Saturday 8/8/26  IWT 16.4  OWT 12 Flat, calm and clear, a beautiful swim today, with the sun poking out as I write, 10am. Reports of early swimmers sharing the bay with a dolphin teaching her baby to dive, following on from yesterday’s dolphin pod travelling from within the bay and across Manly beach. My camera...

Excellent weather for Rusty’s birthday. There could have been some waves but other than that it was a delightful morning. He’ll just have to have many happy returns to the beach to check out the wave situation to enjoy long into the future Happy birthday Swimming today were some triathletes. As usual ! Ward Coaching...

Very early on I see lights of the 6 am swimmers making their way across the Cabbage Tree Bay Then I see lots of swimmers going in I see those masterful body surfers catch the available waves. I have discovered that I love to watch body surfing Don’t forget the BADGE ceremony!

There are mornings when the ocean calls you in, and there are mornings when it simply asks you to sit for a while. After being unwell, I hadn’t been down to the point for a little while. This morning wasn’t about swimming to Shelly or clocking up another kilometre. In fact, I didn’t even get...

Monday 3/8/26 IWT 17.5,  OWT 12. A quiet day, with a swirly start, some rolling waves coming in and around the point, with a bumpy swim all the way to Shelly.  Viz is pretty good once you get past the sandy wash at the start, but the real delight is beneath.  Swimming in this protected...

It’s the final leg of winter swimming now . Last month to get your ticks in for a winter badge. Temperature has dropped to 16.8, the air is cold and the sky today was grey and foggy at times. A good turn out of early and 7am swimmers , a big crowd gathered at the...

  Winter swimming. When temperatures drop and the water is clear (except for when it isn’t). Today both these applied, and we had the added gift of seeing a pod of dolphins from the shore, heading North. Sue was extra lucky, she got to swim with them, and she came up the steps literally babbling...

The sunshine is fantastic as 7 am’ers enter the water. It’s been a fantastic week of calm water, clear water and lots of marine life sightings! The Cuttlefish are still here and the Port Jacksons have arrived! Try and swim as much as you can with conditions this good!  

Monday 27th July 2026 – Crisp, clear, clean & cool. Orange sky 30 mins before the 6:51 sunrise. Water temp 17.8 + Ian’s joke of the week. DX legends Brett David & I swam north with breath holding & butterfly drills…. Santi (Santiago) showed me his recently acquired Camino cap. Kara asked me to photograph...

Leave aside the cool breeze which can just go away, the swim conditions today were fantastic Lots of people knew this and came to swim Joyful poses can make it seem warmer in