Terrigal Ocean Classic Swims

Due to the big seas on Saturday the 1km and 2km Terrigal Classic Ocean Swims scheduled for Saturday morning were moved to Easter Monday morning.

I went down to watch the start of the 1 km swim and hopefully take a few photos showing the atmosphere of the event. It's not an easy event to photograph nowadays as most of the spectators, with their smartphones, are now budding photographers jostling for the best photo positions.

Also previously there were massed starts to both events. Now they have more sophisticated timing gear and start groups of 3 in rapid succession which makes for much less of a spectacle but fairer races.

I used the Q2 43 and came away with the photos below. I tried to get some photos of finishers crossing the finishing line but I'm not happy with them due again to those pesky smartphone snappers crowding me out.