Pandemonium
The conditions aligned for a large Bondi crowd this morning. Quite a special morning with lots of waves, everywhere I swam. The golden winter light was the icing on the cake! So good! This fresh batch of south swell will only get bigger as the period jumps to 13 seconds. Hopefully, it won’t get too […]
Friday Frothers
Finally, it’s not raining, and there are playful 2-3 footers. The swell and winds are from the North. It’s fading fast, and it will probably be one foot by lunchtime. A new south swell is arriving Sunday, and hopefully, it will be something for Bondi Boardriders to contest. Not many photographic opportunities this week – […]
Overcast
After last week’s terrific ripper run of sunshine, we’ve now returned to cloudy days. Under morning gloomy skies there’s a little 1-2 foot at Bondi, but the 2:30pm high tide would have flattened that… It looks like some new NE swell energy is arriving late today and will provide a few waves for the next […]
Prime
This morning, there were exquisite beach conditions down at Bondi. It was dead calm, and there was no wind, making for very glassy two-footers. With multiple banks in operation, that recent giant swell was fruitful – the sand is in all the right places. The swell is fading, tomorrow will be tiny. Make the most […]
Sublime Brine
It’s a tad cooler than the water in the Maldives; it was very invigorating this morning! I’m awake now. Another glorious winter’s morning. Small two-footers were peeling left of a groomed central bank. Really fun for the higher volume surf vehicles. Loving the clear skies…hope it continues. :: uge
Reappear
Hello! I know you were probably opening today’s post thinking what country now? Home it is – Bondi in peak winter. This cold winter morning feels extra cryogenic after five weeks of tropical 30-plus weather! Crispy offshores, 2-3 footers and glorious clear skies have welcomed us home. The middle of the bay bank looked the […]
Steep change
It’s gone from a glorious winter sunny morning to cold and overcast. The wind has arrived and is letting rip in Sydney, circa 25-30 knots. Forecasts reveal a steep increase in swell, from 1ft to 8ft overnight. That is quite exciting. Everyone loves a big tanking swell. I saw heaps of whales splashing around just […]
Red Light
After a very dark, cloudy morning, at around 7 a.m., we were blasted with red light rays – it was spectacular and unexpected. Light is everything, freshening up my regular subject – Bondi. Coincentently, the waves were cooking this morning. Multiple peaks hosted 3-4 footers at sunrise. Everyone was on for hump day, scores of […]
Crunchie
It’s smaller, sunny, and crunchie. A shallow South Bondi was on the “mini tube” setting for tiny humans. The froth levels were high, as 25-35 kilo tykes dominated. Been outside, nice, isn’t it? Sydney at its best. It could hit 24 degrees today before going bad with rain, rain, rain and a whopping swell on […]
Pounding
I copped a bit of a pounding at South Bondi earlier this morning. I guess I underestimated the sets as, at first glance, it looked reasonable. It’s very shallow, with a 5 am low tide and a lot of sand gathered at the South. Trying to slip under sets with a large camera and nowhere […]
Chilled
It’s the first cold morning of the year as the mercury drops below 12 degrees. The strong southwesterly bites deep, especially when exiting the ocean in ya togs. There is a lot of swell with waves breaking well overhead high. The lineup was relatively empty, with just the Dutch Olympic Surf Team out and a […]
Lil’ Bumps
Our fantastic run of swell has come to an end, and today’s swell is smaller yet still surfable. Clean conditions at sunrise under very dark, cloudy skies. A massive pack of hungry 20-30 kilo groms out, feasting on anything moving into the bay. The little ones have such a good time in the water – […]
Onshore Flow
The onshore pattern continues today and will hang around for days to come. Earlier, the winds were light so that you could find the odd clean face; now it’s 11 knots onshore and probably a tad junkie. Waves broke around head high, few rip bowls littered up on the beach. Quiet morning at Bondi, the […]
