Welcome

 Welcome to the Dee Why Ice Picks Winter Swimming Club.

Hosts of the 2023 Australian Winter Swimming Championships,

Proudly supported by Northern Beaches Council, Dee Why RSL, Smart Boating and Goodradigbee Distillers Brookvale

The Dee Why Ice Picks are one of the longest established and storied winter swimming clubs in Australia  having been established in 1961.

For the first time in the six decade history of the Ice Picks the club had the honour of hosting the Australian Winter Swimming Championships in September 2023.

As a sub-club of the Dee Why RSL, the Ice Picks enjoys the support of the Club and it was a key sponsor of the 2024 Australian Winter Swimming Titles.

Thanks also must go to Northern Beaches Council, Smart Boating  and Goodradigbee Distillers  as key partners.

The DeeWhy RSL Ice Picks is a community based winter swimming club that was first established in 1961 by a band of mostly Dee Why Surf Lifesavers and devoted local surfers who realised the water in the Dee Why Rock Pool was just as inviting and invigorating in winter as it is in summer.

Through more than six decades members of the Dee Why Ice Picks have taken the plunge every Sunday morning from Easter until the October Long Weekend.

At 9.30am each Sunday the members gather to contest 30 metre and 50 metre handicap races before adjourning to the Dee Why Surf Club for brunch.

The Dee Why Ice Picks is a proud sub-club of the Dee Why RSL Club.

Each year the Ice Picks takes a contingent to the Australian Winter Swimming Championships as well contesting the North Side Shield, an inter-club contest fought out by several other northern beaches winter swimming clubs and the Newcastle based Merewether Mackerals.

New members are always welcome so why not come down on a Sunday morning and join our band of hardy swimmers for some great fun, exhilarating swim races and some great camaraderie