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Jul 24

East Coast Low

While Sydney was pounded with triple XL surf, I headed up to northern NSW and south QLD, and while we didn't get the size, the quality at...

Jun 30

Exploring Shoalhaven

I haven't been to Shoalhaven since before the bush fires at the beginning of the year, lot's happening, roads being rebuilt and bush land...

Jun 22

Classic Surf at Bells Beach

Actually, I spent more time photographing Winkipop than I did the iconic Bells Beach breaks, but who can blame me and it's about time, th...

Jun 14

Post-Corona Byron Bay

Out of lock down and onto the road, my first trip since the pandemic shut us all in. The forecast didn't look great, but needing to get aw...

Mar 18

Sunset

6ft @ 11s SE | Fresh Offshore (SW) G'day. A variable day, lots of rain, not much sun, spent most of the day body surfing the shorey. Just...

Mar 17

Tea Tree (Noosa)

7ft @ 11s SE | Fresh Offshore (S) G'day. Day 1 in Noosa and met with a solid swell hitting the points. It's set to stick around all week....

Mar 16

A First

4-6ft @ 9s SE | Fresh Offshore (SW) G'day. A first time for me, swimming out at Snapper Rocks, and I can tell you, it's super heavy. Impo...

Mar 15

GC

4-6ft @ 9s SE | Fresh Offshore (SW) G'day. Smaller surf again today on the Gold Coast (GC). Managed to find a few runners at Snappa' and ...

Mar 14

Lighthouse

4-6ft @ 9s SE | Fresh Offshore (SW) G'day. Byron Bay to the Gold Coast, more specifically, Snapper Rocks. Finally got some solid shots of...

Mar 13

The Pass

1-2ft @ 8s SSW | Fresh Offshore (SE) G'day. Rain, shine, small waves, slightly less small waves, rainbows....we had it all. Have a good ...

Mar 12

Byron Bay

1-2ft @ 18s SSW | Strong Offshore (SE) G'day. I've been to Byron a couple of times, but I've never had to opportunity to really explore a...

Mar 11

Angourie

3-4ft @ 6s SSE | Fresh Onshore (SSE) G'day. Angourie surf reserve, I've never actually seen it working, and today was no exception, lumpy...

Mar 10

Seal Rocks

2-3ft @ 11s SSE | Light Onshore (SSE) G'day. It's been pouring with rain for what feels like days and several hundred kms, but we found a...

Mar 10

Sydney Pro QS 10k

2-4ft @ 8s SSE | Light Onshore (SSE) G'day. I've finally found some time to go through the shots from my stint at the opening day of the ...

Mar 6

Tourist

2-3ft @ 6s NE | Light Offshore (WNW) G'day. Finally some respite from the rain today, albeit a cloudy start to the day, there was a littl...

Mar 3

Surfest

6-8ft @ 17s SSE | Fresh Offshore (W) G'day. Everything came together for day 1 of Surfest Newcastle Pro QS 5000 at Merewether beach. An u...

Mar 1

Finals Day

2-3ft @ 9s SSE | Fresh Cross-Offshore (NW) G'day. Finals day!! As the Central Coast Pro draws to a close, a massive congratulations to Ma...

Feb 28

Fresh

2-3ft @ 5s S | Fresh Cross-Offshore (SW) G'friday. A fresh South-Westerly was blowing the tops of the bumps this morning and there was a ...

Feb 26

Avoca Mood

3-4ft @ 8s ENE | Gentle Offshore (NW) G'day. For the last 30mins of the drive to Avoca beach this morning, all I could see was this ever ...

Feb 24

Mellow

1-2ft @ 6s ENE | Gentle Offshore (NW) G'day. Not much in the way of surf this morning. Plenty of people in the water enjoying the show we...

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BOWMAN