87 Bold & Beautiful swimmers
brace themselves for a brisk swim
with a few different variations of arm raises going on.
It’s the last week of winter, yeh !!! The water temp kindly testing those swimmers who left their run for the winter badge to the last few days, making sure they fully appreciate the fact that they have swum through winter.
175 swimmers have qualified so far and it’s still in reach for another 28, so please click here to see how you’re going, to make sure you don’t miss out !
The final list of swimmers qualifying for their ‘Winter Without Wetsuit’ badge can be viewed here
please download the file next to the 2012 badge to make sure your name is there if it should be and not if it shouldn’t 😉
Winter Badge Ceremony will be held at Whitewater with a $10 brekkie straight after the swim on Sunday 9th Sept !
All badges are $10 each and for some of you there will be 3… the
regular winter badge, the WWW and the exclusive whale badge. Please
come along and lap up the excitement and kudos of being awarded your
well earned badge(s). We’re ordering one for every swimmer that qualified, so please make sure you claim yours so I’m not out of pocket, thank you.
Everyone is welcome to the badge ceremony, it’s a family affair
11 swimmers enjoyed an early dawn lap into Shelly whilst ~6 swam up to Freshie, with 2 equalling the same distance with 3 laps of Shelly. Pretty impressive for 15.5 degree water temp. I’m sure it will be warmer tomorrow 😉
Is that an icicle forming on Ivo’s ear ??
EXCITING NEWS… I received an email notifying us that our blog post from 24th July 2012, titled ‘A WHALE OF A DAY !’ has earned our blog a nomination for a Fascination Award: 2012’s Most Fascinating Swimming blog Thank you to however put us forward for this, it is very exciting !!
Voting uses Google+ starting on August 27th at 1:01 AM (EST) and the blog with the most votes by September 3rd at 11:59 PM (EST) wins !
Look forward to seeing you tonight, 6.30pm at Bluewater for our B&B special monthly dinner.
Water Temperature 15.5
Air Temperature 9.0
Sunrise 6.20am
Sunset 5.34pm
Low Tide: 10.07am
High Tide: 4.47pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
11 comments
François Pradel
27/08/2012 at 10:31 am
Hi Jules, yesterday’s fish was indeed a male Herring Cale. I often see it in weedy areas, but I find it really hard to get close to because it seems to be always swimming around quite fast. The female is more often seen (it is the same shape but all light brownish).
alyson
27/08/2012 at 12:10 pm
Congratulations – It Certainly was a very fascinating blog!!!
Lesley
27/08/2012 at 12:16 pm
Ruddy hell that was cold this morning!! :-DD
Slowest Shaun
27/08/2012 at 4:01 pm
Congratulations Jules. Whale was One unique event.
I saw a Mumma of a groper this morning. Cruising around a rock around 30m NE of the point.
Worth making the 630 swim for. Probably around 700-800mm long. (not quite as big as Mrs Whale)
Michael [EX CI]
27/08/2012 at 4:43 pm
Have to agree Lesley – that was chilly!!
elizabeth
27/08/2012 at 9:26 pm
Yikes – I can’t seem t vote for the blog but want to. I LVOE this blog and it would be great if it won.
elizabeth
27/08/2012 at 9:27 pm
Can someone tell me how I can vote? I can’t find the list to vote for.
François Pradel
27/08/2012 at 9:35 pm
I think they are confused about time zones, because the votes have not yet opened. If you scroll down the page, you can read how to cast your vote once it begins.
Inez Maurer
27/08/2012 at 9:42 pm
Julie my name should be on winter without wet suit list and I don’t see it there, could you please let me know if you have seen this message as I would be sad to miss out on the badge after all that freezing I have done.
Pacific Jules
27/08/2012 at 9:48 pm
Sorry Inez, all fixed, you’re on the list now 🙂
Inez Maurer
28/08/2012 at 12:56 pm
Thanks Julie, even though I would have done it anyway without the badge.