I have to confess I am writing this in the living room not having actually ventured out of the house as the view out the window with trees blowing, rain that doesn’t look like letting up and my phone telling me that the “real feel” temperature is 4C just doesn’t tempt me. I have checked...

Mauricio’s shark     Day 1 Outdoor masking. Motheroffivesons   Duncan   Brad, “please say Hi to Lucy”.   Mary swam early. In the coffee queue.   Aubergine   Lyndall   On your bike   Incognito     Fifi’s Jelly’s.   Sam & I caught waves opposite the pyramid steps after swimming @6am through the...

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If I could only see, that familiar sunrise Through sleepy eyes, how happy I’d be FRI-YAY Rusty and Caroline’s Pitch report Took the scenic route. Flat, tiniest rolling swell gentling rocking. Lainey says viz is deteriorating, however we are finding it better than yesterday. A plethora of groupers (is that the collective noun?), found one...

Lovely to have Little Sarah Abbott ( LSA) and hubby Jon back with us swimming after trying for months to get here from Hong Kong! Stunning morning down at Cabbage Tree Bay. I’m filling in for Anne E who can’t be here unfortunately due to covid.We had 16.1 water temp recorded by Guy at 6.45am....

  Wednesday 18th August – Hello from the other side (of the Spit Bridge – aka Mexico) – Balmoral Beach once again becomes a fabulous “home” for B&B swimmers like me, who are unable to access manly for our daily dose of Vitamin Sea..  what it lacks in abundant sea life it makes up in...

Hello and Happy Tuesday from Gary the Groper! Here he is munching away at sea urchins at The Bower. Pic from Saturday. It wasn’t so clear today but was still flat, calm, beautiful and cold at 15.9 degrees! I am conscious writing this blog that many of you can’t swim with us at the moment...

6:04am.   5km rule for all of Greater Sydney In Greater Sydney and other lockdown areas, the 10km rule will be cut to 5km from 12.01am Monday, August 16, with shopping, exercise and outdoor recreation to be done in a person’s local government area (LGA) or, if outside their LGA, within 5 kilometres of home....

Everyone loves a leftie, don’t they? Especially on the Northern Beaches. In case it passed you bye in this pandemic haze, Friday was was International Left Handers Day.  A celebration of all that’s left. I think the celebrations should continue for a week – International Left Handers week would be sensational. So along with me...

My focus today was a long swim, even got the Sharkskin out, and that means there is only 1 people shot. Management Announcement Manly Point Cafe exposure site As you are most likely aware the Manly Point Cafe has been listed as an exposure site (this is the cafe near the Manly Surf Lifesaving Club)....