I was greeted with a lot of negativity this morning down at the swim, a first for me in 8 years of blogging! Early swimmers reported dirty water, weed and stingy things. However Martina from Port Melbourne thought it was great! It was her first swim with us and usually swims with tankers, in fishless...

Howzit  Easter Monday. (Howzit =common Saffer greeting meaning hello how are you all rolled into one) The water looked enticing beautiful and calm …inside the ocean though was a cauldron of activity, bubbling shoals of yakkas darting about, droves of  bitey itchy no-see-ums  (sealice) some large brown jelly fish and the odd stinger… and dang...

Hoping the Easter bunny was kind to you.  Beautiful easter sunrise today. I was a bit later than usual as i was enjoying the extra hour of sleep. Sun’s up.   Early sunrise shot yesterday. Magnificent April colours. Water temp was a perfect 22.6 degC     It was quiet in the water early. Were...

Sunrise. Tomorrow you will have to get up an hour earlier to catch it Making meditation mainstream The kelp is almost gone and doing its job in stabilising and nourishing the beach Lainey and Kelly feeding hungry swimmers and raising funds for Can-Too Michele and Martin Perfect autumn swimming Annie Shaun and Leveena Greg and...

Jon says it doesn’t get any more perfect than this. Clear skies, a waning gibbous moon, 2-3 foot swell from the South East, which means Cabbage Tree Bay is flat. Slight offshore. Low tide is 7am which is when we arrived. On the point a Norwegian Blue is pining for the fjords. After weeks of...

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Ah today … the tide seemed to have finally turned. The water was a balmy 22.5C with some promising clarity and great sightings to enhance the swim. In the words of Jack Johnston in his song Only the Ocean After all this time after all these seasonsAfter your one decision to go to the water...

This sea sponge found washed up in the weed, provided a lot of entertainment at the swim this morning! Michele (bottom right) said ‘it’s great how something so simple can bring so much joy and pleasure!’   True love at yoga this morning. Cali and his owner! Flat, calm and getting clearer down at the...

Remember those days when the water was Radiant and absolutely Revitalising? They may feel like past Remnants… but I’m happy to report that those days are in Reach once again…it’s safe to say the Rancid days of last week are starting to Retreat Those Resilient enough to brave the conditions last week will be Restored...

I went for a walk after work yesterday, wanted to see if there had been any improvement in the water versus pollution over the last few days. I found the washed up hot water system from during the week, sitting under a tree, labelled by the council, as if someone had illegally dumped it there....