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...

Over 15 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. A drizzly start but as we entered the water and then again as we congregated at the point Mr Whale waved to us from a couple of hundred meters off shore, so we swam to the Bower to visit him 🙂 Despite singing to him underwater he decided it...

Over 33 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Paradise is back – the water’s flat and clearing so we have viz again. There were a large pod of dolphins playing in shore between all the ski paddlers yesterday, again 1 hour late – PLEASE tell the marine life it’s daylight savings, I’m sure they were looking for...

32 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. The raging westerly yesterday certainly flattened the seas and with the sun shunning it looked just beautiful and then you put your feet in – ouch – the westerlies blow the surface water out so the cool water from the deep rises – brrrrrrrrrr Water Temperature 16.6 degrees. Sunrise 6.12am....

28 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Frighteningly freezing, wow that westerly wind made it truly icy at Shelly. The swim back was like swimming in a wind tunnel, in fact the wind was so cold you wanted to swim breaststroke so you didn’t have to take your arms out of the water! Check out the photo...

33 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. A little surf and great swim especially when we saw 2 large Bull Rays !!! :-). Not a swim to have missed… Until unfortunately on the way back the Blueys started to make their way in so a few of us got stung 🙁 There are 2 new photos on...

19 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Decent surf and a line of Blueys on the beach, thankfully the wind must have changed to North Westerly early enough as no one got stung and the water’s still warm. Incase anyone was wondering where Linda was for yesterdays swim I think this photo ensures you’re fully informed 🙂...

Over 35 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Very messy conditions with large consistent waves, Blueys on the shore line but no one got stung. Water Temperature 19.2 degrees. Sunrise 6.17am. Sunset 7.06pm. Low Tide: 6.32am. High Tide: 1.08pm.

11 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. Oh My Gosh, it’s soooooo windy, the sea is scrawly and full of Blueys – where has paradise gone ??? Water Temperature 19.1 Sunrise 6.18am. Sunset 7.06pm. Low Tide: 6.45am. High Tide: 12.17pm.

10 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers face the elements to witness a gnarly sea with Blue Bottles. Water Temperature 19.4 degrees. Sunrise 6.19am. Sunset 7.05pm. High Tide: 11.29am. Low Tide: 6.08pm.