The clouds have blown over, the swell has angled a touch east and there's a light offshore doing its best to iron the bumps out of a raw, mixed swell. It might not be the prettiest of pictures but if it's waves you're
Read MoreSomewhere's got to be pumping right now. I know, Manly's like 1 foot with the occasional 2 footer but this is no April Fools! There's 4-5ft of South swell out to sea, you can see it marching right past.
Read MoreAh Friday mornings... the gateway to Saturday and a wind down to the weekend. It's was a beautiful morning out there with whispy pink clouds and the occasional clean 2 footer. Just enough to set you up for the day.
Read MoreSilky smooth morning out on the water. There was a cool, light offshore humming through the pines and just enough time to sneak a few runners in before the guillotine low tide closeouts came into play.
Read MoreNo matter how much you watch the weather and keep an eye on the charts, sometimes those 10 out of 10 days just sneak up on you. After a trip out west to Nikon HQ, I got back into Manly around 3pm ….
Read MoreBeen down to Queenscliff at low tide recently? You'd hardly recognise the place! There's a meandering brook flowing from Manly lagoon and a sand bank that extends almost to the end of Queenscliff Headland….
Read MoreWell that was a pretty rare week in Manly! The Vissla Sydney Surf Pro got just about as good a week as the weather and wave gods could have served up. 9 days of good weather, waves varying between cooking
The waves were firing this morning! Well, firing in a 2-3 foot kind of a way at least.
Snuck away from the crazy, frantic energy of the contest bank at Manly this morning for far simpler pace of life at the tip of the peninsular. Two brothers, three surfboards and a left rip bowl playing host until the high-tide
Read MoreIt's the moment everybody in Sydney has been talking about. The King, The Champ, The G.O.A.T - call him what you will, but Kelly Slater draws a crowd in surfing circles and beyond!
Read MoreAll the fun continues today with high-tide runners and some of the best surfers on the planet putting on a clinic of fast, precise surfing. With 2ft of SE swell, offshore wind, and really nice shaped sand….
Read MoreWow that was a crazy storm that came through last night! So cool to let the blackout run its course with the curtains open watching and listening….
Read MoreWow that was a crazy storm that came through last night! So cool to let the blackout run its course with the curtains open watching and listening….
Read MoreIs it raining in Sydney yet? I'm on the road south to Manly and the radio is keen for me to know that Sydney's going to get half a month's worth of rain today. I guess that run of warm sunny weather had to come to an end eventually…
Read MoreGood morning from the bay.
We were out hunting sunrises again this morning, this time from deeper in the bay at Belongil Beach. …
There's lots to do in Byron but top of the list for almost everyone at some stage during their visit is to catch sunrise at Cape Byron Lighthouse. As Australia's most easterly point, if you make up the hill in time
Read MoreI'm on the northern side of the Queensland/NSW border where the sun still rises at 5:30am. Daylight Savings hasn't made it to these parts yet so you can surf, grab a coffee, salute the sun and read a book, all while you
Read MoreApologies for the lack of posts of late. I've heard there's been some fun waves back home at Manly (typical when I leave!). For me, the last two days have been spent mostly at the wheel of my '89 VW Transporter…
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