Hobart’s coldest morning so far this year has not deterred swimmers from stripping off to their birthday suits and making a splash at Long Beach for the annual Dark Mofo Nude Solstice Swim.
The air temperature just before sunrise was 4 degrees Celsius, while the water temperature was 12C.
3,000 swimmers registered to take part in the event. (ABC News: Sophie Jaggers)
The Bureau of Meteorology’s Urshla Connor, however, said the apparent temperature was -1C.
“Perfect conditions for the swim,” Ms Connor told 936 ABC Hobart.
A group of swimmers from Queensland dressed as frogs before they took the plunge said they had been coming for a few years.
A group from Queensland, dressed as frogs, come annually to the event. (ABC News: Jessica Moran)
Their tips for first timers were:
“Be brave, just embrace it. Drink schnapps. Drink schnapps beforehand and after,”
they said.
Swim organisers said 3,000 people registered for the swim.
