54 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Well… Mr Whale wrote to us on the blog last night, sadly it would appear that he is more adept at writing than swimming from Manly to Shelly Beach at 7am !!! The number of swimmers is up again which is great. Even without Mr Whale we had a lovely...

28 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. The sky might look ominous but the water was beautiful. A large Bull Ray paid us a visit again this morning and remnants of the red Spring Bloom are still suspended off the point. Happy birthday to Jade today. Water Temperature 19.1 degrees. Sunrise 5.59am. Sunset 7.19pm. Low Tide: 5.48am....

54 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Absolutely gorgeous morning with whales and dolphins playing in the distance again, unfortunately not close enough at the right time for us to see them underwater. Happy 16th birthday to Amy for yesterday 🙂 We posed for a photo off the point with a ‘keep our sea’s plastic free’ banner...

37 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. What a beautiful stunning swim, so clear – gotta love those mornings. There were dolphins early and whales on the horizon they just have to join us soon. See ya at Nibbles tonight 🙂 Water Temperature 18.5 degrees. Sunrise 6.01am. Sunset 7.17pm. High Tide: 10.50am. Low Tide: 5.26pm.

Over 20 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Swimming in the rain what a glorious feeling we’re happy again… Nice swim, lovely and clear. Lots of rays and a nice little wave. Water Temperature 18.9 degrees. Sunrise 6.02am. Sunset 7.16pm. High Tide: 10.11am. Low Tide: 4.42pm.

Over 26 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Overcast and drizzly but it seemed to make the whales friskie there was lots of breaching and tail slapping out at the Bower this morning – beautiful ! Check out the aftermath of Izzy’s birthday yesterday… Water Temperature 19.2 degrees. Sunrise 6.04am. Sunset 7.16pm. Low Tide: 9.34am. High Tide:...

Over 38 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. The wind had stopped so it was a lovely swim, a bit murky and there was some spring bloom near the bower and bluey’s on the beach but none in the water. A bucket was found about half way and Michel nearly died of exhaustion swimming back with it...

Over 33 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. We saw two whales breach about 200 meters off shore at we entered the water again, so we bolted to the Bower again. The water was just beautiful: warm, clear with some spring bloom still on the surface but no whales, that’s until we got back to land when...

Over 46 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Stunning morning with the water both warming and clearing, well that was until we got to Shelly were there was a spring bloom of red phytoplankton such as diatoms or dinoflagellates which occurs in spring in temperate and sub-polar bodies of water !! There was great marine life out...