Hi there
This is my twelfth year winter swimming at Hataitai Beach in Wellington. The Young One, J, and I were the only ones for ten years. But when NZ lockdown finished in May 2020, things changed. It was as if people suddenly wanted to make the most of life and they swarmed to the beach, swimming much later in the season than they would normally, and 'normal' was usually about beginning of March.
This year, I'm flabbergasted... There's a regular traffic jam of people winter swimming at Hataitai Beach. Our shortest day swim garnered about 22 swimmers instead of just we three. Rarely are The Young One and I swimming this winter without meeting up with several others, or seeing a multitude of wet footprints on the deck revealing the presence of swimmers who had rolled up before us.
The long-range weather forecast for NZ this winter was 'warm and dry'.
Let's hope we all make it through August, usually the coldest month and, of course, September with its rain and storms.
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