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...

I don’t know about you but I have always loved the big summer high tides, and over the past and next few days we are looking at only just under 2 metres of high tide. My enjoying them doesn’t make sense from my photographer perspective because they usually bring cloudier water but I enjoy them...

Introduce somebody to our swim and in my opinion you’ve given them the best present in the world! As we know it has enhanced the quality of life of so many of us and brings joy, friends, fitness…here are some of the Wows at Shelly half way through their morning swim! Nelly from Bordeaux loves...

After a long weekend filled with sunshine and celebration, this morning carried a different kind of energy. The beach felt moody — not wild, but unsettled. The sky hung low, the light was soft and uncertain, and a slight wind pushed through, cool enough to make the sand feel colder than usual. Yet the sea,...

I could see the sky aglow with pink as I hopped on my bike and headed down to the swim. When I reached the beach, there was still some colour, but today the earlier bird got the best of the sunrise. With the public holiday it was busier than most Mondays. The sea was bumpier...