Welcome 2024 with a dip in the Irish Sea

Timings for today's New Year's Day Dips

Hundreds of people are expected to welcome in 2024 on the Isle of Man with a swim in the sea.

The Manx tradition of a New Year's Day Dip continues today.

The timings for the events around the Island are as follows:

Southern Dips:

10am: Port St Mary, Chapel Beach

10.45am: Port St Mary, Inner Harbour

11.30am: Gansey Beach

12.15pm: Port Erin Beach

(Dippers are invited to take part in all four dips)

11am:

Ramsey, by the lifeboat house, registration from 10am

12noon:

Castletown Outer Harbour

Peel Beach (register at the Sailing Club from 10.30am)

Laxey

1pm:

Douglas, Queens Promenade (more info at douglasdip.im) – raising money for Breast Cancer Now and Beach Buddies

The weather on the Island today is expected to be mostly dry with a maximum temperature of 9 Celsius.

Low tide this morning is 8:18am and high water is at 2:28pm.