A cool morning warmed up by people, you could say we are sharing feeling and learnings, so we are both better off. Learning a bit more about the ocean conditions, feeling cared for or even just accepted. In theory it’s called collaboration where the relationship is the #1 issue and everything else comes second. It’s...

It’s not every day you see a frenzy of grey nurse rockin’ it at The Steyne but on this very special night of the B &B Xmas in July, on the first week anniversary to the day of ‘the unmentionable event’ they were spotted moving in sync and offering an olive branch to us swimmers!...

  Limbering up     Pondering     Pre photo prep     “Lets do something silly”     The first touch     Midway     No leakage before the ‘let’s go’ in the 6.30 group     Finito     6:30 is the new 5:30 at the moment for a few people, including...

The prevalence of ‘Did you bump into anything this morning’ comments days after the unfortunate mistaken identity incident of the sharky kind, is quite informative. At one level it’s a humorous off-hand comment, at another it indicates our current propensity to latch onto an event that can only be defined an outlier, an exceedingly rare...

Very foggy this morning and the winter swell was still up Still the bold gathered. What was going through their minds as they gazed through the mist? No shortage of blog candidates.  Lisa and David (miraculously I remembered!) Saturday blog leader and excellent photographer, Edwina Doggy love, with Maxine’s unintentional photobomb More musings More dogginess...

Oh it’s good to be back … The surf at the point is tumbling and mess of white water. There is a combination of conditions including swell and a challenging rip The call out from John and the surf club is to ‘think about the conditions and if you have any qualms – go to...

Hello people of the Bold and Beautiful… Our numbers of swimmers is still a bit thin, after this weeks sharky drama on a wooly, wintery, windy morning… This photo doesn’t quite capture the size of the swell on the point. The A-team always get in at 7:07am so as to minimise time waiting at Shelly...

Apologies for the short blog today – issues with the blog camera which should be rectified by tomorrow. The surf was a little high today as we prepare to bunker down for a bit more rain so many chose to go from half way. No sign of our friend from Tuesday and although numbers are...

Our thoughts are with the swimmer who had contact with a grey nurse shark yesterday and wish him swift and complete recovery. Today lots of swimmers came because the swim is dear to each one of them in its own way and has a lot of meaning for them; it certainly is of great importance...

A promising sunrise as I was walking along the beachfront towards the clubhouse at 6.15 this morning … before the murmurs started Gathered around the B&B tree.   6.33 goes by and I haven’t seen any swimmers walk down the ramp yet. Talk was of a 5.30 swimmer who had been attacked in the water...