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...

I swam north (50 stroke sprints) @6:33 with Brett et al plus Clair. Jules’ last day (for now) swam with the ‘big boys & fast girls in the DX. Greg aimed for the perfect DX group shot. The Bishop inferred the A-team was faster than the DX. I saw a sky-writer before the shark alarm@7:22!!...

What a beautiful autumnal morning for the distribution of our summer badges. Congratulations to everyone who battled the challenges thrown at you this summer to complete our swim challenges. What a lot of challenges there were- summer challenge-30 swims, super swimmer(SSS)-50 swims, triple(3.5km), 6km & 10km. Congratulations to everyone who completed a challenge this summer...

Today was a welcome back to the bay after some time off due to conditions and work. Temperature is 22 degrees and felt warmer,  we had a cooler air temp but it’s now becoming a warm , autumn day. I missed any newbies cos I was slow to arrive , welcome to anyone who was...

The roar. An hour before sunrise we arrive. Cant sleep. Surfline upgraded its wave size forecast overnight. But we can’t see anything, walls of foam. The horizon past the point disappearing as something moves, then stalls, crashes, adrenaline starting to pump. 620 we can’t wait any longer. Snoopy, wave queen, and me paddle, closely followed...