Rusty and Caroline’s Pitch report What a sunrise! It’s getting harder to catch at 5.32am. Then the sun went back to bed. Calmer conditions, some nice waves around. 17.5C warming. Viz improving. Caught a PJ sneaking out of his hole. Reports of 1 jimble in the middle. Chatted to The Crash Test...

What’s up?  I will tell you what’s up Bugs…I am one excited little blogger today. My favourite NRL team “The South Sydney Rabbitohs” are vying for league’s best prize in the grand final this weekend against the Penrith Panthers. Now, I wasn’t sure if writing about the NRL grand final in a Manly swim blog...

This is Guy for those of you who don’t know him… standing in the foreground of our beautiful playground this morning. He’s been recording the water temp for us these last few weeks with that precise handwriting. 16.7 today. Descriptions of the swim consistently involved the words ‘lumpy’, ‘bumpy’, ‘roly poly’, ‘murky’ but given that…...

Date: 27 September 2021 Temp: 16ish Viz: 6/10 Vaccination rate: 85% and 60% (2nd Dose) Conditions: Sloppy, lumpy but overall a good morning out   On Mondays we like to reflect on the week that was and the week that is to come – I particularly like to do this on my Monday morning swim...

  A grey day.  A wet day.  Should I go for a swim or stay in bed?  Er, I’m blogging.  Decision made. The friendly smiles at B&B Central provided instant warmth.  Auntie and niece combo Lisa and Alice:   The WOWs had turned out to celebrate Alice’s birthday.  Happy Birthday, Alice!! Holly asked if there...

Above: Here comes another one – but each swim is different and the mornings have more light and it arrives a lot earlier. A 6.30amish Bolderdash (which I have not done for a while) with Carel, Inge, Jason and Keith.  Above: Here comes another wave and Jason has that steely look of determination at the...

Look daaarling, an art showing/auction today upstairs (BEST SUNRISES OF 2021) in the surf club! How delightful! We must go up the inside stairs, through the men’s showers, oh dear. Look there’s Swanbourne Sam, mighty fine specimen, I heard that about Perth men. Avert your eyes, Murray is showing off his water skills again. Look...

“No cold nuts!” exclaimed Tylney with a look of excited disbelief. “Excuse me?” said Karen giggling behind her hands at this rather unexpected comment. “I’ve got a new wetsuit! If I was wearing my usual old (& clearly not so faithful) 25 year old wetsuit, I would have had cold nuts by now!” Tylney said...

So far the day is better than the forecast, ie no rain but it is very windy! As many bloggers post a sunrise shot I thought I would do the same, but the lazy option before 6am was from the comfort of my bed and screenshot the webcam. Also very enjoyable and warmer!   Turns...