This photo sums up today’s swim..  it was tough but worth it.. This is what it looked like from the Surf Club… LSA and Jon heading in at 6.31… it took them around 7 minutes to get past 7 waves … Thanks for the show LSA  😛 Most went in via the beach despite JK’s warning …...

There’s nothing better than the weather man getting it wrong. Initially the forecast was for big swells both today and tomorrow but the calm bay was a perfect welcome for everyone this morning. Some bumps in the bay and some waves but nothing like the forecast and we were all pleased.   The usual people...

The news reports made me wonder if the sea would be ok for me today to swim in But you should always have a look. The conditions depend on the orientation of the beach, where you get in and also your skill. I managed it ok today but only entering. Exiting at South Steyne was...

While the seas today were a little lumpy and there was a great rip by the surf club to make for a quick exit out of Manly, today we had other reasons to celebrate, the birthday of one of Bold and Beautiful’s favourites. Sophie bought down her beautiful family to celebrate and her son Jack...

It was a drizzly start to the morning, traffic was slow and there was an air of ‘lets just stay tucked up in bed’ lingering! Apart from cars, very few people were out and about! Approaching the beach was quiet too and it felt like no-one was there for our swim – until I got...

Hello again! This morning I arrived to a scene of confusion. It appears the work has begun on the stormwater pipe, cutting off the usual ramp access to start the swim. This left everyone baffled. How do we get to the water!? I arrived approximately 7.01, normally running down to the water as people are...

In my previous blog we compared our outer and inner voyages. Those mental journeys into which we dive. Analogous to a swim in our vast ocean, whose distances and depths extend so they may as well be endless. Whose current, tides, tempests or calm, depend on the coordinates we set and the bearing we take....

Sharks, some of the most perfectly constructed creatures in the whole of nature. They have survived for over 200 million years. Take away these apex predators of the ocean and we destroy the entire food chain. Swimmers 574 Newbies 61 Temp 22.2     Redevelopment of Manly Surf Club Alex Prendergast is the B&B representative...

  In a recent course I attended it was noted that there is a diminishing in our society in conversation skills. I have noticed this but not at swimming. At BB you can talk about swimming and conditions all day. One of many good reasons to swim   I was interrupting conversations everywhere to take...

I have been doing ancestry.com dna tests which has been an interesting exercise. I dont know if science has caught up but I think there must be a single ancestor to all swimmers. That is why this group have started to wear the same swimmers and are so close that they can all fit in...