Over 36 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
We certainly have it all at Manly. Today it was wet, wild and a bundle of fun… 😉
6 swimmers went out from Manly, the rest of us went for our morning biathlon 😉
It must have been fun… check out all the smiles amongst the raindrops… I couldn’t get a clear photo as it was so up and down as we waited together just off half way beach which you can see from this little snippet of a video clip here
Michael thought there were sea lice in the water but it was the rain stinging as it landed so hard on his skin.
A nice group hug at Shelly to congratulate ourselves for enjoying today’s exciting swim together 🙂
Gaetan, James, Len and Roberto were the hardy souls who ventured out early, up to North Steyne and back !!
James took a great video of us ‘sensible swimmers’ getting in at half way beach which he will upload and share with us all soon.
Great to have you back James 🙂 x
Happy birthday to Greg McDonagh today !
Welcome to Derek’s brother who is visiting from the States. Look forward to you joining us in the water soon 🙂
Jules Mackin’s got it sorted, this is pretty much the only sensible thing to walk around in on a day like today… a wetsuit WITH an umbrella 🙂
Thanks for today’s blog title inspiration Anna and Lori 🙂
Water Temperature 21.0
Air Temperature 18.0
Sunrise 6.20am
Sunset 5.29pm
High Tide: 6.16am
Low Tide: 12.30pm
11 comments
Anna Alvsdotter
18/04/2012 at 11:08 am
Great morning! Thank you again Michael for organising lovely conditions.
Here’s an MD article about the baby we retrieved the other day:
http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/shark-killing-illegal/
Tacomajim
18/04/2012 at 11:44 am
What a morning.
Jules, three years ago who’d a thunk that we’d have this many people on a day like this??
Here’s a video tribute to those halfway heroes!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxJdGUgt1jQ
Happy Birthday, Greg!! I hope your horn will be blown at some point today.
Deb
18/04/2012 at 12:56 pm
you guys are amazing!
Gaetan
18/04/2012 at 12:58 pm
Cool video James 🙂
Quite ugly this morning, and according to magicseaweed it will be even bigger tomorrow.
http://magicseaweed.com/North-South-Steyne-Surf-Report/2937/
Anyway, coffee shops are open regardless of the weather so it’s still worth coming down at 6 or 7! 🙂
Jane
18/04/2012 at 1:00 pm
Once again thankyou to my rescuers while getting out at Halfway this morning. I have inspected the damage to the stairs and I think surreptitious repairs can be executed by my Civil Engineering son without having to report the wreckage to Manly Council.
John
18/04/2012 at 1:53 pm
Thanks for the video James – good to see our swimmers braving the uninviting conditions. Hope your leg is OK,Jane. Happy Birthday Greg.
Little Sarah Abbott
18/04/2012 at 2:01 pm
A very wild swim this morning!
Many Happy Returns, Greg! We’re looking forward to seeing you in the water soon:-))
Anna Alvsdotter
18/04/2012 at 3:23 pm
Jane you are one cool lady 🙂 A lot of grandmothers get their thrills from crosswords, knitting and baking (my lovely mum for one).
How’s your leg? I heard it took a beating and I’m not surprised as I saw how you were flung, flippers and all, further up those stairs.
Take care.
Tacomajim
18/04/2012 at 3:48 pm
Have a look at the French Torpedo I found drifting off of South Steyne this morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPLzT2nOrQA
heidi
18/04/2012 at 4:13 pm
Jane. I hope I’m as fearless and funny and energetic as you when I get to your age. You are an inspiration.
Gaetan
18/04/2012 at 4:44 pm
ahahahahaha.. I definitely had better times in the water 🙂