Swimming day 378 - Saturday 26th November 2011

Unusually I decided a Saturday morning swim would be good; especially as yesterday wasn’t as full as I’d have liked.  So I convinced Big Bob to join me and we met at the arch at 7.30am and braved the storm!  Actually it was one of those seas where it was rough but enjoyable.  There was a very strong tide pulling to the east (marina) and a lot of very high swells.  We went in middle of our beach and it took about quarter of an hour to just get from middle of our beach to the groin; usually this is about a 1 minute swim.  We kept heading west against the tide until we got passed the Thistle Hotel (about 25 minutes in total) and then we turned around and headed back our beach; the swim back taking about 2-3 minutes only!  A massive tide jus shooting us back.

The swells were big which gave it that feeling of one second being higher than the other and the next being lower, a real roller coaster ride.  Scary at times, dangerous at times I’m sure, but a great invigorating swim all the same.

Total swim time 32 minutes by the time we left the sea; air temp around 8 degrees and sea temp 9.4 degrees.

Afterwards we headed to the Red Roaster for a glorious cappuccino and met with 5 other of our morning swimmers who had already been and gone before we even got in.  Brighton is certainly full of crazies!