Spring arrived this week with a bang giving us a full 2 degrees increase in water temperature ( from 16 to 18). The sunrises earlier and earlier which means we can start swimming now around 6.30 am. Ocean swimming is clearly on peoples mind now that we said goodbye to the winter. A warm welcome to Nicholas, Allison and Chris who joined us at mb-freestyle. In the school holidays we will be starting our ocean kids swim program as well. We made some great progress with our members as they go further, faster and feeling more confidence in the ocean than ever before. Sunrise over Manly Beach...
I am also pleased to announce that Tyson Wassermeyer has joined mb-freestyle as a casual ocean swim instructor. Tyson has a wealth of experience and is a fulltime lifeguard and a competitive open water swimmer.
The underwater landscape is amazing to explore photos by Jennifer Gwynne.
The underwater landscape is amazing to explore photos by Jennifer Gwynne.
Kristin also completed her first Shelly beach to Manly crossing as she is preparing for the Coles classic in January.
Nicholas making great progress after his third lesson he is now at 1.2 km , up from 400 metres just 3 weeks ago. Kim now frequently doing over 1km in her swim fit session.
Nicholas making great progress after his third lesson he is now at 1.2 km , up from 400 metres just 3 weeks ago. Kim now frequently doing over 1km in her swim fit session.
Our social group "The skinny dippers" have started a new initiative. Every swimmer has to take 3 pieces of plastic out every day. After some big swell comes rolling in we are reminded how bad we treat our ocean. We collected more then a kilo of plastic trash. Please pick up plastic as it is killing fish, turtles, dolphins and it shows how ignorant we are with our litter. Ocean trash collected by our group.
This week we also got together again with our Bronze medallion group for a dry and wet session. We have a great group of locals who are learning all the ropes of surf life saving. I was reminded how powerful the surf was when my rescue board got smashed out of my hands by a big dumping wave. If you would like to learn to open water swim please contact me. We also have a great spring special where you receive $100 discount on a 10 private lesson package. Keep freestyling everyone and enjoy the spring weather. Mark Bemer
Nick and myself finishing our two hour Bronze medallion wet session on Saturday morning. Love the screaming colours!
Nick and myself finishing our two hour Bronze medallion wet session on Saturday morning. Love the screaming colours!
