With the support of Swimming Quebec, the CALAC swim team hosted 150 swimmers from 13 clubs at the 2011 Open Water Provincial Championships in the Aquadome in Lasalle, Québec. The swimmers participated in Pool Open Water 2K, 3K, 5K and 10K events. CALAC Head Coach, Mohamed Marouf explains, “Our objective is to develop as many […]

Open water swimmers and their coaches and crew communicate in a variety of ways – via hand signals, shouting, pointing or with a whiteboard. But Dave Barra and his crew member John Humenik aboard Paul Foreman’s escort boat, the Pace Arrow, on an English Channel crossing used a more explicit and direct form of communication:

Researchers reported in the prestigious weekly scientific journal Science Magazine that the average wind speed and wave heights over the world’s ocean over a 23-year period have increased – which has major implications for the open water swimming community. As open water swimmers know, especially those who swim in the ocean, increased wind speeds and

Donal Buckley in the South-East of Ireland, creator of Lone Swimmer, penned an eloquent description of the smells of the open water: As land creatures we are more attuned to the early visual signs of spring. Snowdrops, daffodils and forsythia, bud tips on trees, the sun setting further along the horizon and a different quality

The Google map shows the 4.88-mile route taken by Felix Ebanks, Matthew McKinley, Bill McFarland, Andrea Roach and Kate Alexander between Cayman Brac (island on right) and Little Cayman (on left) in the Cayman Islands in 2010. “Last year, we learned that the current runs from the north,” explained Kate. “We ended up a bit

As the Northern Hemisphere summer rolls around, lifeguards are getting prepared. Working out, trying out, going out. All seriousness heading out to the water through the waves. And all smiles coming back out. Photos by Prosser Photos. Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source

At the Open Water Swimming Conference, U.S. Lifesaving Association president B. Chris Brewster spoke forcefully about open water safety based on his decades of ocean safety experience. “The fact that this event today was organized is inspiring. The fact that it was inspired based on a sense that someone had to do something is troubling.

Renowned pioneer swimmer and environmentalist Lewis Pugh, who has utilized his swimming talents to call attention to climate change and its implications for mankind, gave a passionate speech in Cape Town last night in response to the plans by Shell, the energy company, to drill for gas in the Karoo, South Africa. “This evening, I