Yes. Swimming is an individual activity but people tend to want to belong to something. While all the swimmers are open water swimmers and many are also BB swimmers, there are other combinations they belong to. One good thing of few that occurred since BC (before Covid) is that swimmers have their own cozzies or...

  Good morning! How nice is it to have sunshine and a calming ocean. Visibility is improving as well, and should continue to do so with the swell turning to a Southerly direction, light offshore winds and sunny days for the next week or so. Yes it is really winter and water temps will probably...

A fresh start to the morning with the water sitting at 17.9°C. It certainly felt crisp on arrival, but by 7.20am the sun had broken through and it was shaping up to be one of those glorious winter days that reminds us why we love being here. The ocean had plenty of energy this morning....

Today sounds like thunderous wave crashing from a good distance away Huge sets and full of sand because it is so shallow (low tide) The Swim Manly app confirms what my eyes can see. Some swimmers who are skilled enough went out but even they said they got a good workout Farewell to Inge and...

Life’s a journey. We spend so much time dreaming about our destination, instead of looking out the window here and now. And you start realising that flow comes when you are present, where there is no past and its regrets, no future and its pangs of running late. Add a dash of swell, a swig...

It’s all about perspective, see? Or is it sea? Earlier this morning, for the benefit of people not on the Facebook page. Photo by Lisha, thank you. Another late blog from me, but tradie presence necessitates, and seeing as I had to wait for a phone call I did not swim. Took the opportunity to...

A cool , crisp morning today and an even cooler water temp just to match. I’m doing another dry and remote blog so no underwater shots but courtesy of Pauline and Jon I have pre sunrise pics and the people gathering pre swim . The special aspect of winter swimming is bonding with those who...

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