From Eden to Agnes Waters, the East Coast of Oz has been enjoying a gluttonous run of swell. No sooner does one swell wane than the next is sending the wave buoys north.

This gallery was shot one swell and two days ago, from a morning that'll shortly become a blur among the many other memories of May 2021.

Photos and captions by Chris Peel.

"First light here is always a nervous time on a new swell. Sure, you know it's going to be big, and you can even see 'em spitting, but sunlight reveals just how good the day is going to be."

"We were looking at the charts for a few days and knew it had a lot of potential. I had plans to shoot water the whole morning, then we heard about this trawler that had washed ashore and I had a quick change of heart. I spent the morning shooting from land in case it was smelling of fish too much."

"Steven Sleep finds one of the first of the morning."

"Unknown running towards the sun. Too good not to shoot."

"Josh Dowthwaite is a regular here - his wave count would be as high as anyone's."

"Luke Killpatrick had a rough start to the morning but quickly found his momentum."

"Josh Dowthwaite again - wave number 9 by 7am."

"Steven Sleep on a mid-tide drainer. And yeah, he made it."

"I finally decided to jump in and grab some watershots. Got stuck in a rip and had water jammed into every part of my body, but Joel Scott made it worth my while."

"A clean hook up, but I don't know who the surfer is."

"In the afternoon I jumped in at Kirra to limber up for a big week to come. Another clean hook up, another lucky unidentified surfer."