Courtesy of Tracy Clark, Cap Gris Nez, English Channel. 57-year-old Maureen Mech Montgomery recently completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and the Grand Slam of Open Water Swimming with her crossing of the English Channel. She talked about her achievement: Daily News of Open Water Swimming: When and where did you start to […]

Relay swimmer Roseliza Tamam in foreground and an unidentified swimmer in the Straits of Melaka. One-armed swimmer Mohd Sabki Arifin with a brightly illuminated tow float as a safety measure. Solo swimmer Mohammad Syrafuddin Malasim during the Melaka Straits Swim 2018. Photos courtesy of CSN SportsTalk. Report courtesy of Ridzwan A. Rahim in the Straits

Courtesy of Nick Glendinning, Roughs Tower. Nick Glendinning, a British swimmer from Suffolk who trains year-round with the Felixstowe Swimscapes Outdoor Swimming and a prolific prison island swimmer (Robben Island + Spike Island + Alcatraz Island). This weekend, he will attempt to swim 6 miles from Sealand to the British mainland around Felixstowe observed by

Courtesy of Lucas Rivet, Catalina Channel, California. Matías Ola completed his second Oceans Seven crossing across the Catalina Channel in 10 hours 47 minutes, together with his team (coach Pablo Testa, pace swimmer Lucas Rivet, journalist Hernán Lirio, observers Steve Chase and Joel Virgel, and kayaker Barb Schumacher) that is documenting his journey across the

Courtesy of Kristina Evelyn, Barbados, Caribbean Sea. Cameron Bellamy just can’t stop. After achieving the Oceans Seven in June 2018, it wasn’t long before he started to plan for a Swim Around Barbados, a 96 km circumnavigation attempt that three people have attempted but have not finished. Kristina Evelyn of the Barbados Open Water Festival

Courtesy of WOWSA, Miami, Florida. Open water swimmers know water functionally serves as medicine. It is good for the body, mind and soul. The 8th Annual Blue Mind Summit, hosted by Wallace J. Nichols, will feature leading researchers and practitioners from all over the world who are bridging science, ancient wisdom, and real world solutions

Courtesy of Lynton Mortensen, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Lynton Mortensen completed his sixth Oceans Seven channel in the most unanticipated, unexpected crossing in recent memory. A day after his original escort pilot Captain Mizushima inexplicably ran the primary Tsugaru Channel escort boat on rocks near the start and was hospitalized as a result [along with swimmer

Courtesy of Bob Placak, Raccoon Strait, San Francisco Bay, California. “There is so much uncertainty when the elite swimmers from the pool swimming community and their counterparts from the open water swimming community get together for a face-off in the RCP Tiburon Mile,” observed Steven Munatones who has seen several close finishes over the years.