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...

Ian said the visibility was still pretty good, thankfully with none of the bull shark booger. Hopefully that has gone for permanently. Per the sign the beach is closed today, so like the good clubby I am I did not go in. Our Kiwi neighbours have kindly sent us a Tasman Low. The surfers are...

Good morning, Bold and Beautiful swimmers. Today was my first proper Bold and Beautiful swim from Manly to Shelly in quite a while. The last real one I did was the Cole Classic, which made me realise just how long it’s been. I have still been swimming, but mostly in the harbour netted areas. I’ve...

Today’s swim was all about a paddle out for Michael, husband of Julie Isbill , founder of our swim group, who died recently. The water temp is down to the 22’s , much more like an autumn swim finally. Conditions were ok apart from lots of algae , I only swam to the pool and...

I am writing this from a remote location. It is something that we all learned about during covid – school from home, work from home and now blog from work. But you will note that while you can swim anywhere instead of Manly, you cannot tick the swim if you do. So it is not...

At this time of the year I often feel Mother Nature is holding her breath as late Summer eases into Autumn. The air is often still and close and humid with barely a puff of breeze, especialy in the morning.Any evening storms are most welcome, unless you’re a pet who’s terrified of them. Still a...

This photo was taken 13 years ago when Jules and Michael swam with us the last time before Jules pursued her dream of becoming a Doctor and moving to WA. We thank you both so much for making the B&B swim the inclusive, welcoming group it is today. On Saturday at 7 am please come...

The ocean was wild this morning.Broody sky. Heavy swell. The kind of sea that makes you stand on the rocks for a while and ask, are we actually doing this? Lisha and I sat there for a good half hour …chatting, debating, procrastinating. Manly looked bold. Halfway was tempting, but there were seagulls floating in...

23 degrees warm in the water.  Birthday Boys Brett & Chris swam north & to Shelly respectively. Have a safe & enjoyable week ahead. Simon

It’s now the end of another summer and I’m personally going to welcome autumn . There was a beautiful sunrise today over the bay and a clear day starting after a few days rain earlier in the week. We welcomed a group of swimmers from Melbourne and a couple from Canada , hopefully they saw...