109 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
Brendan and Gaetan had a swell early swim up to Queensie and back at 5.50am and Gaetan took a couple of sunrise shots for us.
Another great turnout of happy swimmers enjoying the beautifully warm water that we are enjoying at the moment.
The water is stunningly clear at the moment, you can see to the bottom and enjoy the underwater treasures all the way across. This morning’s highlights included the Dusky Whalers and a gorgeous Eagle Ray, which sadly was too deep to come out well in the photo.
There were very large schools of tiny fish just off the point and Patrick did his bit for the marine life by swimming back with a plastic bottle in the back of his togs.
It was a fantastic swim with a fun little wave to catch back to shore which Dave certainly enjoyed…
Our Manly Wine monthly sponsored nibbles are on this evening with the new start time of 7pm. It would be fantastic however, if we still congregate earlier at 6.30pm to show our support & gratitude to Manly Wine by taking advantage of their Sunset Session. Hope to see you all there.
Water Temperature 23.4
Air Temperature 20.5
Sunrise 6.08am
Sunset 8.06pm
High Tide: 9.51am
Low Tide: 4.26pm
13 comments
Brian Black
January 24, 2012 at 10:20 am
Great pic, third from last! Looking very dynamic! Good swim this morning.
Garreth
January 24, 2012 at 10:49 am
Good morning all. I am desperately hunting for a crew for the South head Rough Water swim in May (Bondi to Watsons Bay). If anyone has any suggestions in relation to a boat and paddler to team up with that would be great. Thanks in advance.
Garreth
Little Tiger
January 24, 2012 at 10:58 am
Beautiful sunrise photo, the colours, divine.
Great to see the Nth Steyne rowers at the waters edge. Go Girls !!!!
Jane
January 24, 2012 at 11:30 am
Gaetan, I am very impressed with your sighting of the exceedingly rare pink-capped clown fish (also known as Anemonefish, sub-family of the Woodyamphiprioninae) on Sunday. It is from a hitherto unknown family. I am at the Oz Mus on Friday and they will be excited to hear about your discovery. No photo of it is known to exist, until now, so expect to see your pic on the Oz Mus website soon.
Anna Alvsdotter
January 24, 2012 at 12:06 pm
😀
Vicki Harbutt
January 24, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Thanks Izzy & Cyn for helping me through the BIG sets this morning. They only seem to come out for me at 7am !!!
Michael [EX CI]
January 24, 2012 at 3:09 pm
They were HUGE, weren’t they??
Paige
January 24, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Izzy – You are AWESOME! My first ever swim today and it was great to have you encouraging me on! Thanks so much – I’ve got nowhere to go but up!
Anna Alvsdotter
January 24, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Excuse me Michael but here you are making half-witted remarks when you should be updating today’s attendance stats. It’s gone 3.30pm already.
Michael [EX CI]
January 24, 2012 at 4:00 pm
excuse me Anna. Attendance stats were already up at 10am this morning. [in fact a bit earlier]
Anna Alvsdotter
January 24, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Well excuse me Michael, but why does it say 78 swimmers when today’s tally was in fact 109? Eh? You better buy me a drink tonight. Or else.
John
January 24, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Glad you enjoyed your first swim with the B&B – the first of many more to come.
Michael [EX CI]
January 24, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Probably because you haven’t refreshed your browser since yesterday.