- at its best 21st may / daily / May 21, 2013 / tom
This morning is pretty much the Coffs Coast at its finest. It started with a blazing sunrise.. one that would stop anyone in their tracks...and then there was the surf!.... pumping barrels with light offshore winds, a south-east ...
- little kegs 20th may / daily / May 20, 2013 / tom
That south swell is edging in a little more this morning, it was very shy over the weekend and never really made a big appearance on the Coffs coast. Some south-swell magnets had some fun waves on the ...
- head high! 30th april / daily / April 30, 2013 / tom
Whooah... a little bit of swell come up this morning, very nice surprise for each surfer who poked their heads over the top of the sand dunes today. After a few days of small clean waves, we actually ...
- february frames 2013 / daily featured / March 14, 2013 / tom
Today is predicted to be the first full day of sunshine in about 3 weeks!! So that means I will be shooting photo assignments from 6am to 7pm if that prediction does come true. So instead of my ...
- fun zones 28th february / daily / February 28, 2013 / tom
Waves have been on the improve each day since those wild storms and today we are getting into the "super fun" territory on our back beach locations. Swell size is just in that right bracket to get most ...
- surprise gems 18th january / daily / January 18, 2013 / tom
A nice surprise pulse of north-east windswell muscled up for just a few hours around day-break today... not expected but well accepted by those that got up early and weren't caught off guard. It seemed to fade back ...
- sunset magic 2nd January / daily / January 2, 2013 / tom
sun sets on the first day of 2013....wow!
Photographically the start of 2013 has been amazing. We are only into our second day and have already had a sublime sunrise and sunset to end the first day of ...
- back n forth 22nd november / daily / November 22, 2012 / tom
Yesterday we had a strong southerly swell with hooking south winds, this morning its a whole new story with north winds and an east swell. Spring weather can be all over the place and sometimes it all happens ...
- Rino’s day 31st october / daily / October 31, 2012 / tom
You don't wanna be inside today folks... blazing sunshine, light winds and sooo warm. Try get yourself down to the beach today it is stunning!! There's a couple of small waves around the place too, yeah its only ...
- out there! 25th october / daily / October 25, 2012 / tom
Some nice waves around the grounds today... get off the computer and get amongst it! Great day to go hunting and find a beachbreak slab to yourself. The beach I was at this morning had the odd nugget, ...
- september 2012 frames / daily / October 17, 2012 / tom
So the 9th month of 2012 passes us by as we race on towards 2013.. has this year gone in a flash or what? thought I would take the chance today to do a little look back at ...
- coffs curls 10th october / daily / October 10, 2012 / tom
The Coffs coast turned on a little bit of its magic this morning. The lumpy swell from the past few days cleaned up, the wind went offshore and beach breaks right the way along our fine coast were ...
- winter goodness from july / daily featured / August 22, 2012 / tom
To distract you from the flatness that is the Pacific ocean this morning, I thought I would bring you some brighter moments from the month of July. A month of cold mornings, clear skies and hollow waves, a ...
- low tide hopes 16th august / daily / August 16, 2012 / tom
First glimpse of the beach today Im thinking "awww thats a pretty handy sunrise" shoot off a few frames with the 20mm lens.. then turn my attention to waves..."awww that swells dropped a lot!"... then "awww that tide ...
- 9/10 6th august / daily / August 6, 2012 / tom
Well I hope y'all made the most of that stunning weekend weather!! It would have to be at least a 9/10 with constant blue skies, light offshore winds and the most crystal clear water. The ranking wasn't so ...
- groundswell 29th april / daily / April 29, 2011 / tom
Yeah... there's some pretty good waves out there today. A solid south-east groundswell was really pushing in this morning. The wave period has stretched out and the swell lines are more defined. If ya didn't get up early ...
- january 2011 in review / daily featured / February 2, 2011 / tom
January had a few highlight days of cracking surf, but they were only one-day wonders, what we had in between was surfable, but easily forgettable. Below is a photo gallery of the little moments during the month of January on the Coffs coast........
