It was a small group of B & B swimmers today. The water was calm and clear, and the colours were beautiful. Some people say we are CRAZY, well… C – can anyone describe how positive the energy of the swimming tribe is? R – raining it was, but that added to the atmosphere, as...

Is there a definite point where the ocean becomes blue? Or is it a ceaselessly flowing spectrum, a continuum from total clarity to darkest depths and return? Where every drop is connected to the whole. Where every drop has an ocean of space. And thus, where every drop that falls is able to rise again....

I did my first ever dry blog today – unheard in the early days of BNB and blogging.. you blog – you swim ….that was the bottom line These days people are dry blogging / remote blogging / tandom-dry-remote-blogging* (*someone not swimming but taking photos then sending the photos for someone else who also didn’t swim...

 It was a little cool this morning but when this greets you…….. My car temperature gauge told me 10 degrees – kinda brisk. By comparison the water temps were positively tepid That may have been so but it varies considerably through the Bay. Other stats: Number of swimmers – coupla hunnert Newbies – idk  There...

I enjoyed my swim this morning and meeting all the others who enjoyed the sea, sun, calm waters and a great start to the day. Even though it is getting to the winter solstice, people swim early so when I arrive, they are already showering       Wendy is finally back here from UK...

What better thing to do on a Thursday morning than pull yourself out from under that nice warm doona and head down to the Manly Surf Lifesaving Club for our daily dose of Vitamin Sea.  This hearty bunch were some of the 6.30 bunch who head out even before the sun has risen. LesBubs always...

  https://www.facebook.com/elaine.dejager/videos/10210000366439691/ Around 210 of us swam today in 18.2 degree water under a glorious sky… I’m getting really spoilt by the amazing marine life we see every day, so was bemoaning the fact I hadn’t seen the turtle when… this beautiful Spotted Wobbegong swam in front of me, gracefully over the rocks just 40 metres...

With the fading S/E swell falling daily to a low of centimetres by Saturday and the dominant west south westerly’s, we can expect a week of primo conditions for all. I would expect to see the water clarity slowly improve through the week as well, as the swell motion dies to a whimper. While the...

Birthday snapshot.     Geoff, Hawaiian Iron Man King with some of his adoring triathalon queens.     Queen Lee, in pink , made the 3,000kms honours list.     Sofia received her 500kms badge under a royal human archway.         Queen Anne, of the BnB upper management. (btw please look out...

13 reasons why we swim in winter….     The friends. I’ve been swimming now for over a year and it’s so nice to come down and meet with familiar faces and chat about life and the ocean   I’m thankful for the people who wear wetsuits as they look more like seals than I...