• Water 16.3º (Briefly, in the shallows) • Nil waves (Flat as glass) • Over 100 in the 6.30s (What’s going on there?) • Sean Abbott’s birthday • Solstice next Thursday 22nd – 6.15@Shelly Beach       SOLSTICE SWIM: Thursday 22nd June 2023 6.15 for 6.30 start at Shelly Badges $10 (cash only) at...

Hey guys Happy Monday & Happy King’s birthday! Visibility was pretty good this morning, but nothing exciting was spotted during my swim. Only a very slow swimmer (me) in a super annoying wetsuit! It’s a lot warmer for sure, but I hate it! It was Race 1 of our A Team Winter Triple Crown, and...

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. I tried for an early mark 6am, 7 degrees from half way. Dark and very shallow.           Caroiline reports a long trek out with the lowest tide in history. Hope it doesn’t get too much colder with the nude solistice swim...

Bok from the Croatian islands We are currently  sailing around the Croatian islands which is swimming heaven. For me at least. Long swims in calm clear seas. Water about 19C.  (Ahsweh we do work sometimes) Back in the Uk before we left I swam  with my good friend Leigh and a friend Laura from the...

It was Kath’s birthday today so  ‘The Mermaids’ brought along bubbly and cake for a post-swim treat. Happy Birthday Kath Jackson! As there was a bit of rain on and off everybody was huddled together at the Surf Club so it made for a very friendly morning! It was a bit wet to walk to...

        Solstice: Thursday 22nd         Happy Birthday Fi!  

Winter swimming is the best. Calm and clear. So much to see. Today I was went in after the main group and arrived back before the main group – was it speed? No. It was leaving just after the 630 main group and arriving back just before the main 7  am group.     Such...

Today is the last day of May – a memorable month of magic and madness.   Magical magnificent swimming conditions thanks to magnanimous mother nature showing her midas touch with golden sunrises and like a magnified magnet, mesmerizing and manoeuvring us down the ramp into rays of liquid gold and our beautiful playground:  meditative, flat,...

To follow on from my English as a second Language class last night, where we talked about comparatives, it seemed appropriate to do the same this morning. The water was a little cooler than yesterday at 17.7C but as flat and clear as the last few days. Spectacular both in and out. It seemed a...

Hey guys   Happy Monday! It was a lovely morning this morning, and it was a beautiful sun rise. Water was cold at 17.7, but the visibility was pretty perfect. Nothing exciting was spotted during my swim, but I nearly swam into a turtle last week so I’m still pretty happy about that!! ☺️ I...