Last week i had a swim at the beautiful Bondi Beach. A bit chilly getting in but once i was out past the breakers it was glorious conditions. The water was crystal clear and their was lots of marine life around...swimming at its purest!
The swim did show another weakness of mine...swimming into the rising or setting sun. Each time i swam to the east the path i took was rather erratic. Heading east all I could see was a shadowed smoke stack and by the image below you can see i got caught in a few return rips (the spikes closer to the beach).
On the other hand going back the other way the path is very tight as Iceburg's was clearly visible across the entire bay; easy swimming!
I am going to Bondi for a week in January to do my final ocean preparation before Rottnest Island. The plan will be to swim 7-10km each morning and 2km each afternoon when the swell picks up.
The swim did show another weakness of mine...swimming into the rising or setting sun. Each time i swam to the east the path i took was rather erratic. Heading east all I could see was a shadowed smoke stack and by the image below you can see i got caught in a few return rips (the spikes closer to the beach).
On the other hand going back the other way the path is very tight as Iceburg's was clearly visible across the entire bay; easy swimming!
I am going to Bondi for a week in January to do my final ocean preparation before Rottnest Island. The plan will be to swim 7-10km each morning and 2km each afternoon when the swell picks up.
