By this January people have foudn out that covid restrictions are over and we can swim at 7 am. SO SO many going down the ramp at 7 am that it was almost like a second Drinks Express. The only remnant of covid restrictions are the different caps which I like very much. Message T...

Siyabona / G’day Water 22.5 C and less bumpy than yesterday. No reports of blueys ( they are so yesterday) or jimbles but plenty of ‘no see ums ’ or  sea lice. Signs of today Storchy’s exercise crew DX crew enhanced by the lovely Kylie Capless and Sarah from Sales talk up the swim Our...

Bootie@6 M, W & F. Welcoming Committee Warm & bumpy Mick & Geoff Jo Tim & Andre   DX x4 jLife guard said, “it’s not working Mother Sarah Michael – off to save lives. A – coffee – avoid sex religion & politics In the mirror New years resolution for longevity Swim with the B&B-...

Great conditions to finish off 2023 today. No appearance of the turtle so that is the whole of 2023 without me seeing it but so glad that others saw it. Well maybe not “so” glad. I’ll give it another chance next year. Jules, Kate, Niels and Pierre. Fab four among the many fab swimmers I...

What a holiday time. So much goings on – enough to try any ordinary person BUT we are swimming in the Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad at Manly – give or take a few tribes either side of 7 am – and we may be collecitng swims for a badge. As Anne said this morning...

Santa Dave Santa Gareth Warm ocean Christmas B&B welcome Santa Lainey I caught 17 waves @6:15 with Brett, Ali, Capless, Kenny &  Santa Kombi Mark Simon & Chris raced back with the 630 Drinks Express just before 7. Over 200 B&Bers @7am. Many in Chrissy Cossies Many young old & familiar faces Have a safe...

Here I go out to sea again. The sunshine fills my hair Rusty’s Pitch Report: The mighty Machine Men, take a sip of their orange juice?, before celebrating the Summer Solstice with a liberating, nude swim to Shelly. The ‘dismount’, a coordinated maneuver where budgies are removed and hoisted around the neck whilst walking in,...

Light winds and a moderate southerly swell with a shortish period brings relative water clarity which makes swimmers, divers, snorkellers, photographers and beginner surfers happy. Lots to see under water but first here’s some swimmers coming in as I was going out (late again but wha hey I’m semi retired) I spent quite a bit...

We’re definitely back to the time of year where it’s great one day, messy the next and for me it was not the conditions I enjoy most. With waves breaking beyond the point I headed for Shelley. We heard, then saw, that half way, at the bower wasn’t a great option either.     Nice...

I am taking advantage of being the blogger to give feedback to swimmers who offer to help. Don’t hesitateto offer help to another person if you think something is awry. I am probably a person that has had most offers of help – sometimes I am frozen in panic and sometimes I am practising aquarobics...