It’s a good day for the surfers today and a hazardous one for swimmers. Temperature was 22.1 and swell was big plus a strong pull to the water movement. Some of the stronger swimmers like the A team entered at Manly, some walked to Shelly, others splashed in the fairy bower pool or entered at...

The challenge early is juggling 6am starts with pitch darkness and the sounds of bigger waves. And the waves are getting bigger. Those Petbarn coloured lights don’t provide much protection against the men in grey suits, but do help with sighting each other. I don’t wear one, but ordered online last week when I learnt...

Those were some of the descriptions I heard this morning. It may be true but just wait a day or 2 while the Tasman low builds. We have been blessed with stunning mornings and today’s sunrise was gorgeous, with a very appreciative audience. I took the next 3  photos from above the surf club. Since...

Sunshine smiles from Suzie and friends this morning post swim! Heather and Edwina below. Heather and Edwina get a work out swim in before work and below a dad and toddler amused many of us as they did crawling games on the sand. I met this lovely lot this morning who often swim at Balmoral,...

Quite a crowd when I arrived at 6:08 in the dark across the puddles in the promenade. Drinks Express launched@6:30. Then Ali, Jo, David, Rusty, Chris & I did 50 stroke sprints plus, a few wave rides, through the white-water to the Pantry. By 7:02 the sky turned golden as the 7am crew streamed down...

Great swim today. Here is Stella on her first swim     You have heard of a baker’s dozen – this is a baker’s wave. the 630 swimmers were very fast today       FFF are hard to capture with normal film       ============Sealed Section=========== Scientists from the Sydney Institute for Marine Science gave...

Today’s blog is quasi remote as I have an appointment in the city I can’t be late for. I can’t get rid of the 77, sorry. So far everything is working, starting with a VIP parking spot. My nice shot of the light with the ocean the background was unintentionally photobombed but given the outcome...

Despite being dark, gloomy & pouring rain at 6am on arrival at Manly, by the time it reached 7am all of the swimmers who turned up were very excited about the calm conditions and the rain stopping. An enthusiastic dozen swam out whilst others like me decided on another option. I chose a walk to...

It’s 6:14 a.m. and still dark at the beach.The streetlights are on, casting their quiet glow along the curve of the shoreline. A garbage truck rolls past with its flashing yellow lights, the only real movement in an otherwise sleepy morning. Across the sand I can see the bright lights of Queenscliff pool, and the...