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Maroubra mostly — first-light line-ups, blown-out afternoons, and the long sets that make the early alarms worth it. Werri, Dee Why, Gerringong sometimes, when the swell sends me south or north.

Weather systems, headlands, and the small ceremonies of sunrise along the Sydney coast. Mahon Pool every other week.

Two hours south of Sydney — Gerringong's green headland, Werri Beach at first light, and long point swims when the water goes still. A slower stretch of the New South Wales coast.

Sea birds at dawn, dolphins offshore, the occasional seal at Maroubra. Slow morning encounters from the water and the rocks.

Frames from home — Donegal pools, Carlingford roses, Tullan Strand, Armagh smoke, and the Atlantic on a soft day.

Notes from further afield — three weeks in Korea, an afternoon at Nazaré, and the small windows of trains moving through somewhere.