- march & april pics / daily / May 10, 2013 / tom
Not totally inspiring for surf/beach photography this morning, so we have done a little trolling through the archives from the months of March and April to bring you these inspiring moments instead. 10 picutres that try to sum ...
- dusk sessions / daily / May 2, 2013 / tom
I could see that southerly change and cloud starting to move in on the weather maps last night, so I did a quick bolt down the beach with my water housing last night to catch the last half ...
- the hard yards 1st may / daily / May 1, 2013 / tom
We did what I like to call a bit of groundwork this morning...some might call it wasting time, but I know these driving missions up and down beaches searching for good sandbanks eventually pays off. We started out on the ...
- Autumn swells are here! / daily / April 15, 2013 / tom
The Autumn swells finally came to life over the weekend with a steep blast of north-east swell, it all started on Saturday morning and has been building ever since with the peak happening sometime today. Many of our beaches were ...
- ankle biters 11th april / daily / April 11, 2013 / tom
Lets talk about the cloud colour at sunrise this morning first hey? Spectacular hues of orange and yellows painted the sky for a good ten minutes at dawn today. Never get sick of that morning surprise colour burst ...
- noserides to barrels 5th april / daily / April 5, 2013 / tom
Last time we came into you (2 days ago) it was all about the trim on some super small, sunny waves. Well this morning the playing field switched to tubes. A nice pulse of south-east swell has muscled ...
- sunshine logging 3rd april / daily / April 3, 2013 / tom
If you have a single fin log in your quiver, strap it on ya roof right now and head to the beach. Perfect clear water, sunny skies and clean peelers will greet you in the southern corners. If ...
- 2 in a row 28th march / daily / March 28, 2013 / tom
Yeah yeah I know Johnny was on yesterdays homepage doing an air, but I couldn't pass up this one for todays "hero slot". He nailed this air reverse right infront of me, rode straight out and into a ...
- pulse 15th march / daily / March 15, 2013 / tom
A cyclonic low pressure system sitting off Lord Howe Island last night has sent a burst of energy our way. The signs were there last night as the swell increased, but it probably came in touch stronger than ...
- 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 ...
- on the build 12th march / daily / March 12, 2013 / tom
Starting to look like we are getting the front end of that cyclone swell they've all been talking about. Not big yet, but certainly on the build. The maps are looking pretty decent for the next week. Be ...
- the wash up 8th march / daily / March 8, 2013 / tom
You never know what you're going get after a few weeks of storms and wild swells. Are the banks going to hold up? Is it going to create gutters, ripbowls, weird shoreys or is it just going to ...
- nuggets 12th february / daily / February 12, 2013 / tom
I guessing those who were amped enough to get out of bed early today were damn pleased they did!! because there were some cracking waves around the place. The swell was so much cleaner than its been, the ...
- monday joy 11th february / daily / February 11, 2013 / tom
What a perfect beach morning that was hey??? I couldn't drag myself away from the briny till after the lunch bell had rung today. Sublime sunshine and water that was as warm as a tropical oasis... give me ...
- girls go surfing on the northern beaches / featured / / tom
The Girls Go Surfing Day is the world’s largest event-based surfing program and in recent years has attracted more than 6000 female participants Australia-wide!
The event has been running for over 20 years and is a fantastic opportunity for ...
- nooks and crannies 1st february / daily / February 1, 2013 / tom
Ocean conditions are not what you would call "normal" at the moment, so maybe its a good-time to check spots that don't normally get surfed. There are little nooks and crannies all the way up our coastline that ...
- starting to simmer 30th january / daily / January 30, 2013 / tom
A few more surfing options are starting to open up today with a slight drop in swell and a welcome southerly change. It's far from "back to normal" and the beaches are left in a mess as this ...
- electric blueness 21st january / daily / January 21, 2013 / tom
The start of the working week was closed in with some dark overcast skies early today. So dense that the ocean was reflecting its electric blueness into the horizon clouds. I really like when this happens, it gives ...
- 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 ...
- summery weekends 14th january / daily / January 14, 2013 / tom
Its Monday, it raining, it's windy, but I've got some summery blue sky pictures from the weekend to brighten your Monday morning up a little. These were taken on Saturday when the Coffs coast back beaches were doing ...
- hot n sticky 9th january / daily / January 9, 2013 / tom
It was hot n sticky by the time I got a chance to shoot today, so there was no way it was going to be from the land! I jumped into the briny around midday and floated around ...
- new swell 3rd January / daily / January 3, 2013 / tom
offshore breeze trying to shape the new wonky swell
That swell everyones been bangin on about.... Well its here! not big, but overhead at least. Looks like there is a mix of the east swell from the last few ...
- 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 ...
