Swim safe

It's true the lifeguard tower at Bondi Beach is showing the water temperature as low as 14.6 degrees ... please, please be extra careful in the surf ... it really is wetsuit only time at the moment ... the icebergs is a safer option

The colder you get, the less you are able to assess what's going on ...

When it's this cold, as well as when the swell is up, if you must swim, please do so with a buddy, stay close to shore and keep checking on each other ...

Also, don't hesitate to call in the lifeguards, it's what they are there to do ...

[Exactly what happened to the poor man who drowned at Bondi late on Saturday afternoon may never be known. But it was cold and reports indicate that he was swimming alone. His wife and child were on the beach. Also note that it was a surfer who spotted him, after two helicopters and lifeguards on jetskis searched frantically and to no avail for some period of time.]