DAILY POSTS

Anyone 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.

If you were up early enough you couldn't have missed this morning's epic sunrise. It was full frontal and vivid; the kind of sunrise that stops you in your tracks and has you shifting the saturation slider to the left…

Feels quiet around the beaches at the moment. Is everyone out of town? It's too early for Europe and too late for Japan... has everyone's gone to Bali or y'all camping up the coast? Hang on, maybe everyone's had their fill…

First things first, a huge congratulations to North Steyne's George Pittar who made his presence known on the surfing's world stage over the weekend. George donned the wildcard jersey and had a destructive run…

A mixed bag of fortune out there this morning, there was a little bit of everything. Lovely sunrise glow, clean conditions, tropicalesque downpour and, as per the usual, a decent array of fun little waves.

A change has swept through Sydney this morning from the south. The clouds that were hanging to the south during sunrise have moved overhead and showers are on the forecast. I do enjoy a sunrise when it collides with one…

We've got a renewed long-period south swell sneaking up the coast this morning. It's only small and there's plenty of time between sets but, when they roll in, they're well defined and surfable. Fun for all-comers, as long as…

I went for a swim this morning. The loose plan was to sit in the rip off the left and shoot the local's getting barrelled. That bank seemed like the pick of the bunch yesterday and I figured it'd be a little more…

Wowzers! I haven't seen the Manly stretch looking so good in a south swell for a long time. Maybe it's the recent shift in sand from the lagoon; maybe it's the filtered south-east swell direction wrapping around North…

The fun rolls on this morning along with the east swell. It's a touch smaller than yesterday and a little slower but there's still sets, some of them nudging head-high.  Again, it was a tad chubby underfoot and probably suited…

After a weekend of thumping east swell, it's eased today but is still present for the start of the working week. It's head-high, peaky and offshore with beautiful clean conditions. The higher tide was making it's quite full…

You know when everyone's talking about the weather that something significant's unfolding. In Sydney, the forecast is for 50-100mm today with up to 200mm over the weekend; potentially a month's worth of rain…

There's something about a flat ocean that calms the senses. Today the ocean is almost dead flat and there's hardly a breath of wind in the air, the only thing natural in motion was our steady roll towards the sun…

As is often the case, a change to worsening weather come with a blast of colour at sunrise and this morning lit up in pink. After a weekend of perfect weather the forecast has taken a turn south. It was always going to happen…

A little bit of sunshine, a lighty ruffled surface and a couple of runners served up before breakfast this morning.  It wasn't pumping... at lease where I swam out. I seriously had my L-Plates on with the water housing this morning. I had…

The 7:30 high tide made for some really tidy logger waves this morning. The swell's a nice direction and there's peaks running in to deep channels the full length of the beach from Queenie to South Steyne. Fun options available…

Left Bowls YonderThe change has happened and it feels like we've woken up in a different season this morning. It's cool out there today. The good news is the water is still wonderfully warm; if it wasn't for the wind…

There is a change brewing and  you could see it in the clouds this morning. Right now it's warm and still with only a very light nor'wester puffing away at below 5kts. At some stage during the day we're due for a southerly…