Bondi Swim Community

FLURO FRIDAY TOMORROW 🌊🌈

Throw on your brightest outfit to help bring more colour to mental health and join the OneWave community for some saltwater therapy. Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to be a surfer to get fluro! Come down for a swim and chat with the crew and we head for coffee after.

FRIDAY 1 DEC
🌊Alex Heads, QLD (6.30am)
🌊Bondi Beach - South Bondi Ramp 1, NSW (6.30am)
🌊Freshwater Beach, NSW (7am)
🌊Gnarabup Beach, WA (6.30am)
🌊Newcastle - Merewether Baths, NSW (9.30am)
🌊Woolgoolga - Woopi Beach, NSW(6.30am)

SATURDAY 2 DEC
🌊Greenmount Beach, QLD (5.30am)

If you can’t see your beach on the list we would love to chat to you about starting a Fluro Friday at your local 🤙

OTD 2013 🩵 Local Life Member Legend, Les Crane Bondi Icebergs Club five years ago captured during his admirable daily swim training routine in any conditions (and to this day, age 91)!

You are absolutely amazing and inspirational, Les! Incredible role model to Billy and the Cubes. 🙌🏽🩵🏊🏻‍♂️🌊

Photo credit: Eve Wheeler

Season 23-24 begins today for our Clubs and Services. Congratulations to all on your pre season preparations. Betty’s Burgers
North Bondi SLSC Bondi Surf Club Tamarama SLSC Bronte Surf Life Saving Club Clovelly Surf Lifesaving Club Coogee SLSC Maroubra SLSC South Maroubra SLSC Surf Rescue 30 Wanda Surf Life Saving Club Elouera SLSC North Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club Garie Surf Life Saving Club Burning Palms Surf Life Saving Club Era Slsc Support Operations

“I’m not OK”
Are 3 of the strongest words you can say.
In 2005 I was king hit when I wasn’t looking and had my 4 front teeth knocked out and I was knocked unconscious and almost killed. After that attack I lived daily with and a fear of leaving my house. Thank goodness to my family and friends for supporting me through this tough period. I’m pleased to say with the support it made me a better person. And now I am blessed to support others that have their own challenges even though I still have days when I’m no ok…

is a stigma busting campaign is sweeping Australian media and social media globally currently with this message. We're not about awareness,” Wallis says. “In order to get out of this mental health epidemic we're in, we need action”.”
To join the movement, get involved or learn more, visit heartonyoursleeve.org

For people interested in how I manage my physical and mental health check out my page or has been a game changer in the last couple of years.
My partner and I run courses to get more people facilitating and as we have seen it change countless lives…

I have more info about on my website as well.
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International Women's Day is this Wednesday, and in the lead up Surf Life Saving Clubs across the country are celebrating the contribution of girls and women in surf lifesaving.

Today Bondi Surf Club is hosting a Pink Patrol, an event that raises awareness about the various roles and opportunities avaliable to women in surf lifesaving.

SLSA President John Baker ESM and other members of the SLSA Board joined Bondi's Pink Patrol this morning, which also included members from WA and far north NSW!

Triple Phase

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Lest We Forget • 🌊🌅🌊
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Froth’erUp
Morning Bondi 🙌🏽📸

Sunsplice 🌅
WOW ! 📸🙌🏽🧡
Epic shot taken by one of the many legend runners of the run community quenching their ‘start in the dark’ hill runs thirst with a rewarding salty dip post regular Saturday 5am hill runs up the Bronte Cutting (carkpark hills). What a way to start your day! Yes Boss! ‘n Bossy! 💥
Get there 4:45am for 5am (SHARP) start to join this awesome inclusive and supportive community. One lap or ten laps just have a crack!

