One of many topics of conversation this morning was alarm or natural wakeup? Regardless of what wakes you up, a B&B swim sends a lot of us into the day with the much loved buzz. Great to see the water is returning to it’s beautiful colour and visibility.   The big news is the ocean...

  North Steyne smells bad. Like smelling salts, really gets up your nose, but instead of waking up, it knocks you cold. more pipe exposed than usual. Anti corrosive paint that hasn’t corroded yet is very slippery. Peeling back the layers. Lip syncing to your favourite song. A familiar morning routine. But it doesn’t flow...

Wednesday 16th March….   Some brave souls have started venturing into the water ….  Not me though!    However a cute little penguin has been frolicking in the vicinity of the bower steps !  despite laineys eternal optimism and positivity (which we all love!) in posting enticing morning condition reports (sorry lainey..  not quite convincing...

I’m heading back from Melbourne this morning so using my reporters on the ground to fill me in.  I did manage a few swims in western port bay which was clean, cool and critterless, a nice change from current conditions in Sydney! Thanks Lainey for the pics.   Michele riding a wave back to shore....

    Bootycamp got wet but also took time to collect rubbish.   The Doctor said , “the water turned my white swimmers brown”. The Trooper said the water at Shelly was NOT clear.   Linda has suspended her ocean Goodswim school  until further notice.         Shaun Veena & Martin took the...

So glad the scary week is over! This photo is a bit of a cheat – it’s from the end of my street this morning.   Coffee time for early swimmers These 2 said it was ok but the viz was not great (as in awful)       Getting cooler but still very tolerable...

Manly is tidying itself up for the swim. Sea and sand looked manageable today. FFFs were  out and some people were swimming Enjoy your day.          

With the water warm, but days of rain, I decided not to swim in the Ocean today. As I approached Manly I saw these 2 on the bench, and then saw the temp of 22.2 and only 2 entering at 7am.  Appears to be a day of 2s! On my walk to Shelly I happened...

After a crazy, wild day across Greater Sydney yesterday, in particular Manly & Northern Beaches, where roads were underwater & cars were floating past school classrooms – today you wouldn’t have thought we were in the same city! All looked calm on the outside & clean up was well under way! The beach was closed...

I wasn’t expecting this happy vibe when I got down to the Surf Club this morning. It was raining, cool and miserable but I thought I’d better make the effort. I was well rewarded. It’s always a great start to a day even if you don’t swim! 23.3 water temp. Michele had just come out...