It’s all happening in Manly today.  Ulta Run from Bondi to Manly. Lots of activity at MSLSC. Messy on the point, decent waves coming in, but swimmers still tackling them.  The preferred path is straight down the middle to Shelly, which is a good idea because it is smelly and sludgy in Fairy Bower.  If...

There were 3 camps this morning. Those who continuing swimming, baywatchers who looped and lapped and tussled with a bumpy, weedy swim. Numbers were down on a day of the week where numbers are normally up. The second camp was the long awaited Summer return of the FFF. I think its like Freshie fast 5s,...

But then Ian once-an-engineer-always-an-engineer Nicol said, Drinks has most likely done around 5000 swims so it’s still potentially close to top 20%. The above photo was taken close to the surface. The start of the warm weather conditions, but fear not the days are not always like this. On the plus side there were no...

There’s something pretty special about arriving at Manly Beach in the dark, when everything is still quiet and there are just a few locals around. You hear the gentle murmur of chit-chat, take in the fresh morning air, and watch as the first light of sunrise begins to change the beach.Slowly, Manly comes to life....

Sunny morning, ? Water temperature as thermometer broken. Murky water to the point, ok across the bay. But we swam north and it was murky all the way, although the waves were good. John said the “booty” stick was to show bootie campers (6am Mon-Wed-Fri all welcome) can do anything. Hasko and the old &...

IWT 18.5  OWT 21 Getting flatter and sunnier After a break of a few weeks, it was such a joy to get back into the ocean.  Halfway swim for me today,  so a Shelly Beach view for this blog. The water was more undulating than choppy, warmer than a few weeks ago and positively warm...

Bluebottles in the swim. Seagulls (expected) and pigeons (not expected) and dogs covering the broad sand because it was VERY low tide I thought. Some of the 630 went north but Sarah and Jon completed their earl swim in the dark and wove between the bluebottles. One swimmer refused to believe they could be there...

Grey, calm and gentle For those wanting to recreate the winter mood, but enjoy a warmer ocean, today is the day for you to swim.  Gentle, flat, calm and drizzly. Or maybe a visit to one of our partners for a sauna afterwards, instead, with Harbour Heat?  With the B&B discount BBSSQUAD15. Best Sauna in...

I was pleased to hear Arisa Trew Australia’s youngest gold medal Olympian (skateboard) say that winning was “cool” because I understood the word used that way. Has it come back in or has it remained. Who knows What I do know is that it was literally cool today in the air. But the water was...

Monday 12th October 2026 – Misty Monday morning – water 19.4 degrees. Very misty morning generally means a HOT day ahead. We swam north@6:15 through patches of much warmer water. Caught waves past the pipe and at several other places on our return swim. Check out the poster for a charity event on Sat 31...