Such a delight to experience the beautiful Manly Beach after a week away!!! I spent a week in North West Auckland (right in the middle of Cyclone Vaianu but was not really impacted) and while the beaches are beautiful, South Steyne and Cabbage Tree Bay are my spiritual home. This is Muriwai Beach, one of...

  Our swim was just simply the best this morning! Everyone was coming out of the water with the hugest smiles. It was so clear, so calm and so much to see! I saw a Turtle, Octopus, Cuttlefish, Dusky Whalers, Wobbegong, Eagle Rays and Fiddlers, Squid and Groper… but I have been lucky enough to...

Good morning. All eyes, including Andrew (great hair Drinky), on the surf !!!!!!!! Massive!! Rusty, Chris & Colleen ventured out from the pyramid steps @6:09 to make battle with the big ones. @6:28 Brett, Ali, Trish & David also walked to the pyramid steps and attempted surfing from the first line of white water waves....

Today was one of those days, the bay delivered in all different ways. Temperature was warm at 22.4 degrees, surf was up with a shallow sandbank at the beach. Lots of people coming and going, and loads of marine life in the bay too. I had a dusky under my face at Shelly but missed...

Breathe, breathe in the air. Don’t be afraid to care No more squinting into the dark abyss trying to work out if that’s a wave or a sea monster 🌚 The sun is UP, rising and glowing 🌞 And with it? Scores of people. Absolutely packed. Conditions were dreamy – calm waters, nice waves 🌊...

Penny took this photo of me with these legends from the Drinks Express The Mermaids discussed band t.shirts as it’s Graeme’s 60th this Friday and that’s the theme. viz was pretty good today and some people saw Cuttlefish, Duskies and a turtle. I enjoyed the schools of Silver Sweep, Mados and a school of squid...

One of those days when the waves have created channels and troughs – here is a photo of swimmers posing to demonstrate the height difference. Some swimmers step through the waves And some swimmers fly Looking forward to CBT. It was quite good visibility today. At least I would see the sand at the bottom...

There’s a quiet kind of magic that happens down at the beach before most of the world wakes up. By 5:30am, the early risers are already here, the ones I like to call the “5 a.m.ers.” The people who choose to start their day with intention. You see them scattered along the sand, some walking,...

Toasty 22.3 degrees in the water. Our crew launched into the rip @6:15 (6 minutes after sunrise). We zigzagged to the pipe using multiple rips (out) & waves (in) – perfect body surfing conditions. I almost forgot to blog until I got to Fusion. I caught up with Roger drawing his “trout” on the newspaper,...

Amazing insight into fast strong swimming. People sweat on exit if they swam hard. I sort of float and it involves no sweating. Interesting. Here is Mark in new cozzies – sharks motif. Nice. Nikki’s first swim after having a baby. Welcome back and congratulations. An offer of rescue to me by these two lovely...