Friday 21 August, a morning of messages from bottles to beguiling bluebottles, bountiful marine friends and boundless energy, blissfully bouncing around in the beautiful waters of cabbage tree bay… water temp: 17.7 degrees air temp at 7am (feels like summer?): 17 degrees Breeze: gentle 8-12 kt Northerly (Beaufort 2-3 for those observing from the UK/Europe!)...

Monday 17/8/26 9am  IWT 17.3  OWT 15. Cloudy, sprinkling and rain overnight so I was unsure, but reports from earlier swimmers was very good viz.  I jumped in with the Skinny Dippers crew (black swimmers with sunflowers) and set off straight across the bay.  The estuarine catfish was swimming around the point, and several port...

Today was my first swim in 6 weeks, and a beautiful welcome back to the water . Temperature is 16.8 but felt warmer to me. A lovely big group starting at 7am. I also caught the 6.30 group swimming into a stunning sunrise. I got a pic of Joao , Kate and Laurent heading off...

If you jumped in the water and swam to Port Augusta, west of Adelaide, you would have swum 3000 kilometers. That’s a bloody long way. That’s what Caroline has achieved today (my co-blogger in crime) going back & forth to Shelly over the past 5 years. And she is getting faster, I can’t keep up...

It was 16 degrees in the water today but an enjoyable swim. As we breeze through August make sure you have your swims logged for a winter badge /s. Gemma completed hers today Sydney Trail Sisters had their post run swim at Manly today instead of the usual Manly Dam. Must have felt warm to...

Kieran aka KG is both wonderful and slightly weird and I don’t think he’d mind me putting it out there on a blog! He volunteers for Whale beach SLSC and Can Too and is now a regular at our 7 am swims always making us smile with his gold, flowery cap! A beautiful but cold...

Monday blog Today is a ‘dry blog’ day, rug up, and walk to see our magnificent ocean in a wild and carefree mood. Our new app tells the story, thank you again to Marco for tweaking it to suit all the swimmers as well.  It predicted this weather change and here it is! For those...

Saturday 8/8/26  IWT 16.4  OWT 12 Flat, calm and clear, a beautiful swim today, with the sun poking out as I write, 10am. Reports of early swimmers sharing the bay with a dolphin teaching her baby to dive, following on from yesterday’s dolphin pod travelling from within the bay and across Manly beach. My camera...

Excellent weather for Rusty’s birthday. There could have been some waves but other than that it was a delightful morning. He’ll just have to have many happy returns to the beach to check out the wave situation to enjoy long into the future Happy birthday Swimming today were some triathletes. As usual ! Ward Coaching...

Very early on I see lights of the 6 am swimmers making their way across the Cabbage Tree Bay Then I see lots of swimmers going in I see those masterful body surfers catch the available waves. I have discovered that I love to watch body surfing Don’t forget the BADGE ceremony!