Oh, and a few birthdays too including our temperature artiste in residence Guy Dunstan, Marie Antoinette, Daniel Boon, KD Lang, David Schwimmer, Ken Rosewall and yours truly 🙂 …  Seems to be some Confuddlement in the universe at the moment – is it Mars retrograde?   … an unhappy mother nature sending La Nina to reinforce...

      Hi Bloggers, Thanks for your continued efforts. Can you please add the following notice to the blog this week and until the Christmas event is sold out (I will let you know). Thanks, JK B&B 2022 Christmas Party B&B Christmas Party is back again this year !! The Party will be held on...

Typepad is still having issues with uploading photos. Photos will be posted to the BnB Swimmers page – and here eventually if Typepad fixes itself. Carolinebythebeach x (& Rusty) LAST BnB DINNER FOR 2022 – TUESDAY November 8 At our next monthly dinner, to be held on Tuesday November 8th, Bluewater Café at 6.30 pm our guest will be Anita Jacoby...

After reading Tilly’s blog yesterday I was hoping for calmer seas today, alas it was even worse!   Temperature is down a smidge at 17.4 and viz seemed to be irrelevant as it was so rough there was nothing to report. Henrietta,  Sally and Marco ready to welcome any newbies,  and warn them re conditions, ...

Hey guys What a horrible day! Grey, cold, raining and windy. The water was apparently 17.6 but felt freezing. Some big messy sets coming though & not great water quality. I hate to say it, but it did feel sharky. Not many people knocking around this morning either, I’m assuming it’s because they wanted to...

  10pm Friday night Madam Guilottine suggests a harbour run for 630am. Magic Seaweed predicts a nasty NE onshore slop. Sunrise reveals a pretty messy ocean side swim   Pitch Report Blue bottles around big fat juicy ones. Alright. We follow Kylie with a double in mind, harbourside. At the first point beyond the skiff...

So my photos today are on land or from a distance – like a surveillance oeprative – because there was a powerful surf, big rip in the corner, occasional big sets, several board riders in the area where I would usually swim, and blue bottles. But the temperature was 18.9 Ger Devin from Wicklow recently...

The water was over 18, calm and pretty clear. We didn’t see the turtle today, but had a nice sighting yesterday, off the Bower. A lot of sea life to see, found an Eagle Ray on the way to Shelly.   Cuttlefish are still around. Saw this grey nurse just off the Bower, near the...

Another bumpy swim with a trench and rip going in but temp had gone up to 18 and viz was quite good in parts. This healthy looking Cuttlefish was still hanging around near Shelly. Here he is with Champ! The sky at 6.30am. The rain held off and as is usual everybody was so glad...

Here’s 50 reasons (OK maybe 53) reasons why the the crew from this morning’s 630 drinks express and ‘its 7 oclock swim get out of a warm bed to jump into a cold ocean. You can see the conditions and temperature at the end of the clip. And here’s where to find the other  video...