59 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
The conditions are settling, well at least we thought they were with sets of 3 nice waves rolling into Manly and long lulls in between.
Well that was until we were almost out, when two rogue waves came through !!! Making everyone pretty excitable 😉
Pretty happy there were only two of those monsters… but keeping a watchful eye there weren’t any others coming through
The handful of swimmers that chose the half way option made a good choice !
I think the adrenaline had started to settle by the time we got to Shelly.
Russell’s certainly not leaving much exposed for the jimbles or the cold with his full neoprene balaclava under his cap 🙂
Chris and Michael both in the pink but feeling the breeze a little differently…
Plenty of us were very happy to choose tranquil half way for the way back 🙂
Walking the line back to Manly – it’s softer on our delicate little tootsies
While others chose the fun of the waves
3 swimmers enjoyed a double lap with John MS for his last swim, of what has been a great weekend with us, as he returns to Wagga today.
Tomorrow the seas are predicted to be calmer still with a little sun too. There’s only 18 days of winter left so make the most of them 🙂
Today is the start of the 12th week of winter and 122 swimmers have currently qualified for their winter badge so far ! With another 93 on target and another 88 who need to swim soon to make sure they don’t miss out…
To check out how you’re going towards your winter badge please click here
Our next monthly special B&B dinner at Bluewater is on Monday 27th August. If we have enough people booked in we’ll have the whole restaurant to ourselves again 🙂 It’s a fantastic night with superb food and great company so don’t miss out… book in now by clicking here
Dinner is $20 each including shared entrees, a selection of mains to choose (incl vegetarian option), corkage (for byo wine only) plus a little thank you from each of us to the staff ! All beers (including 4 pines) and desserts only $5.
After a lovely long holiday Gaetan, the king prankster himself, returned to work this morning to find his desk…. well…
courtesy of his team of colleagues
Just brilliant !!! Thanks for the photos Michel 🙂
Congtratulations to all our swimmers who completed the City to Surf yesterday.
Thanks to James for this lovely photo of Nicolee and Jeff with their finishers medals.
Water Temperature 17.3
Air Temperature 9.0
Sunrise 6.36am
Sunset 5.24pm
Low Tide: 10.34am
High Tide: 5.14pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
4 comments
Sharon
13/08/2012 at 1:51 pm
Nicolee and Jeff look lovely and rugged up whilst I had discarded two layers in the city and ended up being freezing at Bondi! Well done to you both!
izzy
13/08/2012 at 3:39 pm
thanks to Jenny and Michelle for talking me through those monster waves!
xxx izzy
Jane
13/08/2012 at 4:17 pm
Millions of tiny salps have been washed up on the beach at Manly Cove for the last 3 days. They must have a very low survival rate.
Jane
13/08/2012 at 5:54 pm
Another film recommendation – “The Sapphires” is wonderful, very funny, very moving, a real feel-good film and based on fact.