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Swimming in the ocean regardless of the weather or water temperature? Idiots!

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Swimming Idiots

Swimming in the ocean regardless of the weather or water temperature? Idiots!

  • Home
  • About
  • Swim Routes
    • Seasoned Idiots
    • Inshore loop 465m
    • Island Pool loop 1.04km
    • Post loop 1120m
    • Cobblers Beach 2.35km
    • Barrel 2 loop 1.53km
    • Barrel 1 loop 1.42km
    • Two Bays Swim 1.68kms
    • Australia Day 1.4km
    • Around the Island 1.33km
    • Around the Bay 1.06kms
    • Zig-zag 1.04km
    • Edwards Beach lap 625m
  • Post Archives
    • Swimming 2020
    • Swimming 2019
    • Swimming 2018
    • Swimming 2017
    • Swimming 2016
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    • Hall of Fame
    • The Gang
    • Videos
    • Shoeless Photography
  • Water Temperatures
    • 1976 – 1986 Winter Avg
    • The 80s
    • 2014 Stats
    • Feb 2018 Statistics
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Swimming Idiots

Swimming in the ocean regardless of the weather or water temperature? Idiots!

The Friday Special is a swim around the island down to the Edwards Beach Far Cone. 1330 metres give or take. Not running aground on the rocks is a challenge as is navigating around fishing boats…


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Another version of this swim is to incorporate a dugong on the way back which involves swimming as shallow as possible (parallel to the beach). Strange to relate, this distance is shorter – 625m for the outward leg and 665m on the return…

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