Over 91 Beautiful Bold Swimmers + lots dolphins! We are definitely making the most of the conditions! 91 B&B’ers is pretty good for a Wednesday! 20.8 in the water and about 14 air temp. Whilst waiting at the Surf Club we spotted dolphins (see arrows below!) heading towards the  Bower/Shelly – so we decided we...

Over 62 Beautiful Bold swimmers! Another horrible morning! 😉   We are fed up with the orange sun rises! And these massive waves with surfers all over them!       No not true – it’s perfect and we love it all!  Air temp was around 14 but felt colder! Leaving clothes removal till the...

Over 37 Bold and Beautiful Swimmers! Big waves and a lovely sunrise greeted us this morning.  Water is still warm at 21.2. Air temp was chilly! A few of us went around to half way – the rest went in from the beach!             Michelle doing a little jig before...

130 ocean swimming aficionados in the Sunday sunshine Ok folks, let’s start today with the REAL reason we’re dragging ourselves out of toasty beds early every morning, namely the post-swim coffee. We are now so many needing a caffeine fix, we are occupying all of Manly’s breakfast venues.       Soaking up the early rays,...

As many as 129 swimmers in Manly today, which is pretty good considering half of the B&Bs are making WA and Byron Bay unsafe this weekend. The water was chocka full of those pretty little blue and shiny dots. It felt like being on the Avatar film set, claim those who have experienced both. A little stretching before...

94 happy smiling swimmers today. 0 unhappy swimmers. And three people wisely did a double. Look at Lesley, our super duper blog whiz. Why is she so happy today? Because she’s taking a break from blogging (leaving it to me, Anna, for the weekend). Thanks for taking the photos for us today, Lesley! Meanwhile, Lesley and a...

Over 57 Bold and Beautiful Swimmers! Another lovely morning! The water still warm at 21.3 – it seems to be going up!!   Although there was a definite warm patch in towards Shelly which was very welcome. Air temp was around 14! A sea of tranquility and colour at the surf club and the walk in!...

Over 104 Bold and Beautiful swimmers Nice and choppy this morning – with a rip and roller coaster waves to take us out to the point!  The water is still fairly warm at 21.0 and the air temp was around 14.2. The rip on the beach is so wide at the moment that we are...

Over 78 Bold and Beautiful Swimmers! (Double lap – Lead by John Bond – Mark, Bruce and David) Another beaut morning! Sorry no dolphins but it was still marvellous out there! Water a balmy 21! Air a cool 13.9! John Bond helping everyone to sign in….. last pic John Kelly giving the B&B ode to...

Over 66 Bold and Beautiful swimmers + 1 turtle! Another lovely morning, bigger waves though but water still fairly warm at 20.9 degrees and air temp was 12.8!! On the way back from Shelly we bumped into Marine Man, Michel Le Vieux and he said that swimming near/behind us as we left the point earlier...