Category Archives: Swimming with the fish

Things took a turn for the worse the day after I experienced unexpected clear conditions, which were so good that they tempted me into the water twice in one day.  The next day I was still able to make out what was below me, although things were being stirred up and the marine life mustContinue reading “Parasites”

I’ve not given up on swimming with the fish.  Despite knowing there are clearer waters available if I was to jump in the car and drive for about an hour, I do like the convenience of being able to walk three minutes down the road.  Last weekend I popped in on Sunday morning, which wasContinue reading “Deceptive looks”

The promise of much needed rain, not just a light sprinkle, disappointed.  The landscape is parched.  Wetlands that normally survive our normal long dry summer are suffering; river pools that provide refuge for our freshwater aquatic ecosystems are drying up; and even terrestrial native vegetation that has evolved to survive our climate is severely underContinue reading “Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head”

Third time lucky seems to work.  The cause of my four months of woes has been revealed, by mechanic number three.  I sadly still have to wait another week for the parts to arrive and everything being put back together.  They have had the car since last Thursday, resulting in me working from home forContinue reading “Fact and fiction”

‘It’s just out there’, swim out to the pontoon and the same distance again.  So I have been told a few times.  Lisa was heading out for her Saturday morning plunge, and the crew enter the water right off where the pontoon is located.  You could say I decided to try this new bit ofContinue reading “Making contact”

It’s normally ‘thank god it’s Friday’, but this week I was more looking forward to Thursday.  Not because Thursday was my Friday, it wasn’t and I worked the full five days this week.  It was due to the stars aligning providing the lowest swell, along with light winds, and clear blue skies.  We’ve also tippedContinue reading “A rare sight”

Meh, meaning uninspiring or unexceptional, is how I would describe the water this week.  The swell conditions were affected by what is called a groundswell.  This occurs when winds far out to sea covering long distances transfer its energy to the water, and normally results in a longer swell period.  On a summers day weContinue reading “Stripy friends”

I couldn’t make my mind up as to what to do today, a swim was inevitable but where to go.  Part of me was not too keen to go too far along the beach, maybe feeling a little weary from yesterday.  However, if the conditions were like yesterday then it could be pretty good roundContinue reading “Putting the feelers out”

Dumping my gear out of the car after my morning climb, which I only did to test drive the car (not), I felt the need to get my head under water.  The images of our local beach that Lisa had sent me this morning, while I was climbing, looked great but I also knew theContinue reading “Pebble beach”

With a full moon looming tonight, when the gravitational pull of both the sun and moon gang up on us, the tides have been gradually getting bigger.  To be fair the tidal range doesn’t change all that much where we are, but with a lower than normal low tide much of the reef was pokingContinue reading “That’s close enough”