Hoping the Easter bunny was kind to you.  Beautiful easter sunrise today. I was a bit later than usual as i was enjoying the extra hour of sleep. Sun’s up.   Early sunrise shot yesterday. Magnificent April colours. Water temp was a perfect 22.6 degC     It was quiet in the water early. Were...

Sunrise. Tomorrow you will have to get up an hour earlier to catch it Making meditation mainstream The kelp is almost gone and doing its job in stabilising and nourishing the beach Lainey and Kelly feeding hungry swimmers and raising funds for Can-Too Michele and Martin Perfect autumn swimming Annie Shaun and Leveena Greg and...

Jon says it doesn’t get any more perfect than this. Clear skies, a waning gibbous moon, 2-3 foot swell from the South East, which means Cabbage Tree Bay is flat. Slight offshore. Low tide is 7am which is when we arrived. On the point a Norwegian Blue is pining for the fjords. After weeks of...

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Ah today … the tide seemed to have finally turned. The water was a balmy 22.5C with some promising clarity and great sightings to enhance the swim. In the words of Jack Johnston in his song Only the Ocean After all this time after all these seasonsAfter your one decision to go to the water...

This sea sponge found washed up in the weed, provided a lot of entertainment at the swim this morning! Michele (bottom right) said ‘it’s great how something so simple can bring so much joy and pleasure!’   True love at yoga this morning. Cali and his owner! Flat, calm and getting clearer down at the...

Remember those days when the water was Radiant and absolutely Revitalising? They may feel like past Remnants… but I’m happy to report that those days are in Reach once again…it’s safe to say the Rancid days of last week are starting to Retreat Those Resilient enough to brave the conditions last week will be Restored...

I went for a walk after work yesterday, wanted to see if there had been any improvement in the water versus pollution over the last few days. I found the washed up hot water system from during the week, sitting under a tree, labelled by the council, as if someone had illegally dumped it there....

The temperature surged up from 18.3 to 18.6 today. Also the sky was blue. There was less debris than yesterday and the day before. The sea weed patch was less as much of it seemed deposited on the sand. But there were a lot of flies on it. Watching out for the maggots in the...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). Thank you for following public health advice at all times. Get in quick and register (see below) for the badge ceremony on Sunday at 8am.   *SSDD = Same Sea, Different Dirt Water temp: 18.3 (yikes!) 2021 Summer Badge Ceremony –...