- october 2010 in review / daily featured / November 4, 2010 / tom
Well October was pretty much a washout. Apart from 2 or 3 rare days the surf was either horrible or flat. Still, a lot went down in the last month, so read on to see the month of October 2010 ...
- huey gone? 24th august / daily / August 24, 2010 / tom
Spring is only a week away and it looks like Huey is on to it. The "swell god" normally goes on holidays about this time of year and judging by whats been on offer over the last 5 days he ...
- jesus pro am 7th august / daily / August 7, 2010 / tom
Coffs Harbour is currently hosting the second leg of the Jesus Pro Am 2010. We got down there in time to photograph the under 16's division at Diggers beach this arvo. Once again the predicted weekend swell never showed up, ...
- late evening 23rd july / daily / July 23, 2010 / tom
main pic: Cody McCabe.
A good swell kept pulsing today, but a messy southerly wind was on it for most of the day. This lot of photos were all taken just before sunset as the wind was backing off. Plently of ...
- smiling 19th july / daily / July 19, 2010 / tom
main pic: john craig... sunday fun.
Every weekend surfer should still have a smile on their face after yesterday. We had perfect conditions right up until lunchtime on Sunday. A well spaced out south east swell was brushed clean with grooming ...
- liquid gold 16th july / daily / July 16, 2010 / tom
cracking waves breaking right along our coastline this morning. The perfect winter offshores are working their magic with this fresh, clean groundswell. It was liquid gold around 7am, visually stunning! the golden sun backlighting the hollow overhead waves was fair ...
- winter offshores 15th july / daily / July 15, 2010 / tom
The main shot today was taken yesterday just after lunch. We had a freak two hour window, where the waves turned from junky with overcast skies to sunny and pumping with offshore winds. It coincided with a lowish tide, so ...
- warm 13th july / daily / July 13, 2010 / tom
Waves are bigger today!! a sweet little east swell is pushing into all of the Coffs beachies and it's warm! really warm, short sleeves and shorts is all you will need if you are out in the sunshine today. Photos ...
- offside 12th july / daily / July 12, 2010 / tom
Did today's shoot a bit later in the morning. Normally I'm up doing the dawn patrol, but I got sucked into watching the world cup final. Yep..... I jumped on the bandwagon with one game to play. After sitting through ...
- burst 28th june / daily / June 28, 2010 / tom
Golden rays of sunlight burst over the horizon this morning, making for a classic start to the day. The wind was offshore there was a shoulder high south-east swell and it wasn't that cold. So where was everyone?? for the ...
- mist 25th june / daily / June 25, 2010 / tom
Beautiful sea mist rising off the warm ocean this morning, a chilly overnight temp made diving into the ocean a better option than standing on the beach; my fingers were freezing holding on to the camera and tripod at 6.30am. ...
- winter light 18th june / daily / June 18, 2010 / tom
Coffs Harbour is on the money today, winter weather doesn't get much better than what is outside at the moment. Heading for a warm 20 degrees with a light offshore wind blowing and perfect sunshine all day!!...
- it was on!! 9th june / daily / June 9, 2010 / tom
We've been waiting for this morning for the last week! finally we got an all night offshore wind against this solid swell and the conditions were prime for the early surf. Any breaks that have been good on a full ...
- settling 8th june / daily / June 8, 2010 / tom
The ocean is starting to settle down a bit from the strong winds and swell we have had over the last 4-5 days. It was still a little wonky, which made it hard to find a consistent spot in the ...
- wind 7th june / daily / June 7, 2010 / tom
Apart from a slight reprieve yesterday arvo, we have had strong southerlies for the last 3 days, and it was no different this morning, the mid north coast woke up to the sound of a whistling south-west wind. ...
- change over 1st june / daily / June 1, 2010 / tom
The change over from autumn to winter happend overnight on the coffs coast. The main pic for today was taken in perfect autumn conditions yesterday. Sunshine, light offshores and a clean swell. The picture below was how it looked at ...
- autumn magic 31st may / daily / May 31, 2010 / tom
Gareth Budge 10 o'clock today.
Sunny, offshore winds, last day of autumn is living up to its rep. Waves have been good for days and it looks like continuing for a while yet. Surfing at this time of year ...
