- sunny morning 6th february / daily / February 6, 2013 / tom
Well the start of today was fairly tidy, mite have had a few of you planning the day at the beach.. there was some warm sun and clear skies right the way out west, the waves weren't too ...
- Jetty Wedge 29th January / daily / January 29, 2013 / tom
Well what a crazy long weekend that was!! Probably not as bad as the main stream-media will have you believe, but the Coffs coast did get hammered with some fierce rain and winds. I've had crew from overseas ...
- 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 ...
- sundee hit-out 30th july / daily / July 30, 2012 / tom
Last Sunday of the month yesterday and that means one thing for Woopi boardriders... its time for their monthly hit-out! and like the previous two months the swell arrived just in time. After some tiny waves through the start of ...
- winters pumping 2nd july / daily / July 2, 2012 / tom
How good was that weekend of waves hey?? I know there will be a lot of tired bodies this Monday morning, with most of us spending around 80 percent of the daylight hours in the briny. Sunday conditions ...
- 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 ...
- sunday WBC 28th may / daily / May 28, 2012 / tom
After a 3-day flat spell from Thursday through to Saturday a spike in southerly swell arrived on Sunday morning... just in time for the monthly Woolgoolga boardriders hit-out. There were doubts creeping in on Saturday night if there ...
- windy woopi 30th april / daily / April 30, 2012 / tom
Wind blown and wintery conditions were dished up to the Woolgoolga boardriders comp yesterday. A strong southerly wind and sloppy ocean did little to deter another massive turnout by the northern beaches shredders. The super grom division had ...
- 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. ...
- january frames / daily featured / February 23, 2012 / tom
February is almost done and we haven't done our little regular round up of the previous month. So today I took a quick skim through the favourite moments captured in the first month of 2012. Let me tell ...
- 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 ...
- hump day 11th January / daily / January 11, 2012 / tom
Most of us have returned back to work this week.... I know, I know... Its a bit of shock to the system. No more full days on the beach with the phone turned off and not a care ...
- 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 ...
- happy new year!! 31st dec / daily featured / December 31, 2011 / tom
What a sweet year 2011 was, plenty of waves, good-times and rad things were happening for Coffs coast surfers. Apart from a small wave stint in Spring, the rest of the year had us amused with everything from ...
- archives 9th december / daily / December 9, 2011 / tom
Picked this morning to go through the archives over the last 4 months and updated the saltwater classics galleries. It gives you a reminder that we've had some really fun waves over the past year. Late autumn and ...
- just like autumn 5th dec / daily / December 5, 2011 / tom
What a surprise it was to wake up to semi pumping surf yesterday morning. Huey finally came through on Sunday and produced a clean east groundswell with offshore winds for the early birds and he brought some sunshine ...
- back home 2nd december / daily / December 2, 2011 / tom
Back in Coffs today and the place is alive with ultra talented grommets!! we have come back to find the Australian junior titles in full swing at Park Beach. It's been happening since last Saturday and they wrap ...
- air mark 21st november / daily / November 21, 2011 / tom
Today's main pic is of Marky Merrikin midway through stomping a large air reverse. I've seen the kid do truckloads of these over the last few years, but this shot (and sequence) is probably the best one I've ...
- northern groms 31st october / daily / October 31, 2011 / tom
Saturday was a bit of a "one day wonder" come Sunday it was back to a weak nor-east wind swell, even the Woopi boardriders canned their monthly bash after the usual 7am headland meeting, they decided to aim for next ...
- weekend fun 24th october / daily / October 24, 2011 / tom
Such a cracking weekend weather wise, it must have been around the 25 degrees mark with bucket loads of sunshine both days. Don't know about everyone else but I spent nearly every daylight hour on the sand or in the ...
- moments in september 2011 / daily featured / October 11, 2011 / tom
Near flatness over the last few days gives us a chance to post up a few of our favourite moments from the month of September. The first month of spring isn't known for its epic swells and there were no ...
- peak?? 22nd sept / daily / September 22, 2011 / tom
Well, believe or not the swell peaked!!.... at a massive 1.5 foot this morning. You know you've had a flat week we you start getting excited about a waist high peeler. Earlier today, some south facing beaches were receiving the ...
- few favourites from august 2011 / daily featured / September 12, 2011 / tom
No big swells through the month of August but there was plenty of fun waves about the place. Good small-wave sandbars were in strong supply right up and down this fine coastline. Nearly every morning had favourable winds and the ...
- small wave joy 30th august / daily / August 30, 2011 / tom
The sun is starting to peak through now, but it was a still, overcast morning with small glassy waves at dawn. Little high tide beach breaks are still filtering in the occasional set wave which is providing just enough fun ...
- day at the beach 31st july / daily / August 1, 2011 / tom
Two days of stunning weather over the weekend. The warm sunshine, light winds and clean water made another appearance for the blessed folks at the Woopi boardriders club on Sunday. Their favourite little back beach was a wave haven for ...
- sunday boardriders 1st may / daily / May 1, 2011 / tom
Doing a late Sunday post instead of an early monday morning one this week. Got a full day shooting tomorrow, so hopefully some of the results will be in the Tuesday's edition. Today, the northern shredders had their monthly boardriders ...
- look-back at March 2011 / daily featured / April 5, 2011 / tom
The third month of 2011 is already history and that means we are right in the heart of autumn. A time of offshore winds, long period groundswells, leftover warm currents and clean, crisp mornings. I reckon we are ...
- easterly lumps 30th march / daily / March 30, 2011 / tom
The swell has straighten up this morning and has a little less lump than what we had to contend with yesterday. Just a light westerly has been puffing all morning, so I'm reckoning these conditions could get a ...
- Featho’s wrap of woopi boardrider comp 2 / featured / March 29, 2011 / tom
Another great crowd turned out and great to see the sunshine and swell to help make such a good day for all to watch the level and skill of the members in this sport of surfing.
Mullaway was the ...
- autumn combo 23rd march / daily / March 23, 2011 / tom
Light winds, warm water, swell, sunshine.... autumn is upon us and it is sublime, surfers of the mid north coast are loving it. Only bummer is the daylight savings hours for the early morning surfer. The sun doesn't ...
- firing 9th march / daily / March 9, 2011 / tom
what a stunning morning to be a surfer!! as the sun rose this morning it lit up the perfectly groomed east swell. An gentle north-west wind was sculpting beach breaks wedges into sweet little piping tubes. I shot ...
- 100kms 2nd march / daily / March 2, 2011 / tom
One hell of a storm hit the Coffs coast last night, winds got up to nearly 100kms an hour at 7.30pm but it settled down as quickly as it arrived and it did nothing to get us out ...
- weekend waves 28th feb / daily / February 28, 2011 / tom
The waves over the weekend were much better than whats doin this mornning, so this post is going to focus on the last few days. The last Sunday of each month means "Woopi boardriders" the northern boys and ...
- gusty 23rd feb / daily / February 23, 2011 / tom
Amongst the wild swirling ocean and strong winds there the odd gem out there today, but you will have to endure the strong gusty winds and lumpy wave faces. The south east swell is tipped to peak today, ...
- cone of light 9th feb / daily / February 9, 2011 / tom
A perfect cone of yellow light shone beneath the increasing cloud this morning and gave me something worth while to point my camera at. The beach I lobbed on to also had a fair bit of talent floating ...
