The Curtain
A large, thick curtain of cloud blanketed most of the morning light. A tiny gap in the clouds along the horizon is all we had to work with. Waves are small at Bondi, but pleasurable. NE swells better suit beaches around the corner like Tamarama on the low, or Da Bra. A 21-year-old man was pulled […]
Fluid
Sydney’s a good joint to live in. There are not too many places in the world that have such liveable and surfable conditions – most days. This morning was very enticing. Hope you got down there. The show began with a colour spray at 5:30 am. In the brine we had 1-2 footers peeling. It […]
Ladies Day
The waves were small and the water chilly…but the girls will were out in force. It’s Ladies Day! How hot was it this morning after that steamy night? Roaster. The mercury will climb to 35 degrees today ahead of the standard southerly blast. Been watching the Pipeline Masters? Was pretty big yesterday. Round 1 Recap We […]
Back to the Curves
I am back in Bondi and lovin’ the Spring weather. I missed the waves whilst I was away! Some fun lil’ 2 footers around, clean…and warm. From Friday’s poll – 92% of our readers said that they like a healthy mix of overseas and Bondi photos on Aquabumps (30% overseas 70% Bondi). I better book […]
Summer Blast
Today is amazing. It’s just like summer. As I write this it is 29 degrees. It is going to hit 30+ today. Even hotter tomorrow. Tomorrow in fact will nearly break records. There is barely anything to surf…drag the log down there and you may find something to push you. For most of this week […]
Flyday
It’s Friday…or Flyday as my Chinese ancestors say. It’s the end of the week and another day of belting sunshine and warm conditions. Waves are tiny, like 12 inches…but the One Wave Fluoro crew were loving it – as usual. Great to see so many smiling faces in the water – even with no waves. […]
1 P E D I
The surf is tiny but the water is warm and calm. Big crowd for such a small wave, all enjoying the summer vibe. Maybe some wind swell on the weekend, but this time of year ain’t famous for cranking waves. Better for partying and taking the foot off the gas. The postie is our new […]
1 0 M I N S
I think I broke a record today for most amount for photos taken in 10 mins. Yep, I filled a 16 gig card in 10 mins whilst swimming. Never done that before. The sky was bursting with colour around 6:30am (but just for 10 mins). We’re having such a good run with morning hues lately…I […]
P I P E L I K E
I can draw a lot of parallels between Banzai Pipeline and Bondi today: The water was a salubrious 24 degrees…very similar temperature to Hawaii. In fact I’d go as far as saying it’s the best temperature I’ve felt in the Bondi water for a long, long time. The crowd was huge…just like Pipeline @ 6am […]
Dawn Dip
There was a little right hand wave in the middle of Bondi. Packed and a little dangerous but fun. The bank looks good. Was a pleasure going for a dawn dip…water is clear and decent temp (rubber still required). Southerly is gonna blow 20 knots this arvo whipping up a bit of swell for the […]
Air
It’s that time of year again where aerial masters of the universe roll into Bondi and bust out their finest moves. Yes, the Boost Surf Sho is here…pity the swell hasn’t arrived with it. This morning we had small 1-2 footers on a left bank towards the middle. It was packed. Owen Wright (last year’s […]
Earlybird
Whoa, how about an early report this morning. Just got out of the water and there’s a neat little right chuggin’ into Bondi. I was quite surprised to see it breaking at all considering the charts revealed little or no energy. The 12 year old groms thrived in the 2 footers. Thick hungry pack out […]
weirdo
Strange old day out there. To start with I thought the waves were going to be orn, like it was last night. Nope. Dropped back and messed up. Bondi was predominantly closing out 2-3 foot…nothing special. A ground swell from the south will build during the day as the SE winds come up. Tomorrow looks […]