Bondi Bowlo
The conditions aligned for Australia’s most hectic beach. Bowls in the south turned on with the right tidal and rip mix. It’s head high+, busy and clean at sunrise. It seems we’ve got a new south swell feeding directly into the bay. The new bank set up seems fickle on the tide, too high and […]
Friday Shindigs
By 7 AM, the work crowd hit Bondi Beach, squeezing in a quick dip before trading saltwater for spreadsheets. The coffee queues at Glory and Prom were already at critical mass by the time I got there. A DJ was spinning tunes in the middle, typical of a Bondi Friday (yes, that’s becoming the norm). […]
Thumping Sets
It’s been exciting around here lately, with enormous swells lashing our coast. Everybody loves a big swell story—and this one was surprisingly big – kinda caught us all off guard. I mean, that wave that Lifeguard Chase Hardaker paddled into on Tuesday was a monster, quite possibly the largest paddled in wave for the Eastern […]
Salty Bathtub
I ventured south to Bronte Pool—AKA Icebergs-Lite—to mix things up. There’s always a lot going on down there, as well. The pool was full, and lots of people were up early chasing those elusive sunrise spectacles that have graced our horizons lately—unfortunately, it was a bit of a fizzer. We’ve still got a massive period […]
Golden Hour Glory
When I was a young sigma, going out late was all the rage—and sleep ’til lunchtime kind of thing. Today, it’s all happening between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., in particular at Bondi Beach. It’s bizarre how it’s flipped. These Friday beach run, swim, and ice bath clubs are popular with the young and single […]
Drenched in Pink
This morning, Bondi Beach put on a show—one of those sunrises that stops you in your tracks. The kind that makes early alarms worth it, where the sky doesn’t just wake up—it explodes. Before the sun even peeked over the horizon, magenta and fiery pink streaks bled across the sky, reflecting off the ocean like […]
Cooling
After a weekend that had us all feeling like we were living inside an oven, with temperatures rocketing to a sizzling 39.3°C, today we’ve got a cooling smotherly giving us a break from the bake. This morning at Bondi, we’re greeted with partly sunny skies and a much more civilized 17°C. It’s rare to see […]
Sunrise Bustle
It’s Friday, and the sunrise beach party vibes are here. It’s a cracker, sunny, hot morning, and thousands of early risers have flocked to our little beach for a good finish to the week. One-foot waves rolled in lazily, barely enough to stir the foam, but no one seemed to care. Surfers paddled for anything […]
Sublime brine
After what seems like weeks of junky, limp, undersized surf – we’ve been gifted some decent surfing conditions this morning. Waves are breaking clean in the waist to shoulder-high vicinity and operating on multiple peaks. Groomed by a light NW offshore breeze and dowsed in the sunshine – the morning crew was out in significant […]
Post-Rain Glow
There’s something magical about the air after a rain shower. The dust settles, the horizon sharpens, and the light is crisp. The ocean reflects the sky like a polished mirror, and even the sand looks cleaner, washed smooth by the downpour. Around 7am the Alfred’s heavy clouds roll back, revealing a blanket of sunshine, illuminating […]
Bondi+Bronte
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is now 200 km off Brisbane, but its effects can be felt down here in Sydney. This morning, we had volatile weather, a few sprinkles, onshore winds from Alfred’s tail, and mushy, uninviting waves (no one out). These days are always a little tricky for me to shoot, trying to polish up […]
F.O.M.O
Have you seen what’s happening with the surf at the Gold Coast? It’s pumping. The first phase of Tropical Cyclone Alfred is delivering an endless array of waves hitting the beloved points, and the footage on social media is driving me wild. I’m experiencing extreme FOMO whilst rolling down to Bondi this morning, where the […]
Dawn Party
The Friday dawn party arrived in Bondi, and the bay was full. The vibes were high, and the sunrise was picturesque. The waves were non-existent, but the crew were optimistic—lots of crew. The weatherman says a maximum of 32 degrees and glorious, but a light southerly change is brewing much later in the day. Bondi […]