DAILY POSTS

This morning's post comes from one of my favourite paces to watch the sunrise at this time of the year. From up here the scene looked pretty mellow for a Friday. Small, cruisey waves…

Morning. It's warm out there already! 22˚ most of the night and we're projecting our way to thirty-three today. We're fresh back from a little bush escape down the south coast…

After a long weekend of big crowds, shallow swims, shark alarms and surfers seeking out the relatively sheltered sandbanks of the south end, this week feels like the start of a slow return…

What a turbulent 72 hours it's been as a surfer in Sydney. To be confronted so immediately with the true stakes of doing something that is so much a part life. Something so futile and so beautiful…

It's warm out there today! 35˚ already and sunshine galore. It's a long way from the "dashing through the snow" Christmas that we sang about when I was a kid but this is Christmas Aussie style…

I want to acknowledge the grief and fear that the Jewish community must be experiencing after the attack in Bondi on Sunday night. A feeling of safety and social cohesion is at the heart of what makes this

This morning it's exceedingly obvious that we're in the midst of another bushfire season; let's hope it's a mild one. Smoke is weaving it's way through the pines and streets of Manly, casting a yellow…

We're in for a coupla scorcher days in Sydney. 35 degrees today and a top of 36 tomorrow. But the real kicker will be the warm nights where the temp won't fall below mid-20's. Fire up the ceiling fans!

No shortage of sunshine out there today. In fact, we're in for a good run of sunshine and warm weather; tomorrow's 30 and Friday's looking like 35˚. What we don't have much of is swell. It was…

Happy Monday and a warm welcome to Summer. It feels to me that Summer's been a while coming; cast your mind back to October and the early days of Spring it was already warm…

It's warm out there; 28 degrees already and we're en route to 31˚ in Sydney. A little like yesterday with a bit of raised dust and less crazy storm prospects. Your morning ritual today was best served…

Got up for the early this morning with the hope off a little east swell running on the banks midway up the beach. The light was warm and glorious however the waves were lacking on the low tide…

One day last week (think it was Friday) I was ridding home into a strong northerly. The waves were small and onshore, terrible! Not the conditions that most of us would even look, let alone give it a second glance. All of a sudden this flash of blond catches my eye, scoots across a flat section…

Mondays are a mellow affair in Manly, especially when we have almost zero swell and just a puff of offshore wind. It was quiet from Queenscliff to Cabbage Tree Bay and everywhere it between. Quiet is a relative term…

A friend once pointed out that surfers are natural optimists. Even the grumpiest of die-hard old-salt has the deep-seated glimmer of optimism. There's always the hope of something coming…

Time to recalibrate the alarm. The sun's up at 5:47 and so there's ample ambient light from just after 5am to kick start the day. Dawn this morning had some high clouds catching the first light…

Morning! Apart from a the obvious lack of swell, it's a pretty amazing morning out there. Conditions on the water are perfect and there's plenty of spring sunshine warming the skin. Perfect day for…

Fun little waves out there for a Friday. Hard to say, but it feels like the east swell has ramped up a touch. I reckon it's gone from from 1-2 foot yesterday to perhaps a consistent shoulder-high…