Dee Why Ice Picks Winter Swimming Club is a community-based winter swimming club 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 Ice Picks’ history, the club had the honour of hosting the Australian Winter Swimming Championships in 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.

For over six decades, members of the Dee Why Ice Picks have taken the plunge every Sunday morning from Easter until the October Long Weekend.

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

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.

Dee Why Ice Picks swim in the Dee Why Rockpool:

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.

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