Long Reef ocean swim this morning was cancelled, after SLSA closed all beaches in NSW due to a Tsunami threat in the Pacific region, following the earthquake in Chile last nite.
Not before I had driven out to Long Reef this morning. On the way I was hearing radio reports that some beaches in Sydney had been closed, so I wasn't surprised when I arrived to hear that the swim was off.
Looks like it will postponed to another Sunday in April, but that will probably clash with another ocean swim I'm doing that weekend.
A little disappointing, it's a lovely late summer's day today, and conditions this morning would have been perfect for a swim. Still SLSA are trying to do the right thing to protect the public in the face of a credible threat, so it's all good. Do not fear the ocean, but do respect it. Can't argue with that.
Now 5 hours later, there's still no sign of any Tsunami in Sydney. Actually there won't be any big wave, it will be more like the tide coming in and going out very quickly, which will create currents, rips and turbulence and could pose a danger to unwary swimmers.
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