Howzit  Easter Monday. (Howzit =common Saffer greeting meaning hello how are you all rolled into one) The water looked enticing beautiful and calm …inside the ocean though was a cauldron of activity, bubbling shoals of yakkas darting about, droves of  bitey itchy no-see-ums  (sealice) some large brown jelly fish and the odd stinger… and dang...

Ah today … the tide seemed to have finally turned. The water was a balmy 22.5C with some promising clarity and great sightings to enhance the swim. In the words of Jack Johnston in his song Only the Ocean After all this time after all these seasonsAfter your one decision to go to the water...

After a fascinating and thought provoking BnB dinner last night where Simon Phin (aka Trooper) spoke on why we take risks and how we manage them from oil rigs to the swim,  I asked swimmers today how they rated themselves as risk takers. Fingerbone and the Driver (James and Chris to others) here. Despite the...

17th February dawns with an interesting rip, a few sets at the point, calm in the bay and a few of our favourite things … This weeks favourite sea life sightings included 1 turtle, 2 grey nurses, 3 fiddler rays, 4 wobbies  and a party of yakkas in a seaweed tree. I asked the Humans...

Van Morrison’s song sums it up so well. What else to say or better to explain the recent conditions. The lyrics have been ringing in my ears as we enjoy some of the best visibility and conditions for ocean swimming (and sightseeing) in our beautiful bay. Yesterday I mentioned to the legendary Drinky that I’...