The swell has decreased, still limited visibility and a few large moon shaped jellies out there. A beautiful morning and as always a great way to the day.
Have you been to Forster, NSW? I follow 'Did you swim today' on facebook and recently saw a few videos from the Forster turtles and the many grey nurse sharks they swim with. I asked my two bold and beautiful mates who are always keen for an adventure if they'd like to go up and swim with them. We headed up the next weekend. The Forster Turtles swim every day at 8am from main beach. They were very friendly and accommodating and although the conditions weren't perfect, they took us out to see the sharks.
We headed out from main beach to the pool from there, some swam left and some swam right to Pebbly beach, and some (us and our escorts) swam to see the grey nurse.
we saw the first grey nurse on the weeds
Just a few meters from the first grey nurse we saw 15-20 on the sand
They were everywhere!
View from the surface of where the grey nurse are...
Just after I took the above video a shark swam very close between me and one of the other Bold and Beautiful swimmers. As it swam under me I readied my camera (put back in underwater mode) and started to swim after it, when I heard, '...umm that's not a good one [shark]" (as understated by a Forster Turtle). All swam rather fast back to shore. My photo isn't very good, but it's pretty clear it wasn't a grey nurse.
It was a nice break and I would definitely swim with the turtles again, even with the 'not a good one' encounter. However, I am very thankful for where I live and swim, we are so lucky to enjoy CTB!
Have a great day!
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