The oldest pool
Built in the 1880s, the oldest pool and swimming club in Australia is the Dawn Fraser Baths. It is a tidal saltwater pool located in Elkington Park, Balma…
TagHistorical Swimming 
Local Community & Clubs
Water Conditions & Data
Water Conditions & Data
Learning & Resources
Inspirational StoriesWater Conditions & Data 
Local Community & Clubs
Historical Swimming
Local Community & Clubs
Historical Swimming
Local Community & Clubs
John E Scanlon
On the bottom
In a recent swim, my swim buddy discussed the different starfish. It was delightful to learn that the 11 arm starfish were local ones, not the purplish inv…
Brighton Icebergers - wind & swell at swims
Our site ozswims.co records sea temperatures automatically from a swimmer's smartwatch, but it also takes manual recordings of the temperature, swell, clar…
RBYC Brighton Icebergers Sea Temperatures
Some all-year-round swimmers record their open-water swims at Royal Brighton Yacht Club (RBYC) on their smartwatches. They use Garmin watches that also au…
Social Open Water Swim Group Liability
Local open-water swimming groups are dynamic entities. They often begin with just a handful of regulars, gradually expanding. As these swimmers become fitt…
Channeling - Swimming from Ordinary to Extraordinary
This article is a book review of, "Channeling - Swimming from Ordinary to Extraordinary"
Port Phillip Bay EPA water quality
The table below shows the average of all samples of the EPA's beach report enterococci (bacterial) sampling results from December 2013 to February 2024.
Portsea Surf Life Saving - The Club House
This article is a book review of, "The Club House - 70 Years of Building The Portsea Surf Life Saving Club"
Beatrice Kerr Australia's Champion Lady Swimmer & Diver
Beatrice Kerr was a swimmer and aquatic performer originally from Albert Park in Victoria.
Cold water River Suir Swimmers
It never ceases to delight me to hear other cold-water swimmers describe their experience of cold-water swimming. It's almost as if the longer you experie…
Swimming made easy for women
On the 3rd of March in 1876 a Sydney Illustrated News article titled "Swimming made easy for women" suggests that the first step in swimming is to "Wet the…
Double Dip
The Brighton Icebergers know it as a 'Double Dip'. It works like this;