After reading Tilly’s blog yesterday I was hoping for calmer seas today, alas it was even worse!   Temperature is down a smidge at 17.4 and viz seemed to be irrelevant as it was so rough there was nothing to report. Henrietta,  Sally and Marco ready to welcome any newbies,  and warn them re conditions, ...

Hey guys What a horrible day! Grey, cold, raining and windy. The water was apparently 17.6 but felt freezing. Some big messy sets coming though & not great water quality. I hate to say it, but it did feel sharky. Not many people knocking around this morning either, I’m assuming it’s because they wanted to...

  10pm Friday night Madam Guilottine suggests a harbour run for 630am. Magic Seaweed predicts a nasty NE onshore slop. Sunrise reveals a pretty messy ocean side swim   Pitch Report Blue bottles around big fat juicy ones. Alright. We follow Kylie with a double in mind, harbourside. At the first point beyond the skiff...

So my photos today are on land or from a distance – like a surveillance oeprative – because there was a powerful surf, big rip in the corner, occasional big sets, several board riders in the area where I would usually swim, and blue bottles. But the temperature was 18.9 Ger Devin from Wicklow recently...

The water was over 18, calm and pretty clear. We didn’t see the turtle today, but had a nice sighting yesterday, off the Bower. A lot of sea life to see, found an Eagle Ray on the way to Shelly.   Cuttlefish are still around. Saw this grey nurse just off the Bower, near the...

Another bumpy swim with a trench and rip going in but temp had gone up to 18 and viz was quite good in parts. This healthy looking Cuttlefish was still hanging around near Shelly. Here he is with Champ! The sky at 6.30am. The rain held off and as is usual everybody was so glad...

Here’s 50 reasons (OK maybe 53) reasons why the the crew from this morning’s 630 drinks express and ‘its 7 oclock swim get out of a warm bed to jump into a cold ocean. You can see the conditions and temperature at the end of the clip. And here’s where to find the other  video...

Hey guys, happy Monday! This was my first swim in a whole week! I’ve just been in the US for a work conference, which was lots of fun. The water felt quite cold, even though the temp is going up (17.8). The sky was grey, and it was raining a little. So not the best...

Drinksy lays down the rules for today. 4 rules. Don’t go if you don’t want to. I can’t remember the rest. All I can think about is Fight Club and how I like rule number 3. The waves are breaking out beyond the point. Sarah from Sales thinks about going for a walk.   Will,...

Wednesday 12th October – the morning after the night before, when the generous Bold & Beautiful community came together to raise much needed funds to support those in need…  The evening was a huge success, so much so, was that the reason only 43 people (so far) had logged swims this morning?  Guy was still...