Monday 13th July 2026 – Winter badge, Orange sky, coldest water so far. Ian said, “today is the first day it’s possible to gain your ‘winter badge 2026’ – i.e. complete 20 swims in 7 weeks, we are in week 7 of the 12 weeks of winter. 369 swimmers are on track to achieve their...

Morning all, I’m doing a dry blog today so it’s a group effort from me, Pauline Forster and Anne Henshaw. The sunrise was beautiful and a nice big group of swimmers headed into the beach. Temp is reasonable for mid winter and conditions look good but a bit of surge and a few waves coming...

So many people and activities today. Apart from swimmers and runners, there are paddlers, surfers, yoga practitioners, and those super elegant body surfers. Warm 18 degrees (warm compared to the air) but an occasional huge wave The body surfers had to weave in and around surfers today

The rain is forecast to ease over the next few days, gifting us fine weather and a decreasing swell until at least next Tuesday, so we have a good window of opportunity to swim and accumulate the numbers towards the winter badges, including the much coveted WWW badge while the water is still relatively warm...

Absolutely loads of smiles and happy faces if you come down to a Band B swim! They are even brighter after they come out of the water 😊After a couple of months travelling you realise even more… how amazing our community is and our very special swim, in this little corner of the world! Chrissy...

There are some mornings where the magic isn’t in a spectacular sunrise or a perfectly calm ocean. It’s found in the quiet moments, the familiar faces, and the simple joy of being exactly where you are. This morning started with a walk along Manly Beach, looking up at the stars as the world was slowly...

Monday 6/7/26 IWT 18.3, OWT 14 Grey skies, strong current around the point, but the water was surprisingly warm and felt really silky on the skin.  Visibility not so good, but pretty flat across the bay, and there was a nice gentle push to help you glide into Shelly Beach.  Temp there was the same...

Saturday 4th July, IWT 16.8, OWT 10 degrees Beautiful bright day, sun is out, skies are clear, and water is flat and calm.  Just after low tide, water clear on the beach. I hadn’t seen the IWT temp before I swam, just as well, so my initial thoughts that the water was cold was correct. ...

An orange sky like Amarillo in the morning. I should have taken that as some kind of warning. Rusty’s Pitch Report Freshly nicknamed, we head north. Into the chop and waves. No pings on any apps so up to the pipe. The sprint gang. An orange sort of morning. The wave zone at the stairs...

This is what the early swimmers saw this morning. The photo is stolen from Lainey’s post.   Later it was like this. Meaning-of-life conversations in the mid morning sun. Judging by the state of this cuttle bone my guess is his ending was not gentle (but hopefully quick) I heard reports of average-at-best visibility so...