102 ticked Bold and Beautiful Swimmers
SO FLAT!! AND if you can believe it – it’s predicted to be even flatter tomorrow!
Michael off to take the temp…
Le BnB Scene at around 6.50am! And we had 6 new people today – pretty good for mid winter and a Wednesday!
Low tide….so a long walk out to the point – and so shallow, in fact….
Heidi ran a ground and hit rocks – Here she is trying to swim over them – wrong direction Heidi!!
There was a commotion on the swim out – a catfish was spotted! Looks a bit strange to me ;-D
I spotted a lone jimble….a bit lost without it’s mates! Sucked in Jimmie! 🙂
Throughout the swim there was all these bits! …planktony type stuff…Jane said on blog yesterday they were “Juvenile Salps”. I thought they looked like the inside of an aloe vera leaf…. there were HEAPS at Shelly – see below pic… Harmless though – In fact I swallowed some! :-O
SO CLEAR!!!!
Some fish!
And I saw these little guys – about the size of my thumb – swimming about nr the surface… Not sure/can’t remember what they are?
3 People including John Bond and Michael did a double and then Michael and John went on for a TRIPLE!! Crayzzeee!! 🙂
WHAT A SWIM!!!! Even though it was cold everyone was in no rush to get out… and same again tomorrow! See you then! 🙂
We made it on Sprout Daily http://daily.sproutdaily.com/
Photos from Jeff Lange
Over and out: Lesley
Air temp: 7 degrees (but I heard as low as 2 degrees – John L. had a snowflake appear for the first time by his temp gauge in his car!)
Water temp: 17.8
Swell: nada
Wind: virtually none
Sunrise: 6.40am
Sunset: 5.20pm
14 comments
Pacific Jules
08/08/2012 at 10:32 am
Great blog as always Lesley, thank you, thank you, thank you
That catfish has obviously got eyes for you, but I especially love the lone smilie fish in your beautiful underwater shot 🙂
Paige
08/08/2012 at 11:35 am
Lesley, as a fellow jimble magnet (and long-torsoed chick), I’m loving the ‘Sucked in Jimmie!” comment! See you all tomorrow…
Michelle
08/08/2012 at 12:19 pm
yeah love the photos …and additions…eyes etc…not sure i love the planting stuff…mouthfuls
Michelle
08/08/2012 at 12:23 pm
hate when my phone is so smart it mis-spells things
Michelle
08/08/2012 at 12:23 pm
hate when my phone is so smart it mis-spells things
Slow Ian
08/08/2012 at 3:04 pm
Don’t you just hate it when your phone is so dumb it repeats itself.
Slow Ian
08/08/2012 at 3:07 pm
Whose is the half-torso? Looks like Heidi to me!
Slow Ian
08/08/2012 at 3:13 pm
Cristina!! Swim number 19 today and guess what? YOU FORGOT TO TICK!!
Michael [EX CI]
08/08/2012 at 3:53 pm
I’ve fixed it!!
Lesley
08/08/2012 at 4:12 pm
Yep Heidi!
Jane
08/08/2012 at 5:31 pm
I forgot to tick about 3 months ago. Can you fix that too please Michael?
Jane
08/08/2012 at 5:41 pm
Hi Lesley – I think the “little guys the size of your thumb” are Smooth Toadfish (Tetractenos glaber). I’m at the OzMus tomorrow so I’ll check ID with Mark. I think he’ll be interested in the catfish with the googly eyes too. I can’t find it in my texts………
Slower Shaun
08/08/2012 at 7:55 pm
Im sure I went out with that catfish once.
heidi
08/08/2012 at 10:12 pm
Yea and it looks like I really need a wax.