Many swimmers live nearby but many more travel quite a bit to swim. Ian Smith travelled from the uk and it is great to see him. He got extra benefit because FFF has started up for the season          The entry to the swim involved negotiating waves today. It was obviously fun...

  Sometimes I wonder if the sand knows if it’s coming or going, if it’s Arthur or Martha or simly as mad as a two-bob watch. This is the end of the ramp, barely discernible from the start of the sand. Who know what it’ll be like tomorrow or next week? Still, entry and exit...

Every morning, I wake up with a song in my head (don’t ask me why, i just do..im a bit keen on my tunes so a beat is always drumming away) . Today, it was Glycerine by Bush, so ofcourse i play it on Spotify and I start getting ready for the beach — that...

Today I had a swim around the bay with Kim Cooke after working a night shift. We started at Shelly beach and headed up, over the bay, then down to our start point. Lovely to see Jenny, Dee and Pauline preparing for their swim. Lots of clarity at the bower break- little yellow fish everywhere....

Sunrise today was so gorgeous that I had to steal one of Lainey’s photos from her morning conditions report. Stunning, don’t you agree? It’s OG Izzy’s birthday today, here she is with her beloved and very cute rescue dog Bruno. Inspired by these board paddlers I decided it was OK for me to get into...

Everyone seemed to be coming out of the water marveling about what they saw! Flavia and her friend show me how big the Eagle Ray was they saw! Renata and Jane saw Cuttlefish that were that big! As I arrived at the swim these early swimmers, The Pearls were raving about the huuuge Wobbie they’d...

This week, I write about love and the sea — where we find healing, connection, and that feeling of coming home to the blue. 🌊💗 Every morning with the Bold and Beautiful, the sea greets us like an old friend — sometimes calm, sometimes beautiful, sometimes playful, sometimes a little moody. And isn’t love the...

Different conditions today. Northerly winds and a NorEast swell feel like summer conditions. For me that means we may have bluebottles, but if there were any today they didn’t find me and thankfully I heard nothing about them. If you do encounter one of those delightful marine treasures, the current treatment advice is to remove...

There’s something in the air this week — that unmistakable shift when the ocean starts to sparkle just a little brighter, the mornings get earlier, and the chatter at Manly begins to turn to one thing: the Cole Classic Ocean Swim. Yes, it’s happening again — the big event lands on Sunday, 1st February 2026,...

Good morning everyone and what a great start to the day and another week. A beautifully calm bay today with a temperature of 18.6 degrees and great clarity too. It was a perfect day to either do multiple laps or stop and snorkel, people about doing a mixture of both. I followed the A team...