92 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
The wind produced a bit of a change in the conditions this morning, giving us a choppy swirly swim, but it didn’t deter many as we had nearly 100 swimmers including 6 first timers – welcome.
There were some cabage leaf looking non-stingy jelly blubblers floating out amongst us this morning for something different as you can see in the photo below.
7 people hit the water early for an adventure up to Freshie and back – an impressive start for a Movember morning, spot the Aussie – bottom photo.
We now have a new water temperature graph, showing a history of our daily water temperatures, going back for 4 years ! Thanks to Michael Christie for keeping the records and to Magnus Butlin for doing his magic with the programing to display this insightful
graph. Michael will continue to update it daily and you can view it anytime from the link within our daily attendance app to the left of the blog or check it out here now.
Good luck to Brendan, Iain & Millie in the Berry Rickards at Penrith today.
Tim’s fact of the day: “The starfish has an eye at the tip of each arm.”
Water Temperature 21.3 degrees.
Air Temperature 19.5 degrees.
Sunrise 5.46am.
Sunset 7.33pm.
High Tide: 9.43am.
Low Tide: 4.17pm
10 comments
Gaetan
November 12, 2011 at 10:35 am
Wow very cool temp graph!!! Were you at Macquarie Island in December 2007 Michael? 🙂
Very nice water temperature again today!
Graeme
November 12, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Thought some swimming tragics might like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acqj5YzeYlI
Michael [EX CI]
November 12, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Well done Gaetan!! I wondered if anyone would notice.
The 6.5c was a swim in the North Sea at Hunstanton [Eng] on Christmas day. The later temp of 27c was in the mid Indian ocean off Reunion Island in Dec 2010.
Jane
November 12, 2011 at 9:14 pm
That is WONDERFUL Graeme! (though it made me very nostalgic for England). Anyone should get a www badge for swimming in rivers at those temperatures! I don’t remember it being quite as cold as that but maybe I’m viewing it through the rose-coloured spectacles of childhood.
I have been chasing up that book “Waterlog” for years and never been able to get hold of it. This has inspired me to try again.
Jane
November 12, 2011 at 9:23 pm
I didn’t see that “cabbage leaf” and can’t find anything like it in my invertebrate book. I’ll check it out at the OzMus.
Pacific Jules
November 12, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Thanks Jane 🙂
Did you see James’s dancing Blue Bottle video from the other day ??
Graeme
November 13, 2011 at 8:10 am
Ha! Glad you liked it – the book is on Amazon!
It reminds me of swimming at the source of the Thames as kid , it was quite pleasant in summer, but we did share it with the cows sometimes!
You should check out this site as well Jane –http://www.wildswimming.co.uk/
I can’t wait to do some coast swims next time I am home!
Lindsay
November 13, 2011 at 10:40 am
Seen this before in England – a cracking documentary. I’m also a fan of “Waterlog” by Roger Deakin, the book which inspired it. Required reading for all dimming tragics methinks….
Lindsay
November 13, 2011 at 10:42 am
Oops! That was swimming tragics, not dimming tragics! That second lap must’ve done me in good and proper this morning!
Lindsay
November 13, 2011 at 10:46 am
I got mine on Amazon. It was so good that I immediately purchased Roger’s other 2 books, neither of which are about swimming, but which are just as good.