Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. Pretty low tide today – we walked to the point. Stats today. 229 swimmers. Water 19.1, air 12 degrees. I’m always impressed with newbies joining up in winter – we had 4 today. Hello Anna and Saphire   Hi Liz   Time to get out the wetsuit! Hey Wilf.  ...

With first light at 6:30, sunrise at 6:58, a calm sea and a low tide it was a long quiet stroll to the shoreline and another long walk almost to the point for the few 6:30 starters. How different from the bright summer sunrise, but spectacular nonetheless. The winter solstice is nearly upon us and...

Lovely morning down at the swim – calm, clear and still warm! It reminds me that the annual nude solstice swim must be coming up on the shortest day of the year (not the only shortest thing you will see). Last year it was freezing… but temps seem to be holding up this year.  ...

I’ve heard birds of a feather flock together and that was true for free range yoga this morning.   And we like to flock together too… But our swan just wanted to wet his beak…   and be the early bird before the 7am ers ducked in for a swim…   I sound like I’m parroting...

I’m not going to lie…… This morning was hard! After the heat and tropical waters of Bali I found it very hard to feel excited about swimming. During my 20 minute drive to Manly in pre dawn darkness, cold and rain, I was thinking “Am I mad? Do I really want to do this?” It...

With 60cm of south swell on a 5 second cycle, under brooding clouds, the after swim chatter was all about a new visitor to the bay that was apparently not a dusky. And according to And according to Lainey it was not anything she had seen before. The best she could tell the eager breakfast crowd...

The throng gathered slightly north of our usual location, due to a beach race being held today. A sky that bettered the background in any Frazetta fantasy artwork the reward for this slight shift from normal. Freshly groomed sand beguiling to the sole in an otherwise brumal transit. Gentle shore breaks beckoned us deeper, concealing a...

First off, apologies for no water shots – my man-flu prevented me getting too close to the action but I still wanted to document the ways that we, the B&B, celebrate the Queen’s Birthday. You might say we were putting on pretty English weather in honour of the 91st birthday of our head of state...

everyone loves ocean swimming. 19.6 today and a glorious bumpy swim ONCE you got in.     Appropriately Swimmer of the Day today is Mark Phillips     Amanda Grant was biggest mover         News from management   Starting a bit north tomorrow because the Manly Life Saving Club is having a...

Temperature of the water was 19.7 degrees. Not as many swimmers as on Australia Day but still there was no hook free. Today there were some sets. Not that low and gentle. Pretty quick swim to Shelly, not much pause before the Let’s go and then back After all the rain it makes me think...