-drop-waller-800x533.jpg)
Wrong beach
I muffed it this morning (surf-wise) – sorry! I underestimated the current east swell and shot Bondi when many other beaches lit up this morning. I should’ve been at Bra or Manly. They’ve been cooking. Especially with this idyllic WSW 3 knot offshore – oh man, I am still slapping myself as I write this […]
![Grinding ripbowls, Bondi.](https://www.aquabumps.com/content/uploads/2022/11/AQUABUMPS_Nov-16-2022_A1X8911-ripbowl-bondi-800x533.jpg)
Pulsification
Ah, nice; nothing better than waking up to a nice little South swell pulse. There are head-high waves this morning under cooling SSW breezes (16 knots). It was junkie but pretty uncrowded and consistent. It’s much colder today, 11 degrees, when I woke. We’re only a few days off summer, so this will be the […]
![Lil' Pete (now big Pete) is our local aerial master at Bondi](https://www.aquabumps.com/content/uploads/2022/08/AQUABUMPS_12-08-22__A1X3774-800x533.jpg)
Gromfest
The waves had shrunk overnight, and there was a semi-closeout shorey at the south (1-2 foot). It wasn’t inspiring to surf, but the groms make it look good. Especially Blake’s shredders. A rainy day ahead – but the good news is that Sunday looks dry for the City to Surf fun run. In the good […]
![Grayson Hinrichs destroying lips in glorious backlit golds, Bondi](https://www.aquabumps.com/content/uploads/2022/05/Aquabumps_May-26-2022__A1X0906-800x533.jpg)
The Clinic
Today is all about surfing as there are waves and coach Blake had a frothin’ pack of groms that he’s trying thrust onto the ‘CT. Good luck snagging a wave of this pack when sessions are on – they’re a hungry wolf pack. Pleasant conditions with golden light, clean surfaces and head high waves (adult […]
![Tommy Mackay blowing up. Bondi 7am](https://www.aquabumps.com/content/uploads/2022/05/Aquabumps_May-11-2022__A1Z3540-800x533.jpg)
Windblown*
Not the most impressive morning of the week – windy, grey, dark and sloppy surf. Not many people down the beach, plenty slapping the snooze button. 15 knots of dead easterly winds were corrupting any waist to chest high waves available. North Bondi looked cleaner, as Ben Buckler provided a little bit of shelter from […]
![Fred Carmody, backhand whips](https://www.aquabumps.com/content/uploads/2022/05/Aquabumps_May-10-2022__A1Z1931-800x533.jpg)
Grom Squad
The sun was out and the groms firing. There are head high waves (double head high from some tiny groms). It was pretty straight and a little junkie, but contestable. Offshore earlier, onshore now. 80% chance of showers today. We’re hiring an Artwork Production Assistant in the Bondi studio. It’s a casual position, 10-25 hours […]