by Franck Gazzola | Jul 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
There is a saying that goes, ‘If the 1st of July it be rainy weather, twill rain more or less for 4 weeks together’. Maybe it came a month early, because it’s been bucketing down for the whole of last month!
Maybe today’s brilliant start to the 2nd month of winter will be blessed with more sunshine. I hope so. Dark, dingy winters kind of suck, unless the surf is pumping of course! Then all the soft, sunshine surfers chicken out and we get the lineup to ourselves! Having just stepped off the plane from Indo, I’m feeling a little soft right now. I might need a teaspoon of cement in my morning coffee to get me back out there.
There are some fun little waves around today and quite clean in this light WSW wind. The water is still magic at around 18c and you may just get away with a 2mm short arm through the middle part of the day… If your tough!
Have a glorious week people. See ya Friday!
Billy
by Franck Gazzola | Jun 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
As I stepped out the airport arrival hall yesterday, a little weary thanks to a ‘red eye’ from KL, I stopped and strip off my jumper. It felt unusually warm a I dragged my heavy board bag towards the short term car park pick up zone.
Was this a little mercy from the weather god’s for my return to Australia? While away, my beautiful wife had kindly sent me texts warning me to make the most of the equatorial, Indo heat, because Sydney had well and truly descended into the abyss of single digit morning temps. With the sun on my back, it felt nice to be home.
That swell is still around. Probably a good 5 feet, with a few bigger ones occasionally at Tama and the Bra. The wind has gone a little funky but should stay relatively light for the remainder of the day and into Saturday morning, before another southerly crashes the party in the afternoon.
Hope you have a great weekend. Get some waves!
Billy
by Franck Gazzola | Jun 27, 2013 | Daily Updates
It's one big blow out – out there this morning. The wind is not really cooperating at all and just down right annoying. Where have these beautiful winter offshores gone to? It is blowing at about 15 knots straight from the ESE and into every nook and cranny. The swell is hitting the 4 – 5 ft mark and was looking too big for Bondi as per usual! There's lots of water moving around out there that was for sure. I'd rather be right here watching the Oakley Pro in Bali right now with some nice warm socks on.
The swell looks like it will ease in the next few days and tomorrow especially might be ok. Set that alarm clock for the early!
Enjoy your day folks….. Brad
by Franck Gazzola | Jun 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
It seems while I’ve been in The Mentawai Islands for the last two weeks, that I’ve missed some great waves at home. As much as I hate missing good swells while abroad, I can’t really say I’m that disappointed.
Staying at Kandui Villas and surfing amazing waves for the last fortnight is as good as it gets for me, as far as an Indonesia adventure goes these days. The food and amenities were excellent and the staff thoroughly looked after us as well. I’m sure by the time I get home, I’ll be missing it already.
Anyway, it’s time to leave unfortunately. Time to do the hard yards of bumpy boat crossings, sweaty bus rides and airport hops again. But it’s a small price to pay for living the dream.
Billy
by Franck Gazzola | Jun 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
The expected peak of swell has come through during the night. Lines and lines waves are coming through, fast, big, making the bay of Bondi choke on this overload of water.
The sand banks must be moving again on days like this, hopefully for the better. If you were one of the few keens today, you might have come in either super happy to have scored in those conditions, or frustrated by the close-outs and all the paddling for not much…especially if the little voice in your head was going ‘’boy…this sesh’ is gonna be hell…why did I come to Bondi again?!! I should know better by now…over 4ft, forget about Bondi !’’ before you went out.
After 7:30am, the fog settled in our City. It’s been a strike of foggin’ bad weather lately…but the weekend looks a look better than the last, with swell. Brothers, sisters and frothers: pray with me for a perfect surf day !
The Oakley Pro Bali is on again today, and Taj is looking good to go through the next round. Check it out !
Cheers,
Franck
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