Reinstatement
Last night there was a little spike of swell which has continued into the morning. It’s a short period bump, so it will not hang around, but there were some very fun head high waves at sunrise. I’d expect the waves to decline rapidly as the day progresses. Tomorrow will be tiny. The Autumn sunshine […]
Moments
It’s been a testing time to be a surfer in Bondi. The sandbanks could not possibly be any worse. Even with swell, we can’t seem to get a wave to break in a decent fashion. High tide it seems to push right up onto the shoreline and dump, right on the dry sand. On low […]
Summer solstice
Good morning… The sun now rises out to sea instead of hiding behind our most photographed Ben Buckler headland. This creates a nice clean angle for the sun to soak the back of our waves in Bondi – putting out golden hues. It’s great how the seasons have their own signature light. Today’s glarey pic […]
Dolphin Stampede
How about that huge pod of dolphins in the bay this morning. Really quite something. Sets stood tall out the back and Dolphins torpedoed to the beach. The pod hung around all morning freaking out the odd surfer. The waves have come up but it looks like a flimsy wind swell. Nothing special. I’d stick […]
RIP
Good morning. Nice morning wasn’t it? A few (small) waves around early on a left rip bowl at Bondi. Quite hard to surf (and shoot from the water) as a deep hole between two banks provided an outlet for all the water in the bay. Damn need an anchor out there. Water is RIDICULOUSLY warm […]
Nitro
Meet Beau Walker. This man is bustin’ at the seams with explosive energy – he’s on 12 when the dial only goes to 10. Picture a kid high as a kite on a double espresso followed by a litre of Red Bull and you’ll be on par with Beau’s hyperactiveness. He’s 25, grew up in […]
Blood
It’s not too often I can say this, but it looks quite tasty out there right now. We’ve got a spike in swell producing waves around 3-4 foot at Bondi. Ok, so there’s still some leftover junk from recent winds, but it looks beltable with some meaty sections. I’d say an early paddle would be […]
The monday detox
I know I said there would be no waves over the weekend – and there were, especially last night (3ft)…well…sorry…it was a pretty localised swell and snuck under the radar. Today’s waves have dropped slightly but there are still fun ones out there. After a foggy, overcast start to the day we’ve been blessed with […]
Monochromatic
Not much doing down the beach this morning. No sunrise as clouds dominated the horizon and the weak 1-2 footers weren’t really my cup of tea. The charts are calling a dramatic improvement as the day progresses. East swell, 11 secs later today – that should be good. So by the time you read this […]
Blood Bondi
On Thursday, 12th February 2009 around 7:50pm, 34 year old Glenn Orgias was attacked by a Great White Shark whilst surfing at Bondi Beach. He was paddling back to the line up when he was bitten on his left arm. As he pulled his arm back onto his board – blood poured out into the […]
Fughedaboutit
There are not many days in the year where Bondi beach is unsurfable. Well today is one of those days. It was barely breaking this morning…and yep…there were still people out there optimistically bobbing up and down in case of a freak 1 foot set. Fughedaboutit and crank out some work. Thick clouds coat the […]
Rayz
It’s rare to see Bondi deserted in the morning. Not a surfer in sight nor a soft sander bakin’ laps. Rain and dark clouds dominated the morning as the howling ESE onshores tore the surf to shreds. Is everyone spooked by Friday’s shark attacked? or are the conditions just plain disastrous? The latter I should […]
