Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As you drive down the California coast, you can often hit a marine layer as you near the shoreline. The marine layer often hovers over the coastal areas and lifts when the sun rises and the temperatures rise. In the case of coastal California, the offshore marine layer can […]

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation with Santa Catalina Island in the horizon off the coast of Southern California. Start near midnight and finish in the early, mid or late morning…or later across the Catalina Channel. 2017 Successful Catalina Channel Swimmers: 1. Antonio Argüelles, Mexico on January 15th, 14 hours 27 minutes 34 seconds 2.

Courtesy of Kate Steels-Fryatt, Snowdonia, north Wales. 11 people [see below] in history have completed an Ice Zero Mile (1.6 km open water swim in water temperature below 1°C). Among those 11 intrepid aquatic adventurers, Ram Barkai has done 11 total Ice Miles over the course of his career. “I believe that every single person

Courtesy of Scott Zornig, Swim Camp Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, California. Scott Zornig is organizing his 5th edition of Swim Camp Catalina and hosting his second Swim Camp Mexico. Swim Camp Catalina V will be held October 25th-28th in Avalon on the southeast side of Catalina Island. In addition to the blue waters of the

Courtesy of Wikipedia, Everglades, Florida. A school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida resulted in the death of 17 people. The tragedy resulted in the usual condemnations from politicians, parents and authorities – and shock from students – from yet another school shooting in America. The sad tragedy is not

Courtesy of Science Daily, University of California Santa Cruz, California. Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz and the Nature Conservancy have measured the protective role of coral reefs and field-tested a solution that reduces coastal risks by combining innovative engineering with restoration ecology. Read the interesting findings here. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While his wife’s two-way crossing of the English Channel was recently included in the Guinness World Records, Charlie Gravett has also been included in the same publication. So the husband-and-wife pair are unique in the history of the open water swimming world. Both open water swimming specialists and veterans