Really nice morning for a play in the ocean. The clouds added a little colour to the scene before the sun came up to spread warm winter light across the morning. When the air is crisp and clear, the sunlight soft and warm…
Read MoreTurns out that yesterday was THE DAY out at Deadman's. Monday was merely an entrée and today the leftovers. I saw some epic sets from a distance, some great pictures from the Bower cliffs but I'm yet to see…
Read MoreThe swell is hanging in around the 3-4m mark this morning. While it might have appeared to back off significantly yesterday afternoon, it's ramped back up this morning. In fact, a couple of the sets I saw breaking…
Read MoreExpectations were riding high this morning. Forecasts were written, elements arrived and in the end it might have been a touch overstated. By all means it's solid. The Port Authority Buoy is showing some serious numbers…
Read MoreThe first round of a double dose of south swell is with us this morning. Most of the energy is marching past us at Manly although what's refracting in seems to be holding up ok on the current sand situation. The Northern Beaches will…
Read MoreA couple of people described this morning as 10 outta 10. Now, a perfect 10 is a rarity and not something I'd be bandying about willy-nilly but, this morning was right up there. It was still and clear with just a handful…
Read MoreWe're on a roll of spectacular sunrises at the moment. The long weekend had plenty of colour for both sunrises and sunsets and this morning a vast ceiling of high cloud caught fire above Freshwater at dawn. Mother nature is…
Read MoreThings feels like they've settled into a typical Sydney winter rhythm. We've got enduring offshore's, clouds hanging about and temps hovering below 20 degrees (and much cooler at dawn). This morning there's even a threat…
Read MoreThat large pulse of south swell is almost a memory today. It's dropped off a heap, although there's some scant remnants on the more exposed stretches of sand. Even by midday yesterday the swell was only half the size…
Read MoreThere's a whole lot of swell out there this morning but finding a decent wave is a different matter altogether. The swell was maxing out around dawn at 4 metres with outlying swells over 7metres. That's solid! From a vantage high…
Read MoreThe early low tides are making for challenging surfing conditions this week. This morning's low coincided pretty much right on sunrise and the shallow banks are straight and sharp, especially with the predominant…
Read MoreI think this morning's post deserves a disclaimer. What you see is a select edit of the best moments of a 45+ minute chunk of time between 6:45 and 7:30. Even the angles I choose to shoot today probably don't tell…
Read MoreMorning! What a day we've got out there! In fact, the weather has been pretty nice the last little while... a touch crisp early but by mid-morning the autumn sunshine and super-light winds have been a real delight. The Tasman has.…
Read MoreCool, crisp and kind of pumping out there this morning. Feels like the swell's angled a touch around to the east and it's reinvigorated our banks while squeezing a little more life out of a fading swell. Head-high-plus…
Read MoreThis morning was a little like chasing rainbows and unicorns. The elusive perfect little left or right was always at arms length and off in the distance. A fleeting sight of something surfable only to straighten up…
Read MoreAnother brisk morning out on the beach with cool sou-westerlies chilling the extremities. The good news is there's waves and it's reasonably surfable for a south swell; a mix of peaks and straight out the full length…
Read MoreMorning! It's been a little while since the last post. After some average weather early in May and a trip to the Maldives it's wonderful to be back on task and rolling outside into some sunshine at home. While there might…
Read MoreAnyone still at the office? With a public holiday on a Thursday and the tendency to work from home, or the campsite, or the bench at the beach, I get the feeling that desks in the city at are at low-tide capacity today.
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