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...

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...