73 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
This morning is one of those superb winter’s mornings with magical blue skies and clear calm seas.
The sunrise was like a layer of golden butter in an aqua blue ocean and sky sandwich…
Who would have thought Liz and Maryanne would have been so happy to be swimming for the second day in a row !!! Go you good things… why not make it three 🙂
A few swimmers are still enjoying the early pre-dawn lap and there are always people keen to continue on for a double lap after the regular swim if you want to join in your most welcome, you just meet at the point again on the way back. This morning there were 6, pretty good for a Monday.
It’s Leanne Martin’s (4th from left below) last swim with us this morning as she is moving back to New Zealand today 🙁 Come and visit us for a holiday again soon Leanne.
A phenomenal 441 people have swum at least once since winter began on 1st June !! Meaning all 441 swimmers are currently on target for their 2012 winter badge !! To qualify you only need to swim 20 times over a minimum of 7 different weeks and there’s still 60 days and 9 weeks (if you include this week) of winter left to go so… even if you haven’t swum yet it’s still not too late to start !! Complete all of your qualifying swims without a wetsuit and get your ‘winter without wetsuit’ badge too (badges cost $10 each). Check out the list of who’s who in the winter zoo here
The next monthly special B&B dinner at Bluewater is on Monday 30th July, bookings are essential so to book in please click here Dinner will be $20 a head including shared entrees, a selection of mains to choose (incl vegetarian option), corkage (for byo wine only) plus a little thank you from each of us to the staff ! All beers (including 4 pines) and desserts only $5. We will have the whole restaurant to ourselves if enough of us book in. It was a fantastic night last month so don’t miss out.
Our B&B Relay For Life team, to walk around Manly Oval for 18 hours to raise funds for Cancer Research, is nearly full ! If you’d like to get involved we can always start a second team or you can sponsor us here
Water Temperature 16.9
Air Temperature 7.0
Sunrise 7.01am
Sunset 4.58pm
High Tide: 6.43am
Low Tide: 12.23pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
A few lovely photos from Gaetan this morning too…
8 comments
Michael [EX CI]
02/07/2012 at 10:45 am
What a beautiful morning’s swim!! The good news is it will be just as good tomorrow according to the predictions. No swell, sunny and high tide about 7.40am.
Water temperature at ~17c is pretty good and should stay at that. Offshore is about the same.
Paige, well done. A double lap without a wetsuit!! I’ll be around to bully you into it again tomorrow.
fifi
02/07/2012 at 11:30 am
What a beautiful swim! It was just lovely even though on the dawn lap Graeme and friend disappeared into the sunrise and all I could see was the odd bubble in their wake. You guys must have had your secret rocket powers on this morning!
Have a nice week without me everybody: keep up scaring the jimblies away. xx
Gaetan
02/07/2012 at 12:17 pm
If you have not watched SBS last night, check this 48min documentary where they dissect a 4.5m great white and explain “how it all works”. Very fascinating!
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2251004606/Inside-Nature-s-Giants-S2-Ep5-Sharks
Tacomajim
02/07/2012 at 12:25 pm
Finally, a clear sunrise and flat conditions coincide again. Four frosty takers for the 0630 to Queenscliff were rewarded by the surprising sight of a mammoth eagle ray resting in the sand off the rocks at Queensie. It soon came to life and cruised out to sea, just beneath the 0701 sunrise. Visibility has improved considerably.
Michael and Nanette
02/07/2012 at 2:25 pm
Water temp at the Maldives is up and down a bit. Can’t be sure if it’s 25c or 27c. Will have to go back in to confirm. Happy to see the water temp at Manly is a balmy 16.9c
Michael [EX CI]
02/07/2012 at 2:33 pm
I hope that temperature isn’t rotting your wetsuits!! That would be a real pity.
John
02/07/2012 at 4:03 pm
If the conditions are similar to today, a second lap sounds good. Might see you there,Paige.
Little Sarah Abbott
03/07/2012 at 6:29 am
Leanne, have a good trip back to NZ and hope to see you and Derek back in Manly very soon!
xxx