To educate, entertain, and enthuse all those who venture beyond the shoreline
World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Anne McLindon has traveled the world to share her passion and knowledge of open water swimming with children and adults of all ages and abilities. She will travel from Washington D.C. to Long Beach, California in July to serve as the Technical Delegate for the Special Olympics World Summer […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we calculate water temperatures between Celsius and Fahrenheit, there are certain pairs of numbers that we always remember: 31°C = 87.8°F (hint: FINA maximum water temperature for competitions) 20°C = 68°F (hint: comfortable water temperature under warm sun) 16°C = 61°F (hint: flip around the numbers) 10°C =
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Hawaii-born and -raised John Flanagan has participated in some outstanding open water swims throughout his career as a swimmer and professional triathlon, but the Maui Jim South Shore Classic on Oahu took his breath away. “The event was awesome. The race format worked well and we had a beautiful
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Skip Storch is never too far from shore. The multi-lingual waterman from New York has created a wildly successful line of fishing rods, reels and supplies under the brand name SHU-FLY as well as maintaining his home base in Nanuet, New York headquartered at the SHU-FLY Bait and Tackle
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Courtesy of Kent Nicholas, photo of Liz Fry swimming into the sunrise at Apache Lake with her sister Peggy Gaskill and brother-in-law Peyton Gaskill at S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, Arizona.
Courtesy of Jen Alexander [shown on left] of Canada. There are all kinds of islands to circumnavigate and channels to cross around the world. Many are outside major metropolitan areas and some extend along a vehicular bridge. The Northumberland Strait offers one such crossing. The Northumberland Strait separates Prince Edward Island from New Brunswick and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Coach Tim Anderson is the Open Water Director of SwimMAC Carolina, one of the most famous swimming teams in America. If you combine a passionately creative coach knowledgeable about open water swimming with a competitive pool swimming hotbed with many pool facilities and open water venues in the area,
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Read about the exceptional and the extraordinary in the Open Water Swimming Magazine.
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Courtesy of Doug Woodring of Ocean Recovery Alliance. Waterman Doug Woodring invites swimmers from around the world to the 9th annual Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong on October 10th. “This is a 15 km course with waves, wind and nice water; no wetsuits are needed. It is mainly a 5-person relay event,
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Courtesy of Ocean Recovery Alliance. The Ocean in Motion Film Festival is coming to Portugal on June 4th – 6th. This event has been held for four years in Hong Kong, and is now coming to Portugal, thanks to the support of the Gulbenkian Foundation, and Municipality of Cascais. The Ocean in Motion Film Festival
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