As the weather warms up for the weekend what better way to start the day than a perfect swim in Cabbage Tree Bay. This morning was definitely at 10 out of 10 and with a water temperature of 20.2 and only some small waves it made for a fantastic swim. The Thursday morning yogis were...

  The lifeguards do an awesome job at keeping the public safe at Manly. They are always on the lookout and act on information as soon as feasibly possible. There was a supposed Bronze Whaler sighting this morning but luckily most of us managed to get our swim in first which was calm, clear and...

A stunning morning for a swim. And it’s the first time for a while that we’ve cracked 20 degrees in the water. Other firsts include the video below that I made with iMovie. It’s not up to Jac’s high standard but I’ve got to start somewhere, right? And it was also the first time I’ve...

The pandemic is not over, so if we could all take care with our safety and that of our friends we will  get through this It seemed the weather didn’t know what it was doing today – warm, cold, cloudy with the sun trying to break out. This did not deter the early wows  ...

This morning’s conditions required a sense of the sea, timing and what not. Low tide and a bit of sea weed around. I used my sense to enter the swim at half way. I was hanging around like those photographers at function centres who will later sell you photos of yourself so people try to...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). PLEASE CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.  Thank you so much for swimming at different times of the day and maintaining 1.5m distance – even in blog photos!                 Recently a small swimming...

Lots of happy swimmers this morning, calmish waters, warm temps but not many marine-life sightings…   6.27am and these friends meet up pre-swim fo Ali’s 40th birthday. It looked like champagne in the beakers but I didn’t like to ask… Parties start early at the B and B!   This party ended late…I arrived at...

CONDITIONS Air:                      22º Wind:                  A chilly sea breeze Sea:                   20.5º Surface:             Lots of flotsam and desiccated seaweed across the bay Waves:               Small and choppy Dead fish:          Three Stingies:             Nil Feature Fish:     ...