- 12 from 2012 – 31st Dec / daily / December 31, 2012 / tom
the very first morning of 2012.... lets hope 2013 kicks off just as well (jan 1st 2012)
Well we are at the last day of 2012.... what have we done?? what are we going to do??? time for questions ...
- thick in the air 20th december / daily / December 20, 2012 / tom
Humidity and anticipation are both thick in the air this morning with the hope of our first cyclone swell of the the season. TC Evan has been causing havoc in Fiji and it's flow-on affects are going to ...
- front-sides 18th december / daily / December 18, 2012 / tom
Well finally the backbeaches on the Coffs coast are getting a well earned rest... with the constant north wind and swell the northern headlands have been a great saviour. But today... different story, the wind has gone around ...
- smoothstars – the next best thing! / featured reviews / / tom
Well I think we have stumbled on to the next best thing to riding waves!! It comes in the form of a skateboard that is purely designed for a "cross training" tool for surfers to tune up their ...
- mixed bag 28th november / daily / November 28, 2012 / tom
Today's post is a bit of mixed bag... the current swell size and lack of sunshine hasn't given me too many photo opportunities over the last few days. So what have we got? well there's yesterday's sunrise for ...
- 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 ...
- straight past us 20th november / daily / November 20, 2012 / tom
Still some wind about this morning. You are gonna have to tuck inside the southern headlands nice and tight to get away from it. The swell has gone really south and so it appears smaller, but Im thinking ...
- grovellers 16th november / daily / November 16, 2012 / tom
Not much happening down the beach this morning folks. Tiny east swell trying to cap on the deep full tide sandbars at the moment. If you were up for the super early you probably got a little slide ...
- the early push 12th november / daily / November 12, 2012 / tom
Worth going for a wave today??.. yeah I reckon, the super early session on the run in tide was probably the best of it, waves seemed to have a bit more push and the sun was out nice ...
- 9 moments from October / daily featured / November 9, 2012 / tom
Today's post has 9 moments that we captured during the month of October.. a month not really known for great surf around these parts, but this year it wasn't too bad. We scored consistent waves throughout and even ...
- just paddle out 5th november / daily / November 5, 2012 / tom
Well what morning that turned out to be. It just goes to show the only way to check the surf is to paddle out! After chasing a hunch I had about a spot at 5am (turned out no ...
- harley…call me – clip / videos / October 30, 2012 / tom
Harley surfing around the Coffs coast over the last few months. Filmed by Ashley Burns, ST surf images and Carlie Scutts... edited by Harley... song choosen by Harley just for the record.
- race the tide 30th october / daily / / tom
It was a race against the tide this morning.. even with its peak not until 9am the small swell was starting to feel the effects of excess water as early as 6.30. Todays main shot was the last ...
- heat coming 19th october / daily / October 19, 2012 / tom
Really nice summery day out there at the moment, a warm north-wester was fanning some fun walls all morning on the back beaches and there were plenty of crew taking advantage. It's suppose to be a scorcher tomorrow.. ...
- 3 mates 16th october / daily / October 16, 2012 / tom
I went sniffing around the regular haunts this morning trying to match up the leftover bit of swell with the high tide and impending northerly winds, nothing was inspiring me greatly so I bailed the more obvious spots ...
- 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 ...
- southerly spoiler 8th october / daily / October 8, 2012 / tom
The first two hours of Sunday morning looked epic. A long period (16 second period!!) east swell was getting nicely groomed up by north-west offshore... it looked like a all-time surf day was ahead of us... that was ...
- back to its best 3rd october / daily / October 3, 2012 / tom
The Coffs coast is back to its brilliant best today, with the weather gods putting a stop to that wind and producing what can only be described as a perfect spring day. Three days without the north winds ...
- windblown 2nd october / daily / October 2, 2012 / tom
What a windy ole day that turned out to be. From the get go this morning till now while I write this post (and yes I writing this post very late today) we have had a hooking southerly ...
- public holidays 1st october / daily / October 1, 2012 / tom
Surf is looking a bit blaaah on this public holiday Monday. The sun is trying to win out, but it's been the clouds getting the most court time so far today. No rain and still mild enough, just ...
- august frames / daily / September 18, 2012 / tom
Every 4 weeks we do a little wrap of the previous months pics, it gives me a morning off the lens, a chance to look back at what went down, a short journal (in this case the waves ...
- all go at the surf school / featured / September 13, 2012 / tom
Solitary Islands Surf School warms up for Summer...
It has been a busy old winter for the Solitary Islands Surf School. While most surf instructors are kicking back in the colder months and enjoying some down time, Darryn Quigley, Manager of SISS was driving a van full of surfboards up to Darwin. He ...
