Not quite the sunny day of late but definitely worth the effort. The rain from last night had passed and with calm seas plus great viz it was a lovely swim. Temperatures still mild at 18.2c though getting out again is the hard part. Love the pot plant above the temp! Nice touch. Plenty of...

Lucy – (more pictures later in the blog)     I swam @ 5:35am with: Ali, Brett & Patrick Craig joined us for coffee on the balcony. Drinks Expressers   Quite a crowd @6:31am. Legend Joe   B&B Central Coffee time Lucy’s last Monday before she & her Brad fly to Singapore.   Lucy’s Brad...

An explosion of colours this morning. Having turned the solstice corner, are we heading into Summer already? Water temps gone up! Oh happy Friday! Gymnast?   and some people just try really hard…   6.27am entry. Getting a head start on the Express crew. Walking through the high dry grass, pushing my way through slow...

Air:           11º (Cold As) Water:      17.7º Ocean:      Flat As Depth:       Shallow As Lucy:         Up-country on a farm Above: Newly set-up Shark Tracker Buoy B&B monthly dinner – Tuesday 12th July 2022 At our next monthly dinner, to be held on Tuesday July 12th at Bluewater Café at 6.30 pm, the guest speaker will be Prof. Adriana Verges, the...

Considering it’s the shortest day, we’re not short on sunshine or swimmers this beautiful morning. Also not short on choices!   The solstice swim began at 6.15 but was surprisingly light for pre dawn. Won’t identify any naked bodies.   Post swim brekkie at boathouse.   Badges already purchased.   For me it was Manly...

What better way to slip into the weekend than a Friday swim at Bold & Beautiful and this morning was no exception.  The sunrise was spectacular, the water still pretty warm at 17.7 degrees, not too bad considering its winter and the visibility is clearing compared to earlier in the week. Friday is also tri...

Siyabona everyone What a stunner it was too. Mark ‘Stickman’ Drinkwater found his inner poet and said it was ‘like swimming into an oil painting’. Thanks for the headline Stickman. Inspired choice of words. Here are some pictures so you can see what he was talking about and the temperature at 17.7C ( thank you...

The sunshine continues and my blog is late,  even though it’s back to work, because I couldn’t drag myself away, even though we’ve had a glorious long weekend of sunny swimming. Lainey posting the early report.     Today was a little chillier at 17.8 but thankfully calmer than the weekend.  Viz wasn’t great, where...

It was another blissful day in paradise; with captivating waves rolling in, welcoming winter sun stretching out and smiles on everyone’s faces! Today swimmers really earnt their bold status (everyone is already beautiful), with big sets rolling in at sunrise and a rather quick point express rip to contend with on the way back in....

As the temperature falls The morning sun crawls     Winter Without Wetsuit Will we all partake?   Pass up the neoprene Before it’s too late     For once my courage stands I will with all my might     Knowing my ugg boots wait To warm my cold feet just right    ...