50 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
It was all fingers and toes in the dark this morning…
With everyone happy to be out enjoying the ocean along with the sunrise that was right on 7am as we entered the water, although it was a little hard to tell with all the cloud.
Midge started the ocean clean-up before she’d even got wet 🙂
Welcome to Verna Jakobs, Julia Maunder’s mum who has just arrived from England to have her first swim with us, but not content with just the pink cap she has taken a little souvenir from the rocks with her too… 😉
5 swimmers braved the dark for an early lap and 3 people continued on for a double after the 7am swim. Michael and Sam have already committed for the early lap tomorrow, in the water at 6.30am, if anyone else is keen ??
The next show at Glenn St Theatre is ‘Of Earth & Sky’ from the Banagarra Dance Theatre from 28th March – 1st April.
The response has been amazing with nearly all shows sold out already !! So if you would like to see this show be quick… don’t forget to take advantage of B&B’s special discount… just mention ‘Bold & Beautiful when you contact the box office to receive your discounted ticket and a free drink !!
James just found this lovely photo he took of Dave on his last swim, last Saturday, with Maureen, Nicolee and Annette.
Water Temperature 20.1
Air Temperature 18.5
Sunrise 7.00am
Sunset 7.04pm
High Tide: 9.04am
Low Tide: 3.16pm
13 comments
iain
22/03/2012 at 11:17 am
Dave hasn’t gone….. he has just gone on a reconnaissance mission to find an exciting adventure swim for us all in the states somewhere!
Anna Alvsdotter
22/03/2012 at 11:26 am
Oi Iaiaiaian, nice to hear from you. When will we see your pretty face in Manly again?
Michael [EX CI]
22/03/2012 at 12:29 pm
I’ll be down for the morning swim again. In the water at 6.30.
Looks like SUN tomorrow!!
Jane
22/03/2012 at 12:32 pm
Look! Just like Cabbage Tree Bay!
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/33119/scuba+divers+close+call+with+large+tiger+shark+captured+on+videotape/
Gaetan
22/03/2012 at 1:38 pm
SCARY!!! I had the same experience yesterday with a yellowtail, I really thought my time had come 🙂
Lesley
22/03/2012 at 1:40 pm
Bl**dy hell!! The big ole tiger going for the divers leg, i bet he sh*& himself! Sharks really remind me of dogs… although the result of a friendly nibble from a shark won’t be quite the same!!
Michael [EX CI]
22/03/2012 at 1:42 pm
I think if it was really trying to bite him he wouldn’t have a foot. He stroked its nose with his fin and that is the response from doing that [I think]- you rub their nose and they bare their teeth and open the mouth, like in a trance.
Michael E
22/03/2012 at 2:16 pm
Gee, my “thumbs up” photo off the point makes me look a lot happier than i thought i was haha… for anyone that’s interested, this mornings sea temperature was one of the coldest, (if not the coldest) march temp at manly on record! (since at least 1981, according to surf-forecast.com). On a more positive note, lets hope the next week of sun provides some good sunrise swimming and warmer waters! brr, i think i need to invest in a wetsuit 🙂
Lesley
22/03/2012 at 3:30 pm
hee hee Michel E – YOU WAIT, this is WARM!
Sam
22/03/2012 at 5:24 pm
am gonna start at 7 tomorrow, too scared to do a dark swim – see you at 7 😉
Michael [EX CI]
22/03/2012 at 6:20 pm
Oi!! Have a go Sam!! It will be sunny tomorrow morning according to MSW. Probably a good day to do it. I’ll stick with you.
Sam
22/03/2012 at 8:20 pm
i think i would prefer to do a double after 7 as i dont have to rush off tomorrow, so I will be there for the usual swim…sorry I am a woos
Sandy Mc
22/03/2012 at 9:45 pm
Do our Dusky Whalers ever grow as big as those Tiger boys? I agree with you Gaetan those Yellowtails are building their numbers and getting very cheeky.
Jules…. Mark Merton (aerial boy) is an old buddy of mine, he must have been looking for me!!!