Barafundle Bay

On a long walk which took in the lily-pad/weed infested creeks of Stackpole Estate and the tremendous cliffs here, I went swimming at Barafundle Bay. This was a 'retro-swim' with the very basic kit I started out with - speedo FSM - though for some reason I swam without a snorkel. Water temperature close to the beach was very comfortable. Visibility was ok near the beach but not so good around the headland, when I went to look at the triple arch. It was close to high tide and I wasn't diving very deep so didn't see much except for a small school of bass. I was stung by jellyfish, but didn't even get to see it. It wasn't far at all to the arches, but the going seemed slow and missed the power of my scuba fins. There, underwater, I noticed a pool of light - but didn't feel like swimming through the hole to the other side. Nice clean sandy beach at Barafundle, like Broadhaven nearby, but very busy and somewhat noisy with people and boats. No dogs around. [Looking back at photographs - Stackpole Quay itself might be a better place to snorkel].