Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. After swimming 0 nautical miles over the last few days due to squalls, Ben Lecomte remains 583 nautical miles (1,080 km) off the coast of Japan. Prior to stalling in his swimming progress over the last 48 hours, Lecomte had enjoyed enough calm weather to swim 32.91 nm on […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Andrew Hunt, a 16-time Australian veteran of the Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia, has set off on his Tsugaru Channel crossing attempt around midnight with his sons Bede and Jasper Hunt on his boat escorted by Captain Mizushima. The 56-year-old’s progress across the 19.5 km channel in northern

Courtesy of WOWSA, Molokai Channel, Hawaii. Lynton Mortensen returned home to Brisbane, Australia from Hawaii where he started a crossing of the Molokai Channel between Molokai and Oahu on his birthday June 30th and finished the next morning in 14 hours 49 minutes. His 5th Oceans Seven channel was practically a do-over. “I all but

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. Catalina Channel Swimming Federation announced the 17 hour 14 minute butterfly crossing of the Catalina Channel by John Batchelder. After departing from Smuggler’s Cove in the early morning, Catalina Channel Swimming Federation reported, “Batchelder swam upstream in rough sea conditions before landing at Doctor’s Cove on Catalina Island. John

Photo of Sarah Thomas courtesy of Andrew Malinak; ice swimming photo of Nuala Moore. The Naples Island Swim & SUP event is sponsoring a 2-hour presentation on The World of Open Water Swimming on July 18th from 6-8 pm at the United States Sailing Center in Long Beach, California. Steven Munatones of the World Open

Photos courtesy of Kelvin Trautman, English Channel, UK. Lewis Pugh is now on Day 5 of The Long Swim along the length of the English Channel. He reports, “It’s been quite an ordeal. It’s very technical to round the headlands – the tides are like rivers. The tides are such that I can swim for

Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Pacific Ocean. After only swimming 1.74 nautical miles on July 14th, Ben Lecomte knocked off 23.26 nautical miles on July 15th and 27.49 nautical miles on July 16th on The Swim where he is nearly 500 nautical miles off the coast of Japan. But there was no swimming today. Although everyone

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. Guy Batchelor became the 182nd person in history to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with today’s 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from the Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 12 hours 4 minutes. The retired British Armed Forces

Courtesy of WOWSA, Manhattan Island, New York. 51-year-old attorney Eugene ‘Gino’ Hanrahan completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, with his 7 hour 26 minute 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim in New York on July 14th Hanraham is shown on left after finishing a crossing of the Catalina Channel in 9 hours 36 minutes. Becoming

Courtesy of WOWSA, Manhattan Island, New York. The July 14th edition of the 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim was a smoother, faster circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York than its previous version. 39-year-old Nathan Payas from Gibraltar not only won the race, but also completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, one of