- weekend tunnels / daily / May 6, 2013 / tom
I don't normally shoot a whole lot of surfing over the weekends, but Saturday morning was just begging to be recorded. A crisp offshore breeze at first light was grooming a fun-sized south-east swell, the water was insanely ...
- 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 ...
- tuesdee lunch 27th march / daily / March 27, 2013 / tom
We did shoot yesterday, just didn't get around to posting up the photos, all this sunshine is keeping us busy with other assignments. So what we have today is from a super fun session that went down with ...
- 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 ...
- sic sunday sessions / daily / February 25, 2013 / tom
After the barrage of storms and high seas last week, it was nice to be back surfing our 'normal' beaches on the weekend. The swell was far too big and stormy from Tuesday through to Friday to surf ...
- 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 ...
- steamy 8th february / daily / February 8, 2013 / tom
After a few mornings of near autumn type temps we are now well and truly back into the summer feel today with some steamy conditions on the coast. That sun has a kick to it, the humidity is ...
- fall back plan 4th february / daily / February 4, 2013 / tom
I was waiting this morning.... waiting for those clouds to part, waiting for the higher tide for a certain sandbar I had in mind... the clouds did part and of course the tide did fill in, but so did a ...
- 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 ...
- nov/dec re-cap / daily featured / January 24, 2013 / tom
Not much swell around today and I just realised I haven't done my monthly re-caps for a while... missed the November and December months, so while we are waiting for this east swell to turn up you can ...
- reef slab 24th december / daily / December 24, 2012 / tom
Good mate of ST surf images; Johnny Craig took us to a rarely surfed reef slab this morning. He hasn't surfed it for a few years, I've been wanting to photograph the spot for a few years and ...
- 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 ...
- one end to the other 26th october / daily / October 26, 2012 / tom
It was straight to the back beaches this morning with that all-night northerly still with us at first light. A smokey sunrise, the smell of bush fires...it had all the signs of hot n dry day ahead. The ...
- 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, ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- roll on spring 17th september / daily / September 17, 2012 / tom
When comes to Spring time surf most surfers let out an un-enthusastic groan when these months roll around.. it's not our best time of year normally, but the last week and half has produced enough waves to leave ...
- weekend warriors 30th june / daily / June 30, 2012 / tom
Yeah you don't normally hear from me on the weekends, but with all that rain and rubbish weather over the last two days I haven't been coming in to ya! but Saturday dawned with sunshine and waves... really ...
- club day 25th june / daily / June 25, 2012 / tom
After a flat start to the weekend, a new south pulse started to fill in late Saturday afternoon and peak around mid morning on Sunday. It wasn't big, around the 2 foot mark at most beaches with 3 ...
- guessed wrong 21st june / daily / June 21, 2012 / tom
The Coffs coast is tricky place to nail the best surf each day, we haven't got a "go to" break like Snapper rocks, Lennox Head or Angourie to hit up when the swell fills in. The best spot ...
- daily ritual / featured videos / June 19, 2012 / tom
This is our first video that relates to a partnership we are forming with a new website called “switched on coffs tv” Its an exciting new website that relates to artists, youth, business people, creatives and the general positivity that is growing out of the beautiful region. They asked us ...
- pretty good friday 6th april / daily / April 6, 2012 / tom
Easter weekend has kicked off with some prime east swell on the Coffs coast. It's being pulsing all week and that trend looks like it will stay with us throughout the holiday period. The waves did have a ...
- WBC in da sun 26th march / daily / March 26, 2012 / tom
A rainy, wet Monday is made a little easier after a weekend of sunshine and waves and that's what the Coffs coast had over the last few days. The monthly Woopi boardriders bash was on yesterday and there ...
- Going Barney 19th march / daily / March 19, 2012 / tom
The 13th Barney Miller Classic was held over the weekend at Sawtell and it was the best attended event so far. Even former world number 2 Mick Campbell came up to compete in the opens division. We arrived ...
- autumn pumps!! 9th March / daily / March 9, 2012 / tom
Oh yeah baby!! autumn is here and it's pumping, take a look outside will ya, perfect sunshine, offshore winds and our first clean groundswell for the season is on our doorstep. After an average summer, we are now ...
- february frames / daily featured / March 6, 2012 / tom
Grey and rainy out there today, so I thought I'd warm your thoughts with some peak moments during the month of February. A month of bath warm waters, some sunshine, some rain, some clouds and some fun waves. ...
- glassy arvo 7th feb / daily / February 7, 2012 / tom
I know that a lot of searching was done yesterday morning, but not much surfing. The ocean had a bout of morning sickness early which gradually eased through the day and then BAAM it turned on!! the wind ...
- weekend ok 23rd January / daily / January 23, 2012 / tom
Lucky I got the camera out for a little bit over the weekend, because there's no way it would be wanting to be anywhere else but tucked up inside its bag today. There were patches of fun waves ...
- rippable 13th January / daily / January 13, 2012 / tom
Another stunner day to be on the beach peeps. So much sunshine and aqua blue water... we really do live in paradise on the east coast of Australia. It was probably the best surf day of the week ...
- december 2011 in review / daily featured / January 10, 2012 / tom
December was a mixed bag. We actually started the month with some pretty decent swell, mostly overhead waves from south and east swells and even thou the winds were a bit dicey at times, there was plenty around ...
- pleasant 4th January / daily / January 4, 2012 / tom
Mornings don't get much more pleasant than the one we had today. Light winds, sunshine, warmth and with a water temperature that must be close to the mid twenties by now. There was even a fun sized swell ...
- holiday surf 27th December / daily / December 27, 2011 / tom
And the holiday waves keep pumping!! What a perfectly timed run of swell for the crew that take the couple of weeks after Christmas off. It's a forced holiday for most, but they couldn't have planned it better ...
- boxing day beasts 26th dec / daily / December 26, 2011 / tom
The predicted swell well and truly hit the Coffs coast this morning. A very large push of north-east grunt is slamming into the beaches today. Most spots are maxed out, but there is the odd point and protected ...
- weekend delights 19th dec / daily / December 19, 2011 / tom
Another cracking weekend of waves!! The week day 9-5ers are getting a good run for a change. Instead hearing how good it was at lunchtime of Tuesday or how its been pumping all week, but will go flat ...
- thick lips 15th december / daily / December 15, 2011 / tom
It wasn't a massive swell this morning, but the beach I was at, sure was challenging. Two of the coast's best surfers were barely scraping into these mini death kegs. The low tide dredgers were hollow, but weren't ...
- dark n stormy 6th dec / daily / December 6, 2011 / tom
Some stronger, juicier waves are coming in from the south this morning. Good to have some power back under the feet again, even if the sacrifice is that it feels like winter again. What's the go with this ...
