The Swim-out ring was special.  Compassionate energy during the one-minute silence.  Tearful.  Perfect conditions for a beautiful seaborne ceremony. Farewell to two blessed icons of this large swimming community

——————————————————————————————- —————————————————————————————–  Our monthly (sort of) Tuesday night drinks and talk returns. Tuesday 8th August at 6:30 PM. Upstairs at Manly Surf Club. Come along, the bar will be open. Bring some finger food, have some fun and learn a thing or two. ‘Crayweed‘ (Phyllospora comosa) once formed dense beds on shallow reefs all along the...

Hot quote from sparkling personality Simon Phin: “Today’s is the clearest water I have ever seen.”                        

• Water 16.3º (Briefly, in the shallows) • Nil waves (Flat as glass) • Over 100 in the 6.30s (What’s going on there?) • Sean Abbott’s birthday • Solstice next Thursday 22nd – 6.15@Shelly Beach       SOLSTICE SWIM: Thursday 22nd June 2023 6.15 for 6.30 start at Shelly Badges $10 (cash only) at...

        Solstice: Thursday 22nd         Happy Birthday Fi!  

  Water:     21.9º Vis:         Exquisite Found:    Fitbit (by Allister Lugsdin) – See whiteboard crew tomorrow Sharks:    Heaps                       Tuesday Night Talk. This month’s talk, SWIMMING WITH WHALES Husband and wife team Alice and David Edgar are Manly locals with a love of marine mammals and whales...

CONDITIONS (For Tilly’s blog) Air                  14º Water             20.4º Ocean            Stupendous Clock              Still Broken                            

The sea turned rough this morning. A few of our folks entered the North Steyne Swim.  Its bigger swim was a longer than usual 2.8, and return cans were out front of Manly Club’s beach front.  There will be a few stories about today’s event … from surviving competitors.  Don’t forget Summer Badges next Sunday...

CONDITIONS Air                          12.9º Water                     19.7º Coles Carpark        25º (For Ekaterina) Tide                       Out Surface                 Flat Waves                   Occasional biggish one standing up...

Drinks for our inestimable Liverpudlian JK at Steyne last night … Happy Birthday John!                   CONDITIONS Water:         22º Air:              22º Jellies:        Four (They found their marks) Wind:          Nil Dolphins:    Three wins in a row JK:...