Catch 22 Café & Bar Race Report

Tahunanui Beach put on a stunning morning for today’s Aquathon, with clear skies, a calm sea, and a much kinder forecast than last year’s windy edition.

Race 8 – Rylock Summer Swim Series, 8 January 2026

As the memories of no alarms, undisturbed sleep-ins and endless free time fade into history it is time to work off those extra pieces of pavlova and medicinal xmas morning samosas with a short sharp shock to the system being a friendly evening swim in the clear blue waters of the Nelson Harbour (creative license taken).

Tata Beach Swim Results

Tata Beach turned on a classic Golden Bay morning for our annual swim, with 131 swimmers taking to the smooth, calm water.

Race 6 – Rylock Summer Swim Series, 18 December 2025

If I hear one more time, ‘don’t worry the wind will drop away before start time’, Brendon will become the anchor for one of the buoys! Luckily, the wind did drop away before start time so please be careful pulling in the buoys. I may have slightly overreacted.

Race 5 – Rylock Summer Swim Series, 11 December 2025

You would be forgiven if you thought that the sea conditions were a marked improvement on last time. For once, MetService appeared to get it right and the wind did drop away to wheezy whisper before start time, and the sea surface looked like one of Rylock’s classic glass finishes.