145 Bold & Beautiful swimmers
enjoyed the most beautiful and brightest conditions, albeit mixed in with a little chop just to keep it real.
Rhonda and Lee making a point of the point… 🙂
Jack (our youngest swimmer to qualify this year) and Elizabeth are 2 of 4 swimmers to qualify for their winter badge today, bringing the new total of those who have qualified so far to 138, that’s four more than last year already !!! Plus there are still another 53 swimmers on target and another 71 who need to swim soon to make sure they don’t miss out… Come on, you know you want to… there’s only 13 winter swims left so please click here to see how you’re going… don’t miss out !!
There were sooooo many fish amongst us, plenty of salps in patches too.
With beautiful sand dunes charmingly illuminated by the sun
and almost fluorescent sea grass.
Surely a Dugong would love this !! We haven’t swum with one of those here, yet… 🙂
6 swimmers continued on for a double lap, I’m surprised there weren’t a few more although the water was a little chilly.
Maybe everyone telepathically knew to rush to brekkie to share Lesley’s belated birthday cakes, very yummy, thanks Lesley 🙂
Iain set off with the support of Nicole, Gaetan, James, Cae and Miles this morning to complete the Palmy to Manly swim in celebration of his 1 year anniversary of swimming the English Channel Solo. Good luck guys, please keep us posted…
Here’s a couple of photos as they rounded Whale Beach just as we were getting ready to swim.
Elaine and Ted have returned from their Northern Queensland holiday with a lovely on tour photo of them about to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef.
Water Temperature 15.9
Air Temperature 9.0
Sunrise 6.30am
Sunset 5.28pm
High Tide: 8.31am
Low Tide: 2.20pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
11 comments
Elaine de Jager
18/08/2012 at 12:14 pm
A tad chilly today at 15.9. What a brave lot you are, especially Rosemary in her bikini. Maybe she’s getting prepared for her Amsterdam canal swim 😉 It’s going to be hard getting in tomorrow after 24 degrees at the GB Reef! Good luck to our hardy Palm – Shelly swimmers too. Happy Birthday Lesley! (a photo that shows off your beautiful big eyes for a change!)
fifi
18/08/2012 at 12:21 pm
Such beautiful fish today. I enjoyed watching BIg Blue spitting rocks at the yellowtail.
Elaine DJ, you are such the supermodel, even with a snorkel on! Gorgeous!
fifi
18/08/2012 at 12:24 pm
oh and I stupidly forgot to tick my two swims off today Jules. Distracted…
Pacific Jules
18/08/2012 at 1:11 pm
1.10pm and news just in that Iain is coming up to Freshie, nearly there 🙂 Very well done to all involved !!
Pacific Jules
18/08/2012 at 2:01 pm
Their ETA into Shelly Beach is 2.30pm !! 🙂
John
18/08/2012 at 3:34 pm
Saw the escort boat and swimmers earlier from Manly as it entered Shelly.
Well done, a great effort.
Little Sarah Abbott
18/08/2012 at 3:49 pm
Well done Partner Jack!! Enjoy your grey hoodie:-) I’m in an ocean swimming race in Hong Kong tomorrow – wish me luck!!
Happy birthday Lesley! Yes,
Elaine, if you’d been wearing your bikini, Channel 9 would have included your interview for sure:-))
Pacific Jules
18/08/2012 at 6:05 pm
Good luck tomorrow Jon and Little Sarah, bring us home a medal 😉
Little Tiger
18/08/2012 at 6:41 pm
Enjoy the race tomorrow. Goodluck.
Jack S.
18/08/2012 at 7:31 pm
Hey Sarah,
Good luck tomorrow, hope the swim isn’t too far!!!
Thanks for the support this winter, and see you when you come back! 🙂
fifi
18/08/2012 at 9:02 pm
Good Luck, Little Sarah. What an exotic race!