Wednesday 14th April….  wintery nights, autumn mornings & summer days!   April is sometimes confusing – which season are we in?  with todays forecast being a summery 30 degrees today, there is a pronounced autumn chill in the air after another cold, clear night (where stars shine bright).  the dawn sky lights up with hues...

Dr Michele, Helsy, Lisa and Jane got their colleagues from Northern Beaches Hospital Emergency together today to give our swim a go. For some like Clare it was the first time they’d swam in 20 years but they loved it and I’m sure we’ll see them again! Thanks guys for all you do working in...

Temp: 21.7 Viz: 4/10 uBuntu:9/10 Puffer jackets: 13 Ugg boots: 3 Hot water bottles: 0 Dusky’s: 1 Barrel Jellies: 2 Jimbles: 1 On this slightly cooler morning and a reminder of the Winter swimming to come this morning we were faced with a swim of two tales; It was the best of conditions, it was...

5am still night a hint of rain. Shouldn’t have drunk all that red wine. Think I ate one of the cats. A chicken walks past me. Get up, move, giddyup. Rusty & Chippos Pitch report: Early morning at the beach, sitters waiting for the sun. The gang by the crossing think of surfing and see...

Conditions today warranted TWO Dangerous current signs being erected by the lifeguards Those very skilled and capable swimmers who swam in these conditions swam north. There were reports of low visibility, scum on the surface, debris, and one swimmer counted 39 orange barrel jellyfish. Which I find creepy as they look like a bald human...

If you live in Manly you probably heard the down pour last night.  At 3 am it was really coming down and still quite heavy with lightning and loud thunder at 4am.  As has happened recently, I found that the rain stops right before I leave for my daily swim. When I arrived at the...

Todays blog is brought to you by the colour green….  normally blue and green should never be seen, however today they were – the sky was blue, the water was green…..   some were green with envy at the water temperature of – wait for it – 23.4 degrees and couldnt wait to get in! ...

I was greeted with a lot of negativity this morning down at the swim, a first for me in 8 years of blogging! Early swimmers reported dirty water, weed and stingy things. However Martina from Port Melbourne thought it was great! It was her first swim with us and usually swims with tankers, in fishless...

Howzit  Easter Monday. (Howzit =common Saffer greeting meaning hello how are you all rolled into one) The water looked enticing beautiful and calm …inside the ocean though was a cauldron of activity, bubbling shoals of yakkas darting about, droves of  bitey itchy no-see-ums  (sealice) some large brown jelly fish and the odd stinger… and dang...