Bondi beautiful 💛 in all its golden glory. 💥bs

Best of the best! Jump in! 🙌🏽💦💙

• H A L F G L A S S F U L L •
💙 Happy 1st day of Spring, legends!
Keep your heart & soul cup overfloweth! 💎
Bondi Icebergs Club

Swimming the bay has been incredible this week.
So clear with our mammal mates + noahs passing through. Today was a tad icier esp North approaching boat ramp .. mouth filling surface chop and freezing flying wind blades sand running back.
We love the challenge. Esp the race to the sauna.
Get in. Get wet. It’s so good for us!🐳🐬🦈🐋
Sean Scott Photography 📸🙌🏽

Take the plunge into the magic.
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Water is delicious this week waterpeople!
Let’s get in there for some saltwater medicinal magic! 💙🌊

TV documentary advice 'saved boy swept out to sea' The boy followed the exact advice the RNLI would give to anyone in difficulty, his rescuers say.

Phenomenal! 🙌🏽

She's done it again 🙌 Australian marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel broke the men’s WORLD RECORD for the most English Channel crossings, after completing her 35th crossing on Sunday 💪 CONGRATULATIONS to and her team 👏 Read more about Chloë's journey here 😌👉 https://bit.ly/314q1F1

Our Waverley Lifeguard Service is on the hunt for some new recruits to join our guys and girls in blue! If you'd like to spend your days working by the beach, and have what it takes to pass our fitness and skills test, we want to hear from you. Find out more and apply here: https://bit.ly/3f5VgmZ

📷 Bondi Rescue

Great article on one of our local swim legends, Olympian and Coach to many, Neil Rogers.
Coach Neil Rogers Swimming . 🌊💙🙌🏽

Swimming star reminisces on Edinburgh Games | Commonwealth Games Australia Australian swimming siblings Greg and Neil Rogers were stars of the pool for Australia in the late 1960s and 1970s. The champion brothers reminisce on the Edinburgh 1970 Commonwealth Games.

Great tips! 🌊🌊🌊

🌊 After the wild conditions along the East Coast last week we thought we would share our top tips for swimming in choppy, big swell:

- Regulate your breathing, this will help you to stay calm. Make sure you are breathing every 2 strokes.
- Dive under waves deep & early and be ready to start swimming as soon as you come up.
- If it is shallow enough when you dive under, hold onto the sand as a wave passes over you.
- If it is deeper when you dive under stay active and work underwater eg with a breaststroke pull to help you move forward underwater and prevent being dragged back with the wave.
- As you swim back in, breathe looking behind your shoulder to check for waves breaking behind or on top of you.
- If you do get dumped, or caught by a wave unexpectedly remember to stay calm. Avoid the instinct to go upright or to try touch the bottom. Waves will always push you back in.

Put these skills into practice at Face The Waves this week - Wed 12-1pm, Friday new time of 6-7am and Saturday 7-8am

Phenomenal shot!

Bondi Lifeguard, Clint Kimmins negotiating kaos at Ben Buckler Headland, North Bondi this week.

10 Hidden Benefits of Swimming Why not jump in? It’s not too late to gain from the hidden benefits of swimming. Swimming is perfect for your mental health and physical health. Water is a low-impact sport that provides more resistance than dryland exercises and it has a therapeutic cooling effect o

A few insanely large mutant waves crashed into Sydney earlier this morning. This was one of them...

Today we acknowledge the 40 year anniversary of Women in Surf Life Saving being able to gain their Bronze Medallion. Thank you to the 79,775 dedicated female members who volunteer across our 314 surf clubs around Australia to save lives, create great Australians and build better communities.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2YLeb1q

Join in the recognition by tagging inspiring women within the movement 🙌

It's been a another stunning week of winter swimming in Sydney - crystal clear water, super flat conditions and water still warmish with a couple of brave swimmers still going without wetsuit!

With the flat conditions, we've been working on some long-distance swimming with swims around the shark buoy and across the bay this week.

If you have swim FOMO, it really is the best time to give ocean swimming a try. Send us a message if you are keen to join :)

BONDI - 1926.
Bronte & Tama featured too.

Beautiful Bondi, 1926 An early silent documentary showing the attractions of Bondi Beach and the surrounding Waverley area. Beaches include Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama. Surfing, sw...

Bondi Icebergs. 💙

Bondi On October 10th, 2010 (10/10/10), thousands of people, from every nation around the world, filmed their perspective and contributed their voice…