64 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
14 people did the tasty entree swim to Shelly and back this morning and enjoyed the gorgeous sunrise… and a vivid assortment of sealife !!! Some real, some surreal… a few murmurs about a tiger shark… hopefully it was the tiger shark that James Goins caught on camera in Port Jackson’s clothing…
A great photo of one of our many stingarees peacefully sitting in the sand too.
There was quite a lot of water moving around just off Manly, with a bit of a swell rolling in.
Lots of flotsam and jetsam floating across the bay after the strong noreasterly winds yesterday. If it hasn’t blown back out to sea by tomorrow morning maybe we should do a clean up swim. What do you think ??
If it’s nice and calm we could have a bin liner on a board which we can fill up as we swim acorss, otherwise we’ll have to swim with it down our togs and empty them at each end… How about it ??
Tim’s fact of the day: “Lobsters have blue blood.”
Water Temperature 19.4 degrees.
Air Temperature 15 degrees.
Sunrise 6.08am.
Sunset 7.12pm.
Low Tide: 8.12am.
High Tide: 2.44pm.
28 comments
Iain
October 20, 2011 at 9:47 am
Check out our new electric car in the Daily!
Who wants to go for a spin?
http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/run-for-miles-on-empty/
Anna Alvsdotter
October 20, 2011 at 9:48 am
I picked up a long piece of plastic and brought it back safely tucked into one leg of my wetsuit. See? Wetsuits are good for so many things.
John M
October 20, 2011 at 9:48 am
Great sunrise shots James 🙂
Anna Alvsdotter
October 20, 2011 at 10:00 am
Great initiative Iain!
Pacific Jules
October 20, 2011 at 10:04 am
A whale splashing its tail like crazy just off Manly right now !! 🙂
Linda
October 20, 2011 at 10:16 am
Yeah just saw it, its having a ‘whale’ of a time out there, it moved up towards North Steyne!!!
Lesley
October 20, 2011 at 10:18 am
Yes let’s do the clean up!! That’s the worst I have seen it – so many plastic bags – I am sure I saw a nappy too ;-(
I DID see that tiger shark too on the way back ..and he was definitely disguised as a port jackon….sneaky…
Michael [EX CI]
October 20, 2011 at 10:53 am
This sea life is getting extremely sneaky. Why in the past few days we’ve had a Sergeant Baker disguised as a flathead, dolphins disguised as “heaps of sharks” [shriek,shriek], a Port Jackson disguised as a tiger shark and a wet suit disguised as a whale.
Its getting so you can’t believe your eyes.
Lesley
October 20, 2011 at 11:39 am
I think that was YOU shrieking Michael when I told you! 😉
I also saw a deflated balloon and straw disguised as a blue bottle!
Cae Tolman
October 20, 2011 at 11:48 am
Anyone fancy a 6am bolderdash tomorrow peeps? Meet at 550?
Brendan Maher
October 20, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I’m in for the 6am Bolderdash
Michael [EX CI]
October 20, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Yes I did hear there was a bluebottle traveling incognito!
Tacomajim
October 20, 2011 at 12:37 pm
I will do my best to be there. I hear Roberto is doing it without a wetsuit.
Michael [EX CI]
October 20, 2011 at 12:38 pm
I’ll definitely be down early. May do the Bolderdash if I get up in time. If not I’ll do the 6.20 early one. Should be good conditions with Norwesterly wind, so it might chill the water a bit.
Danish Prince
October 20, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Great the way you planted it om Nicol’s first day here celebrity Iain! What’s planned tomorrow?
neil
October 20, 2011 at 3:56 pm
that tiger shark has tapped my fins as i was treading water at the point one clear day.
Michael [EX CI]
October 20, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Yeah right!!!
Lee Cooper
October 20, 2011 at 5:26 pm
I did not know it was a Tiger Shark – have been looking a websites all day – do you realise how many types of sharks there are???? Michael, I was not seeing things and that goes for the huge Wobby I swam over just after setting off from Shelly!
Anna Alvsdotter
October 20, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Lee, a tiger shark in Port Jackson clothing 😉
Jane
October 20, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Well, we have seen some strange things, but nothing as extraordinary as this!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/
Iain
October 20, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Seriously it’s 100% electric and am keen to take people for spins around Nth Head…. Will have to turn radio up so Bandicoots can here us coming.
Iain
October 20, 2011 at 6:23 pm
A tigger shark is an unusual thing that likes to bounce 😉
Iain
October 20, 2011 at 6:23 pm
I will try!
Michael [EX CI]
October 20, 2011 at 6:27 pm
There’s millions of them I know! I really couldn’t tell a reef shark from any other. Bull sharks are supposed to be nasty but they just look all the same to me.
Did you see something today?? I’d almost rather not know.
roberto
October 20, 2011 at 7:35 pm
i only wear it to protect you guys
roberto
October 20, 2011 at 7:36 pm
i am going
james and Nic
October 20, 2011 at 8:28 pm
just read the Daily, very impressive, well done Iain,
Swimming Holiday
October 22, 2011 at 11:51 am
Stunning swimming morning! I see water temp is rising! Welcome Summmer to Australia!