Well from the look of Michael’s face you can see that its still freezing, 18.1 today and the air temperature was only 19 degrees. There was plenty of rubber out today and I even saw someone with a bottle of hot water. (Its December?)   Michael still looked cold at Breaky even after a hot...

  6:30 crew.     Lisa’s mob.     The gang.     Girls.   Looking. Drinks express. Shark boat. Don & John. Teeth. Working. Pearl ear-rings. I still beat the Bishop. It was freezing. Swimmers: 190 swimmers, 3 newbies Temp: 17.6 but it felt like 15.6. Have a great week ahead. Simon Summer badges;...

A beautiful morning but we were once again met by challenging surf conditions and the water temp had dropped to 17.4 degrees. However, still they came and stayed. 11 newbies today all eager to don the pink cap for the first time. Newbie Ian next to Veteran Ian Belinda   Braedon and Jess Kean and...

While driving to Manly this morning I heard an interesting piece on the radio about the forecast weather patterns in Australia. It appears  the tropical Pacific Ocean is approaching La Niña thresholds, and we are verging on a La Niña alert. This likely 2017-18 La Niña event is forecast to be short-lived and weak, with sea surface temperature patterns in...

Pretty challenging today It is great to be alive. I am always reminded of that when I see the sea. Last week our Karen and Maryanne swam in the Coogee Island Challenge having done it last year in quite challenging conditions. Look at the smiles and enthusiasm   Sarah also came back to swim the...

So this week the hype has been around the royal engagement and the upcoming spring wedding.  But when you think about it, Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad really has a lot of similarities to our what is happening on the other side of the globe. Our queen is of course Julie Isbill who set up...

Perhaps you were excited to catch sight of the ocean first thing this morning?  I admit that after more than a couple of days without some saltwater over my gills I become quite irritable, so it is always with great excitement that I approach the top of the hill at Fairlight where I know I...

The temperature is playing tricks on us again, we were back to 17.9 degrees but it felt like 16 going around the point. We needed to “double cap it” again today. (I did this and still got an “ice-cream headache”) The big rip was there again today to keep us on your toes on the...

The dragon tattoo.   Storchy said, “Did you see this pre-dawn shot on your way to the beach?”   Congratulations to Our Fifi for winning the Wedding Cake Island Swim yesterday!!!     Fifi’s winner’s towel.     Sarah, excited to still be swimming with her broken toe.     Louise and her Newbie nephew...